Welcome
Welcome to the next step on your journey as a doula! We offer high quality DONA approved doula trainings in the Upper Midwest area, and have been lauded by DONA International for our dedication, leadership in the doula profession and innovative teaching methods!
Our doula workshop is one of the first steps toward completing doula certification with DONA. Our home base is southern Wisconsin but we travel to provide workshops for hospitals, or locally organized groups.
There are many paths to becoming an effective doula. This basic doula workshop is designed to help different kinds of women with different career and personal goals to learn more effective care of the pregnant, laboring and postpartum woman. Some have borne children, some have not. A compassionate heart is the most essential quality. We have successfully taught labor support skills to massage therapists, veterinarians, mothers, midwives, students, bookkeepers, farmers, childbirth educators, and many other women. Labor and delivery nurses and nursing students have taken our course to gain a deeper understanding of birth and new knowledge of effective comfort measures and positioning techniques. We pride ourselves on influencing doulas and nurses to work together positively in our state.
Over 98% of our over four hundred participants rate our training as "very good to excellent" and feel ready to begin doula work at the completion of the training. We are committed to helping you to feel the same way.
We limit our enrollment to about 18 participants in order to make certain that your questions are answered and you learn critical "hands on" skills.
This web site outlines the most common information you need to know before registering for one of our workshops. We also do hospital or clinic in-services for labor and delivery staff or childbirth educators. Please e-mail us with any questions you have or to schedule a workshop in your area. We look forward to meeting you!
Amy L. Gilliland
Karen Kohls
Ruth Ancheta
Our Past Clients Include:
Blanket of Love, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Covenant Health Care, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
CESA District 5, Early Head Start, Wisconsin
Dane County Parent Council, Wisconsin
Black River Memorial Hospital, Black River Falls, Wisconsin
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, Fennimore, WI
UW-Madison School of Nursing Perinatal Interest Group
Minneapolis School of Massage and Bodywork
Sinai Samaritan Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
UW Extension Family Living Programs
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Fairview Medical Center, Minneapolis
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Appleton
Parkview-Riverside Hospital, Minneapolis
Winnebago County Health Department, Illinois
Ounce of Prevention Fund, Chicago, Illinois
American Indian Family Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
Plus
The hundreds of women who have enrolled
in our open workshops