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This program prepares you to differentiate yourself from the
rest of the doulas/labor support out there. BIRTH WISDOM
provides one of the highest quality trainings available with 36
hours didactic under the nurturing guidance of our
faculty. We are committed to educating from a
balanced perspective, presenting both alternative and medical
modalities. We will explore proven alternative therapies, as
well as provide an extensive understanding of medical views on
obstetrical complications and their ramifications. Our desire
is to instill a healthy respect for what each has to teach us in
providing optimal care for mom and baby.
Comprehensive curriculum content and invaluable information is
given through lecture, and through
Interactive participation
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Obstetrical medical textbooks/midwifery textbooks/labor and
nursing textbooks, cutting edge journal articles.
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Hands on clinical instruction
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Panel interaction with your instructors with diverse
training, experience and perspectives.
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Over 100 hour of directed self study.
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A business plan to take your knowledge to turn it into a
viable and lucrative career.
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An intern client referral network.
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A apprenticeship program for students with little or no
experience in labor and birth.
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Upon completion of the series interns must attend and
receive evaluation for a minimum of twelve births to receive
certification.
Are
you exploring a new career ?
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You
could be embarking on a wonderful adventure--one of the most
challenging and rewarding life callings you could pursue.
Very rarely does a career choice
...
- involve
this depth of relational intimacy with
each
client and family, creating lifelong cherished memories
- necessitate
such abundant resources of intellectual, physical,
interpersonal, emotional, spiritual understanding,
knowledge, and skill
- provide
constantly changing and stretching circumstances, ever
demanding creativity, and growth
- give
you the opportunity to serve others, and in doing so, to
empower individuals and families for a lifetime
- place
you in an environment where you may be able to influence
and effect change on every level:
from the client’s perspective of herself and a
couple’s relationship with each other, to a local
hospital’s perspective on birthing practices, to an
established national healthcare system’s view of safe,
economical, and optimal care for childbearing women.
You
can and will make a difference in this role.
Benefits
of Support
Childbirth Connection's Cochrane Review of
studies on continuous labor support (2003, 2007)
summarized outcomes reported in at least 4 studies involving at
least 1,000 women. Women who received continuous support were
less likely than women who did not to:
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Have regional analgesia
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Have any analgesia/anesthesia
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Give birth with vacuum extraction or forceps
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Give birth by cesarean
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Report dissatisfaction or a negative rating
of their experience.
"Outcomes include, but are not limited to, lower
rates of analgesia and anesthesia use, lower operative birth
[cesarean section] rates, shorter labors, fewer newborns with
5-minute
Apgar scores less than 7,
increased maternal satisfaction with the birthing process, and
much more." (from the abstract of Kennel and Klaus
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, &
Neonatal Nursing, Volume 31 Issue 6, Pages 733 - 741.
Published Online: 9 Mar 2006).
What would be my role as a
Midwife Assistant
?
Coming
SPRING 2011
We train
you to
enter an age old, but
in its modern format, a cutting edge profession.
The Midwife Assistant Training Program is
designed to builds on the CPSS and Monitrice foundation and give
advanced
birth assistant
skills
and knowledge so that you can assist midwives with prenatal
care, births, newborn and postpartum care at home and birth
center settings. For those considering careers as a midwife,
this course will give you basic skills and knowledge to begin
your journey to becoming a midwife.
For those desiring to work as a Midwife
Assistant, it will give you the skills and knowledge needed
which will increase likelihood of employment by a midwife
working outside the hospital.
What would be my role as a
Monitrice?
The word “monitrice” is French for monitor;
coach; or instructor.
A Monitrice is trained to provide support and a
variety of personalized services not only during childbirth but
also throughout the course of a woman's pregnancy and
afterwards. A monitrice has the skills and knowledge on how to
perform basic physical examinations as well as all the skills of
a doula.
A
monitrice is trained to assess a woman’s vital signs, monitor
labor patterns and listen to fetal heartsounds to make sure
there are no complications. They are trained in emergency
care for mom and baby. Some monitrices can monitor
cervical dilation if the mother wants it, to help her decide
best when to leave for the hospital and to report to the
delivering doctor or midwife.
A monitrice can also offer individual counseling
and education to pregnant women. The counseling is intended to
educate a woman so she can make informed decisions. These
professionals also accompany women to a set number of
prenatal visits in order to be completely informed of any
issues and to help relay any pertinent information to the doctor
or midwife. After delivery, a monitrice will help with
breastfeeding and new baby care issues.
What
would be my role as a CPSS?
The
CPSS makes available an experienced, knowledgeable, familiar,
and trusted woman at the side of the childbearing woman
/couple throughout her pregnancy, continuing through the
duration of her labor and delivery, and into the early
postpartum period as the transition into parenthood takes
place. Her
presence gives the couple needed confidence to face the task
of labor and delivery with the carefully informed goals they
have set for themselves, as they retain a sense of control and
collaboration through the process.
Her emotional, physical and informational anticipatory
guidance can help reduce fear, awkwardness, and vulnerability.
Thus, enabling them to achieve the safest, least
interventive, most comfortable, and shortest labor possible,
resulting in empowerment to succeed in their new parenting
role.
The
father specifically benefits by being relieved of the
expectation of mastering labor support with little or no prior
experience, freeing him to do what he does best -love her.
The tremendous pressure placed on him to “get her
through” can cause unnecessary tension between them, which
can taint their intimacy and entire experience. This memory
can be destructive, leaving lasting repercussions on both
their relationship and parenting partnership.
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