As we start a new class, inevitably friends and supporters of the SBD doula students want to have a peek, an inside view of what the student is learning, how the student is being challenged, and in what ways the student is being inspired. Here is a place for SBD students themselves, to comment and share a bit of their journey.
Week 1: fertility, pre-conception, conception, diversity in beliefs about pregnancy, birth and loss
Week 2: prenatal bonding, nutrition, partners, physiology of childbirth in every trimester
Week 3: medical support options during childbirth in every trimester
Week 4: non-medical support options during childbirth in every trimester, birth plans, building a doula bag & networking
Week 5: physical postpartum in all experiences, NICU
Week 6: emotional postpartum in all experiences, hormones, grief
Week 7: mourning, the emotional experience of the doula
Week 8: the practical, professional and business aspects of the doula
What is the SBD training?
A powerful interview of Elizabeth Petrucelli, author of All That is Seen and Unseen, was held by Denver Natural Mom.
Click the link above or the photo below, and you can listen in.
Some of my favorite moments are:
“the ah, ha moment” at 10:00
Personal truth about bonding on 12:00
Doula: stoicism and performance/support fears at 13:00
“Even though it was a tough program on so many levels, it prepared me for what I do now.
I’ve taken other trainings but nothing is comparable to what I received from stillbirthday.” (minute 14)
What a birth & bereavement doula does – minute 15:15 – 23
Why and how SBD doulas benefit hospitals – minute 21-23
About mentoring – minute 21
“The bereavement doula is designed to help the family recover, but slowly.”
“The hospital can’t follow up as often as the bereavement doula can so this is an excellent way for hospitals to provide the highest level of support for families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss, and it is my hope that hospitals pick up on this idea and hire some.
This is one of my goals.”
“It is above and beyond what a hospital can provide without them.”
You won’t be disappointed. I know many people look down on online training but this isn’t the same.”
What is an SBD Doula?.
-Brandy Crigger, SBD student
-Ashleigh Gipson, SBD student
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