Birth as a Heroic Journey

Childbirth Educator Training & Certification

Module 4:
The Call - Part 2

Module 5:
The Ordeal

Welcome to Module 5
Progress Checklist
Inanna Audio
Teaching Videos
Reading Assignment
Birth Justice Inquiry
Mentoring Skills: Avoiding Avoiding
CBE Skills: Class Closings
Resource Document: What to pack in the birth bag?
Demonstration: Finding the Center
Map: Finding the Center
Home Practice: Finding the Center
Resources: Making Decisions/Informed Consent
Map: Informed Consent/Making Decisions
Supporting Parents through Fear & Uncertainty
Map: Wise & Compassionate Use of Drugs
Map: Mindful Cesarean
Demo: Cesarean in Awareness
Home Practice: Choose a Map
Birth Art: Seeing Yourself Strong
Demo: Seeing Yourself Strong
Home Practice: Seeing Yourself Strong
Resource Document: Birth Pie
Journal Prompts
Assessment

Module 6:
The Underworld

Module 7:
The Return

Welcome to Module 7
Progress Checklist
Inanna Audio
Reading Assignment
Birth Justice Inquiry
Mentoring Parents Through their Birth Stories
CBE Skills: Postpartum Reunion
Map: Birthing Again
Resource: Birthing Again
Demo: Pain Coping - Circular Breathing
Map: Pain Coping- Circular Breathing
Home Practice: Circular Breathing
Map: Postpartum Scaling
Map: Postpartum Intentions
Map: Postpartum Expectations
Resources: Postpartum
Home Practice: Choose a Map
Resource Document: Birth Gates
Home Practice: Rituals of the Return
Map: Good Enough Parent
Map: Footbath & Massage Ritual
Map: Birth Bundles
Home Practice: Choose a Map
Birth Art Map: Welcoming Baby
Home Practice: Welcoming Baby
Journal Prompts
Self-Assessment

Fact Gathering
Basket

Welcome to the Fact Gathering Basket
Reading List
Birth Justice Inquiry
Resource List for Clients (Also found in certification packet)
Research Home Practice: Mindfulness
Resource Document: Prenatal Nutrition
Research Home Practice: Prenatal Nutrition, Stress Reduction, and Exercise
Home Practice: Food Diary
A Baby's Development Week by Week
Video: The Timeless Way
Birth Statistics
Modern Knowing: Stages of Labor & Mechanics of Birth
Resource Document: Early Labor Support
Resource Document: Active Labor & Transition Support
Resource Document: How to Time Contractions
The Hormonal Physiology of Childbirth
Home Practice: Create a Module on the Physiology of Labor
Modern Knowing: Optimal Fetal Positioning
Resources: Optimal Fetal Positioning
Resources: Hands-On Support for Labor
Research Home Practice: Optimal Fetal Positioning
Modern Knowing: Positions for Labor
Resource Document: Back Labor Support
Research Home Practice: Positions for Labor
Home Practice: Create a Module on OFP and Positions for Labor
Resource Document: Supporting Inductions
Resource Document: Pain Medication Options Chart
Modern Knowing: Medical Tools & Support, Induction Methods
Research Home Practice: Pharmaceuticals for Pain, Induction, or Cesarean Birth
Home Practice: Create a Module on Induction, Epidural, & Cesarean Birth
Resource Document: Support for Long & Short Labors
Resource Document: Second Stage/Pushing Support
Modern Knowing: Immediate Postpartum
Resource Document: Third Stage & Immediate Postpartum
Modern Knowing: Infant Feeding
Resources: Hands on Support for Labor
Research Home Practice: Immediate Postpartum, Newborn Choices, and/or Infant Feeding
Resource Document: Postpartum & Fourth Trimester Overview
Home Practice: Create a Module on Immediate Postpartum & Infant Feeding
Resource: Assessing Postpartum Mood & Anxiety Disorders
Home Practice: Create a Module on Postpartum Planning and Postpartum Mood Disorders

Certification

Certification Requirements
Core Competencies
Code of Conduct
Certification Packet
Call Attendance Log
Assignment Checklist
Evaluations for Recordings
Sample Class Plan

Celebration!

Gratitude and next steps

Business Essentials for Birth Workers & Online Community

Business Essentials for Birth Workers
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