Member Events
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Certification Pathway Call
A call to answer questions about BaHJ doula or CBE certification.
Storytelling Week!
Join us, as a storytelller or listener, for one of our favorite traditions at Birthing from Within: Storytelling Week!
Each day this week a BfW member or facilitator will share a story from their heart on our online forum.
Interested in sharing a story with us? Please review the storytelling guidelines and sign up on this form!
Member Call: Creating a Birthing from Within ambiance
Join BfW trainer Christine D’Esposito for an engaging discussion about creating warm, inviting settings for classes and sessions with parents. Share ideas and discover practical tools, props, and techniques to enhance learning and foster connection.
Certification Pathway Call
A call to answer questions about BaHJ doula or CBE certification.
Member Call: Storytelling Workshop
December is BfW’s annual tradition of storytelling week! This month, join BfW Facilitator Maeve Sundstrom for a workshop on how to tell a story. Whether this is to prepare you to share a story with our community, your clients, or just to hone your skill, we hope to see you there!
Member Call: In search of a “good” birth: What birthing people want and why that matters in your practice.
What makes childbirth meaningful and powerful? Between the competing paradigms of birth are the missing voices of childbearing people and family-centered care. BFW childbirth educators and doulas are uniquely tuned in to listen and help bridge the chasm with contemplative, experiential care.
Join BfW facilitator Andrea Denali to explore how current qualitative research supports what we do specifically as BFW birth workers, and strengthen your confidence and offerings in your community!
Certification Pathway Call
A call to answer questions about BaHJ doula or CBE certification.
Member Call: Mentoring Parents Through their Birth Story
Many parents find themselves feeling shocked, overwhelmed, angry, or disappointed with their birth experience after the dust has settled, whether unexpected medical interventions were a part of that birth or not. On this call with BfW facilitator Christine D’Esposito we’ll explore how to use the Five Words Framework to discuss birth stories with parents in a mindful and compassionate way.
Member Call: Collaborating with Medical Care Teams
Join Christine D’Esposito for a call about collaboration with medical care teams.
Member Call: The Introverted Mentor, tips to avoid exhaustion
Of the many reasons humans face exhaustion, the one faced by the introverted personality is workable. Introverts renew themselves deep within; hopefully without too many interruptions from fellow humans. Sound familiar? Join the conversation . . .
Join BfW facilitator Kathie Neff to talk about tips to avoid exhaustion.
Member Call: Supporting Parents with Infant Feeding
Labor is often the main attraction of prenatal sessions and birth classes. But did you know that doulas and childbirth educators are uniquely positioned to offer nourishing guidance for the far too often overlooked season of infant feeding? Let's explore the ways BfW processes can edify and strengthen parents as they navigate the journey of infant feeding.
Join BfW facilitator Lou-Ann Wattley Belk to talk about supporting parents with infant feeding.
Certification Pathway Call
A call to answer questions about BaHJ doula or CBE certification.
Member Call: Preparing Partners for Labor Support
Join BfW Facilitator Christine D’Esposito to explore ideas for engaging partners in preparing for a labor support role.
Member Call: Pregnancy After Loss
Pregnancy after loss (miscarriage/stillbirth) can bring additional challenges for parents, from holding their breath to sleepless worrying. Let's talk through how BFW gives us a framework to help families uncover what they need while weaving grief and hope into their new chapter of parenthood.
Led by BfW Facilitator Heather Collins.
Member Call: Sharing Stories- Making the Path of Our Mentor Journeys
Join BfW Facilitator Kathie Neff for an hour of storytelling from the lived experience of Birthing From Within mentors from many times and places. Share and listen to stories of how BfW processes have been used in our classes and sessions. In our sixty minutes together, we will invite the experience of connection that comes with the telling of stories and the listening and learning they bring.
Certification Pathway Call
A call to answer questions about BaHJ doula or CBE certification.
Member Call: Demystifying Polyvagal Theory
Polyvagal Theory is an approach to understanding trauma. It highlights the nervous systems importance in how we perceive trauma. Join BfW Member Jen Gillean for an exploration of Polyvagal Theory and learn how you can support your own nervous system and the clients you work with from this trauma informed approach.
This call is open to the public.
Member Call: Telling the story of Inanna
Join BfW Facilitator Koyuki Smith to explore our new Inanna storytelling map and gain ideas for sharing this story with parents you support in the childbearing year.
Storytelling Week!
Join a different storyteller from our community every day from December 17-23rd for our annual tradition of storytelling week!
This event takes place on our online forum, stay tuned for more details.
If you would like to share a story with us, please let us know here.
Anti-Racism Accountability Meetup
Monthly topics in relation to racism in perinatal health.
The Return: a BfW lens on Postpartum
Birth is the primary focus of many parents during pregnancy, but what about postpartum?
Join Christine D'Esposito on this member call to talk about BfW informed ways we can help prepare parents prenatally for postpartum, and support we can offer in the Fourth Trimester.
This call will be open to members, as well as the public!
Anti-Racism Accountability Meetup
Monthly topics in relation to racism in perinatal health.
Member Call: Next level self-care for caregivers
What does "next level self-care for caregivers" mean for you? If you're a doula, midwife, or body-worker, how do you tend to yourself in a way that matches the level of care you strive to give your clients?
Join BfW Trainer, Kathie Neff on Friday, October 27th from 10am to Noon PT, to explore "next-level care for the caregivers."
Anti-Racism Accountability Meetup
Monthly topics in relation to racism in perinatal health.
Anti-Racism Accountability Meetup
Monthly topics in relation to racism in perinatal health.
Certification Pathway Info Session
Support, clarification and encouragement for your certification goals.
Offered quarterly.
Member Call: Supporting breech presentation.
Join Jamie Mossay to explore approaches in supporting clients with breech-presenting babies through the lens of Birthing From Within.
Anti-Racism Accountability Meetup
Monthly topics in relation to racism in perinatal health.
