Doula Training for ViviAnne

ViviAnne spent the weekend training to become a doula. For those of you that don't know, a doula is a birthing assistant trained in a more natural approach to child bearing and pregnancy. She spoke very highly of her weekend, saying that it was both very educational and emotional. Many of the women at the training talked about their personal stories with their births. All in all it sounded like a great weekend for her and I was happy to be able to give her that by watching the kids Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

I think that she will be an excellent doula and birthing assistant. Her background in human development and her personal experiences make her open to many different styles of birth, and a great repository for information about pregnancy, birthing and child development. Plus her kind heart, giving nature and strong mind make her an excellent person to have in your birth experience.

So, what is next for her? She needs to complete her training. She needs 6 births to get certified as a doula. She has two, I think, done right now, her mother's (which she questions as countable) and her sister Shynne's. You can't count any of your own births, otherwise she would just need 1 more. She has already been approached by a friend of ours to attend her birth and she is trying to convince her other sister, Autumn, to attend her birth. If she is able to do both, than that leaves two and I think she could fined local women just by advertising in the paper and online.

Have a great Monday!