Philadelphia Doula Care + Parenting Education
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Professional Training

Become A Doula, Childbirth Educator, and More!

Interested in becoming a doula? Want to teach Childbirth classes? Have you always wanted to help other parents with their breastfeeding journey?

Maria Silver Pyanov currently works with the International Doula Institute as their Childbirth Educator, and Diversity Equity and Inclusion for Birth Workers instructor. She is also an interim Certified Breastfeeding Counselor instructor and the facilitator for the first LIVE 3-day Weekend Intensive Birth Doula Course.

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1Live 3-Day Weekend Intensive

Become a Birth Doula!

Get certified as a doula in just one weekend with our Accelerated Weekend Doula Certification Program! Join us for an intensive, live Zoom course that covers our full Birth Doula curriculum in a focused three-day format. During this three-day workshop you'll learn about pregnancy wellness; normal physiological birth; how to reach families; comfort measures; the role of a doula; how to support families during a home birth, birth center birth, hospital birth, and c-section birth; postpartum wellness and more! This workshop also incorporates body work, pelvic awareness, and even yoga. That's right, you'll be up and moving and learning how to support YOUR wellness alongside how to support the families you work with. Following the workshop, you'll maintain access to course material in our online learning platform just like our self-paced students.

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2Professional Development

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion For Birth Workers

This course encompasses what you must know to be an empathetic and inclusive birth expert. A comprehensive overview of history's impact on current disparities in birth outcomes ensures birth workers understand the differences in care the families they serve might receive. This course also equips you with the knowledge and resources to help the people you serve have positive and empowering birth and postpartum experiences despite increased risks of disparities. This course includes the erasure of Black and Indigenous Midwifery Care, history of disability discrimination, biases in care, and more. Many people contributed to this course because we can and should learn directly from lived experience experts and not hearsay.

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3For Doula Students

Childbirth Observation For Doula Students

Are you a student doula needing a childbirth class? If you are local to the greater Philadelphia area, we offer in-person observation. For those not local, we offer the option to observe via Zoom. Please click below to reach out and learn more.

Observe a Childbirth Class

Ready to Start Your Journey?

Join Maria and the International Doula Institute to build the skills and confidence to support families through birth and beyond.

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