Wanting to Become a Doula...

http://www.birthsource.com/scripts/article.asp?articleid=83

L.,
Start there....look @ the different certifying organizations and see which one you'd like to certify with. The woman that owns that site, is also a DONA birth doula trainer and I did her training. It is excellent. If you look around on birthsource, you can link up to one of her trainings. We also have a Dayton Area Labor Support group for area doulas. The website for that is...
www.daytonarealaborsupport.org
We are having a practitioner meeting on March 31st which you are welcome to attend to meet some local doulas if you're interested. Just message me for more info if you'd like.
Blessings in your journey!
D. Easthon CD(DONA), LCCE, ELCS, CHBE,
Waterbirth Credentialed
Community Outreach Director, DALS
www.heart2heartbirthmatters.com

go to birthsource.com and look under advanced birthing concepts...doula trainings...connie livingston offers doula trainings in the area....also check out dayton area labor support...a doula association group. good luck and welcome!

You might be interested in attending a La Leche League meeting. You will find a lot of support from other women who have birthed naturally, some of them VBACs. Some of the women do homebirths as well. Good luck working on #2, we are doing the same, our daughter is 20 months.

Years ago I took Doula classes through Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton. The classes were free but you had to volunteer for Good Sam as a doula for a while. At the time I took my classes Good Sam did not pay doulas but it was a service they offered to patients so they would pay for doula's to be trained and volunteer there. I attended many births and the experience and training was awesome! I also used to work at Hopeland clinic in the teen program and they did pay doula's, but when St Elizabeth shut down I do not believe they moved the program anywhere else. I also did work like an apprentice under a well established doula for free in order to get alot of experience and her expert advice. I loved being a doula but did not feel for me it worked well with being a M. because you never knew when you would be called in and you never knew how long a birth would last. It was very hard to plan childcare for but I love the experience I had and the training because I have used it to help assist many of my family members including my 2 sisters in natural births that turned out beautiful! I would check with Good Sam first. Best wishes!