How long does it take to become a doula?
At International Doula Institute, you can go-at-your-own-pace program. By this, we mean you can take as quickly as you like or take as long as you’d like. Some doulas choose to go through the program very quickly, perhaps you have two weeks of free time to devote to the training and you can get it done in those two weeks. While other students have a full time job or are stay at home moms will very full plates and chose to do the training part time, perhaps after nap time or bedtime or when you get home from your regular job. If you do the program that way, it will likely take about 6-12 weeks to complete. The entire program for each certification, birth or postpartum, is 9 sections each, with between two and six modules in each of the modules there between 2-10 steps to complete.
Author: Aliza Juliette Bancoff
Aliza Juliette Bancoff is a well-known doula and doula trainer who has been providing doula services to families for over a decade. She is the founder of Main Line Doulas, a doula group providing doula support in the great Philadelphia area for the last decade, the International Doula Institute, which provides online doula training and lactation training and certification programs and the International Breastfeeding Institute which provides lactation training and certification. She is the co-founder of United Birth, a company devoted to increasing access to doulas across the country to make the perinatal time safer both physically and emotionally. “Every birthing person deserves access to quality doula support. And we are working to make that a reality across the country. The work we are doing to get doulas to every birthing person will decrease the black infant and maternal mortality rate significantly by 2030.” Says Bancoff. Aliza is known for her compassionate and empowering approach to doula work, and she has been featured in numerous media outlets, including United Nations Maternal Health Report, Parent Magazine, CafeMom, theBump and many more. Aliza's journey into doula work began when she gave birth to her first child and felt a strong calling...