Do You Have the Balls? How and When to Use Birth Balls

$35.00

This Doula Learning Channel Course is 30 minutes in length.

This course instills doulas with the practical knowledge to assess and recognize how and when to correctly and safely use labor balls. With the aid of instructional images and videos on their proper use, learners will gain new skills to effectively use birth/physio and peanut balls to provide comfort to clients in labor.

Description

Course Learning Objectives

Lesson 1: Definition and Benefits of Birth Balls and Peanut Balls

This lesson illustrates the purpose and benefits of using birth and peanut balls during labor. Additionally, it provides learners with the tools to recognize the correct considerations for their use and to ensure proper client access to them. 

Lesson 2: The Four S’s: Considerations When Using A Ball

This lesson equips learners with the knowledge to assess the correct size, sanitation, safety, and stability of birth and peanut balls, while also providing practical steps to ensure their effective and safe use during labor.

Lesson 3: Proper Techniques for Using Birth Balls

This lesson demonstrates to the learner how to apply proper techniques for using birth balls to enhance comfort and facilitate labor, with visual demonstrations on various positions and movements.

Lesson 4: Proper Techniques for Using Peanut Balls

This lesson exhibits how to effectively use a peanut ball in various positions to enhance comfort, facilitate labor, and provide support for positional changes and movements to clients during labor.