Preparing for Hospital Birth: A Guide to Supporting Hospital Birth

$35.00

This Doula Learning Channel Course is 40 minutes in length.

This course equips doulas with comprehensive strategies and tools to effectively guide and support clients in preparing for their hospital birth experience. Learners will acquire new skills surrounding client empowerment and birth plan development. Additionally, they will gain the ability to implement steps toward informed decision-making for clients in the hospital setting. 

Description

Course Learning Objective:

Lesson 1: The Importance of Childbirth Education
This lesson will demonstrate the importance of childbirth education as a means to empower clients. It will also illustrate the key concepts necessary to assist clients in practicing self-advocacy and asserting their birth preferences in the hospital setting.

Lesson 2: Supporting Birth Plan Development
This lesson outlines the essential steps to creating comprehensive birth plans with clients that will assist in improving the likelihood of an empowered hospital birth experience. 

Lesson 3: Facilitating Informed Decision-Making
This lesson will equip learners with the ability to articulate and demonstrate the principles of informed decision making. This new skill will benefit clients as they prepare for varying birth scenarios in a hospital setting.