The
Winthrop-LIDA Birth Doula Project is a coalition of women’s health
practitioners at Winthrop University Hospital and Long Island Doula
Association, Inc. (LIDA)--trained birth doulas seeking to improve birthing
outcomes for mothers in the community. The Winthrop-LIDA Birth Doula Project seeks to recruit and train
individuals interested in offering continuous, evidence-based birth support to
women in labor and their partners. Specifically,
they are seeking individuals who have not graduated from a nursing program. The
Winthrop-LIDA Project is a unique clinical opportunity for any student
interested in:
●
Gaining hands-on,
meaningful, clinical exposure
●
Empowering women
to become agents of their bodies and health
●
Promoting mother
and baby-friendly childbirth initiatives
●
Exploring birth
doula work, midwifery, or obstetrics as possible professional trajectories
Birth
doulas provide emotional, physical and informational support to women in labor.
The benefits of birthing with birth doulas are numerous, including:
● Personalization
and respect of individual birthing choices
● Promotion of
breastfeeding and maternal-infant bonding
● Increased rates
of vaginal delivery
● Acknowledgement
of birth as a natural process
● Increased
maternal satisfaction
But please note: Doula Project training does not
certify participants to become a doula in
private practice. For more information on how to become a private practice doula after this training workshop please visit: Winthrop
Becoming LIDA Certified
The next Winthrop-LIDA Birth Doula Project training will take place on December 1 and 2, 2018. If you are interested in
registering for the next training and learning about pre-training requirements,
please reach out to winthroplida@gmail.com.
