The Long Island Doula Association (LIDA) partners with NYU Winthrop Hospital and Stony Brook University Hospital to provide training for individuals interested in volunteering as doulas during labor and delivery.
The next training session will be February 8 and 9, 2020, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at NYU Winthrop Hospital (Mineola, NY). The cost of the training is $150.
The
hospital based doula projects provide a unique opportunity for any student
interested in:
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Gaining hands-on,
meaningful, clinical exposure
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Empowering women
to become agents of their bodies and health
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Promoting mother
and baby-friendly childbirth initiatives
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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:
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Personalization
and respect of individual birthing choices
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Promotion of
breastfeeding and maternal-infant bonding
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Increased rates
of vaginal delivery
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Acknowledgement
of birth as a natural process
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Increased
maternal satisfaction
Volunteers
will not only gain holistic exposure to the field of women’s health, but will
also be fulfilled by their abilities to affect positive change in the diverse
patient population they will serve.
To
find information for NYU Winthrop
Hospital Project's next
training session: https://www.lidoulas.com/nyu-winthrop-lida-doula-project-workshop.html
Have
questions? Email Winthroplida@gmail.com
But please note: This doula project training does not
certify participants to become a doula in
private practice.
