Local Business to Host Doula Training Workshop

May 3-5, 2013

toLabor Doula Training Workshop

Friday 1-9PM, Sat and Sun 9AM-6:30PM

at Milestones Family Wellness Center

14 Maine St, Suite 216G

Brunswick, ME 04011

Contact: Gina Forbes

tolaborworkshops@gmail.com

207-798-0021

Milestones Family Wellness Center of Brunswick, Me is dedicated to helping women and families have satisfying and healthy birth experiences. Milestones, located in the Fort Andross building, offers non-clinical, holistically-oriented, evidence-based education and support to individuals and families in the childbearing year and beyond. In addition, they are hosting a toLabor Doula Training Workshop on May 3-5, 2013 with the goal of increasing numbers of doulas practicing in mid-coast Maine and beyond.

 

“We want women and families to have positive experiences of birth and have the best outcomes possible for themselves and their babies,” says Milestones Co-Founding Director Tiffany Avery. “We believe providing evidence-based information to clients and supporting them in their unique journey will help them to make conscious and healthy decisions for themselves, along with their care-providers. One of the ways we know we can increase positive birth outcomes is to encourage the use of a doula. We are hoping that more and more people in Maine learn the benefits of hiring a doula and having a doula present at their birth.”

And, in fact, studies have shown that doulas can have a significant impact on the outcome of a birth including a 50% reduction in the cesarean rate, 25% shorter labor, and a 60% reduction in epidural requests amongst other things. Other studies have indicated that mothers with support through their pregnancy, birth and postpartum have lower rates of postpartum depression and an increased overall satisfaction with their experience of birth.

toLabor (the Organization of Labor Assistants for Birth Options and Resources) is a national doula training organization whose mission is in alignment with Milestones mission. toLabor's intention is to educate and certify professional birth doulas so that they may help women and their partners become active participants in their birth. The toLabor Doula Training is aimed to teach new doulas the information, skills and techniques to support their clients through the process of labor and birth.

“There is a movement happening,” says Gina Forbes, Co-Founding Director of Milestones and toLabor Workshop Sponsor. “Women are demanding their right to have a safe, healthy and empowered birth experience and well-educated, professional doulas are definitely a part of the big picture of creating positive change for women and families in Maine and beyond.”

For more information about Milestones, the toLabor Doula Training, or birth work in Maine, please contact Milestones at info@milestoneswellness.com or 207-504-6849.