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Steps to Becoming a BirthWorks® Childbirth Educator

Would you like to help women and their families in your community have more positive birth experiences? Become a Childbirth Educator for BirthWorks® and receive our high quality training that includes a unique, experiential approach which integrates the mind, body, and spirit. The innovative design of our classes results in participants experiencing personal self-growth, helpful not only in their births, but also in their lives.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN BIRTHWORKS® CLASSES SAY THEY HAVE...

• Developed more confidence in the birth process and their decision making skills.

• Explored the influence of individual beliefs and attitudes on the birth process.

• Learned the importance of nutrition, exercise, and the role of the neocortex in labor and birth.

• Experienced the impact of pelvic bodywork on their labors and births.
  
  

THE BIRTHWORKS CHILDBIRTH CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IS A THREE PART PROCESS...

1. Completion of the requirements in the comfort of your own home in a self-study course, sending your prerequisites to your reviewer and receiving feedback.
2. Attendance at a three-day BirthWorks® Childbirth Educator Workshop. Find out when the next workshop is being held in Auckland
3. Facilitate an 8 week (16 hour) BirthWorks® course over a ten-week period.
   

REQUIRED READING LIST...

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1. "Birth Reborn" by Michel Odent
2. "Ended Beginnings" by Claudia Patmos OR "Survivor Moms" by Sperlich and Seng OR "When Survivors Give Birth" by Penny Simkin
3. "Ina May's Guide to Childbirth" by Ina May Gaskin
4. "Silent Knife" by Nancy Weaver Cohen
5. "Scientification of Love" by Michel Cohen
6. "The Oxytocin Factor" by Kerstin Uvnas Moberg OR "Rediscovering Birth" by Sheila Kitzinger
7. "Birthing in the Spirit" by Cathy Daub
8. A Book on Breastfeeding ("Womanly Art of Breastfeeding", "Nursing Mother's Companion", "The Latch", any other Jack Newman book, etc.)
9. "Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth" by Henci Goer
10. "Let Birth Be Born Again" by Jean Sutton
11. "Essential Exercises for the Childbirthing Year" by Elizabeth Noble OR "Active Birth" by Janet Balaskas
    

Not Required, But Highly Recommended:

1. "Sit Up and Take Notice" by Pauline Scott
2. "Your Amazing Newborn" by Klaus and Klaus
3. "Birthing Normally" by Gayle Peterson
4. "The Tentaive Pregnancy" by Barbara Katz Rothman
5. "Mothering the Mother" by Klaus et all
6. "The Cesarean Myth" by Mortimer Rosen M.D.
7. "The Cesarean" by Michel Odent MD
8. "The Farmer and the Obstetrician" by Michel Odent MD
9. "Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities" by Henci Goer
10. "Five Standards for Safe Childbearing" by D. Stewart
11. "Creating A Joyful Birth Experience" by Lucia Capacchione & Sandra Bardsley
12. "Gentle Birth Choices" by Barbara Harper
13. "Pushed" by Janet Block
    

Click Here for a list of requirements for the Modified Childbirth Educator Program designed for those who have already certified as a childbirth educator with another organization.

Click Here to register to become a BirthWorks Childbirth Educator. (This link will allow you to email Birth Works® International)

Click Here for our brochure on the Childbrith Educator Certification Program

Or visit www.birthworks.org

You may also be interested in becoming a BirthWorks® Doula

Any trouble with registration or payment please contact Kathleen at the Birth Works Office; kathleenr@birthworks.org

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