This course is aimed at women who want to work as midwifery assistants in homebirth or out-of-hospital settings, specifically in the United States. Birth Assistants can work in home birth or free-standing birth centers throughout the U.S. under the supervision of a certified or licensed midwife. Often, taking a birth assistant course and working as an assistant is the first step in becoming a midwife yourself. This is a course which will give you an introduction to becoming a birth assistant.
During this workshop, you are taught everything needed to introduce you to what it means to be a birth assistant. We will cover normal birth and the many skills necessary to be an assistant in an out-of-hospital setting. The skills we teach range from auscultating FHT, drawing medications, simple birth maneuvers, charting, understanding the stages of labor and much much more.
Becoming a Birth Assistant will offer you the chance to work closely with midwives, learning valuable skills in the birth room as well as serving mothers, babies, and families in your community. You will be the hands for the midwife and the heart to the women you serve.
Birth Assistant Includes:
Introduction to Birth-
During this workshop we will:
-Discuss the current climate of birth in the United States today, and how a return to normal natural birth is vital.
-Learn what is normal and how to attend women during pregnancy, labor and postpartum in a supportive role.
-Gain a basic understanding of the mechanics of birth, the normal process and stages of labor, basic female and fetal anatomy, taking vital signs, auscultating FHT, and how to call 911 in a professional manner.
We will also discuss and learn skills needed to assist a midwife during a normal birth, and how to have the capacity to respond to emergency situations in a supportive role:
-Including vital signs,
-Drawing Meds
-EBL
-Labor, Newborn and PP Care
-Examination of the placenta
-As well, you will gain an understanding of how to think critically and respond appropriately
Next Workshop:
Bozeman, Montana
September 21st-25th, 2020
Registration: $25
Cost of Course: $350
Unless we ourselves are unable to fill the workshop and have to cancel then there are absolutely no refunds given for any reason. If we are unable to fill the workshop you will receive a full refund. Supplies are purchased and speakers secured based on registrations.