Certification Training

Mamatoto Certified Holistic Doula ProgramFive live training sessions

Learn to support families through pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum with dignity and grace, using a holistic model that has trained doulas for years.

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$995, or 3 payments of $335

5Live training sessions
CertifiedMamatoto Holistic Doula
20+Years combined service

Is this for you?

You are called to hold space for birth

Called to Serve

You feel drawn to support mothers and families through one of life's most sacred transitions.

Holistic Minded

You want a doula training that weaves in herbs, homeopathy, massage, and ancestral birth wisdom.

Ready to Certify

You want a clear pathway to certification and the skills to start your own doula practice.

What is inside

Five sessions to certification

Session I

Introduction to Birthing

The sacredness of birth, how doulas empower mothers, reproductive anatomy, and childbirth advocacy.

  • The sacredness of birth and returning birth to the family
  • How doulas empower mothers
  • Anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive tract
  • The importance of the correct due date
  • An overview of cervical dilation and effacement
  • Childbirth advocacy
Session II

Techniques for Facilitating Birth

Holistic stages of labor, positioning, water birth, pain relief, massage, and the Blessingway.

  • The holistic stages of labor
  • Optimal fetal positioning and preventing posterior presentation
  • Birthing in an upright position and the work of Dr. Michel Odent
  • Water birth and maternal wellbeing
  • Strategies for a difficult labor
  • Non-pharmacological pain relief
  • Massage therapy for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum
  • Birth rite of passage: the Blessingway
Session III

The Importance of the Postpartum

Postpartum physiology, placenta medicine, recognizing postpartum depression, and remedies for a disappointing birth.

  • Postpartum physiology and assessment
  • The return to normal reality
  • Placenta medicine
  • Signs and symptoms of postpartum depression and who is at risk
  • Remedies for a disappointing birth experience
Session IV

The Normal Newborn

Newborn characteristics, breastfeeding, sibling issues, and herbs, homeopathy, and acupressure for mother and baby.

  • Characteristics of the normal newborn
  • The adept baby
  • Breastfeeding information and techniques
  • The politics of breastfeeding
  • Sibling issues
  • Herbs, homeopathy, and acupressure for mother and baby
Session V

The Doula Practice

Setting up your doula practice, building resources, teaching childbirth education, and clinical experience.

  • Setting up shop: starting a doula practice
  • Resources for doulas
  • Developing a childbirth education program
  • Prenatal exam, hospital, and homebirth observation
  • Hands-on doula experience at hospital and home births
  • Breastfeeding counseling and newborn care experience
Certification

Your Pathway to Certification

Complete the training, reading, observations, and supported births to earn your Mamatoto Certified Holistic Doula credential.

  • Attend all training sessions
  • Complete and document the required reading
  • Observe a full childbirth education series
  • Complete breastfeeding education hours
  • Complete 4 hours of pregnancy massage
  • Support three families through labor, birth, and postpartum
  • Provide documented evaluations from families and a caregiver
  • Sign the Sacred Contract

What you will gain

You will leave with

  • A complete understanding of the stages of labor and holistic labor support techniques.
  • Skills in positioning, comfort measures, massage, and non-pharmacological pain relief.
  • Confidence supporting families through the postpartum and the newborn period.
  • Herbal, homeopathic, and acupressure tools for mother and baby.
  • Real clinical experience through observations and supported births.
  • A pathway to the Mamatoto Certified Holistic Doula credential and your own practice.

What is included

  • 5 live training sessions
  • Required reading list and training materials
  • Clinical experience guidance
  • Mamatoto Certified Holistic Doula credential on completion
  • Private community access

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Who teaches

Learn from people who have done the work

Mamatoto Institute programs are guided by traditional midwives and holistic practitioners with more than twenty years of combined service.

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Investment

$995 or 3 payments of $335

Questions about payment or what fits your situation? Ask us and we will help you choose.

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Questions

Good to know

Do I need prior experience to enroll?

No. The training begins with the foundations of birth and builds step by step, so new and experienced doulas are both welcome.

How do I become certified?

Certification requires attending all sessions, completing the required reading, observation and education hours, and supporting three families through labor, birth, and postpartum with documented evaluations.

Does this replace medical or midwifery care?

No. A doula provides physical, emotional, and informational support and does not replace medical care or a midwife.

Answer the call to hold space for birth.

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