Continuing Education for Doulas & Birth Professionals
Keep learning. Keep growing in the work.
Practical, evidence-informed continuing education for doulas and birth professionals who want to deepen their knowledge, strengthen their professional judgment, and feel more confident supporting families through complex and changing birth experiences.
35+ Years in Birth Work
DONA-Approved Birth Doula Trainer
Certified Lactation Counselor
Learn With Laura
Education shaped by decades in the room.
Laura’s continuing education is shaped by more than 35 years of supporting families and teaching birth professionals. Her classes connect evidence and professional standards with the situations doulas actually encounter: what to notice, what questions to ask, how to communicate clearly, where scope begins and ends, and how to support a family’s choices without taking over their decisions.
Upcoming Classes
Choose what you want to strengthen next.
Each class focuses on a specific area of practice and connects evidence with the questions that actually arise when supporting families.
Live Virtual
3 DONA Contact Hours
A Doula’s Guide to Supporting Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
Deepen your understanding of VBAC and strengthen your ability to support clients exploring their options after a previous cesarean.
Explore relevant medical considerations, preparation, communication, informed decision-making, and the doula’s role in providing steady, evidence-informed support.
October 10, 2026
10:00 AM–1:30 PM Eastern
$75 · Live Virtual Class
Live Virtual
3 DONA Contact Hours
Lactation Class for Birth Professionals
Build a stronger foundation for supporting families through early feeding.
This course covers lactation physiology, milk production, positioning and latch, common early challenges, nipple pain, engorgement, and the doula’s role in offering informed support while recognizing when additional lactation care is needed.
October 17, 2026
10:00 AM–1:30 PM Eastern
$75 · Live Virtual Class
More Continuing Education
Additional classes coming soon.
Coming Soon · 2 DONA Contact Hours
Induction: A Doula’s Guide to Supporting Your Client
Understand why induction may be recommended, the methods families may encounter, and how doulas can prepare clients for the process.
The class focuses on practical support, communication, and helping doulas remain a grounded resource when the course of labor changes.
Coming Soon · 3 DONA Contact Hours
Supporting a Cesarean Birth: A Doula’s Guide to Advocacy and Care
Develop practical tools for supporting families through planned and unplanned cesarean births.
Learn about common procedures, preparation, communication, emotional support, and ways doulas can help families remain informed and supported throughout a changing birth experience.
Practical Professional Education
More than information to memorize.
Continuing education should help you think more clearly when a real family is in front of you. Classes focus on evidence, professional scope, communication, context, and practical ways to support families without replacing clinical care or taking over their decisions.
New to Birth Work?
Looking for birth doula training instead?
Laura’s in-person birth doula workshops are designed for people beginning or continuing the DONA certification pathway.
Learn With Laura
Keep building your practice.
Choose a current class or contact Laura about future continuing education.