Location Registration REGISTRATION Please register early! Our format includes the required three hours of Nizhoni Institute of Midwifery lactation training to assist you in completing your 3944 Murphy Canyon Road, Ste C-200 Name ______DONA Certification. San Diego, CA 92123 Address ______619-957-0910 Complete this registration form and submit the full amount or a $250 deposit to reserve a spot in City/State/Zip______Please park either in front or behind the building the workshop (balance due by the first meeting). and come right in. We look forward to seeing you Registration postmarked ONE week prior to Phone ______soon! course will be only $475. Late registration (on a space available basis) is possible, for an Email ______Meals, snacks, beverages additional fee of $40. Profession ______

You may bring lunches and dinner for yourself Important Cancellation Information: If Any birth experience?______(refrigerator & microwave available) or there are cancellation is received in writing by one week many eating establishments nearby. prior to workshop, a full refund less a $50.00 Payment Methods: administrative fee will be refunded. After that  Venmo, Cash App – if you would like to Please bring something to share on Saturday and time, no refunds will be given; however, you may use this option, let Lisa know and a request Sunday with your fellow doula students. designate a substitute to use your registration or for payment will be sent to you. PayPal is transfer it to another training within 1 year of the also available if desired. For further information: cancelled training.  Check/money order payable to Gerri Ryan can be sent to Lisa’s address below:  call/text Lisa at 619-988-3911, or Workshop Preparation Lisa Simpkins email at [email protected] or 1147 Bellvine Trail El Cajon, CA 92019  Gerri at [email protected] I. Please read the latest editions of the following texts before class: Enclosed is my registration for Doula Workshop  Pregnancy, Childbirth & the Circle: 3-day or weeknight______(fill in date of selected workshop) Newborn, Simkin  Introduction to Childbirth course $150.00  The Doula Book, Klaus, Kennell, (For those with NO knowledge of birth, and cannot observe Klaus a childbirth class series. This class is subject to cancellation  The Birth Partner, Simkin if the minimum number of 2 students are not enrolled. This class is NOT required.) II. If you are not one of the following:  Midwife  Full Labor Course Registration Fee $475.00

 Nurse with labor & deliver experience  Deposit (Balance due by course) $250.00  A childbirth educator  Currently a doula but desiring  Late fee (after 7 days prior to course) $ 40.00 certification  Or VERY familiar with process of birth Total Enclosed $______Then consider taking our Introduction to Childbirth class OR completing a childbirth **Reminder: Cancellations will be subject to fee of $50 as long as request is made 7 days prior to start of training education series (student observers are FREE) at or your deposit may be applied for a ONE-TIME a birthing facility or with a private birth educator. transfer toward a future doula training of your choice Gerri Ryan within 1 year of the previously booked training.

Weekend Labor Support Course Format Birth Doula Training

Friday 3:30 PM to 8:30 PM: To provide physical, emotional and Introductions; Experience at Birth; Group Goal informational support before, during and Setting; The Benefits of Birth Doulas; the Doula immediately after childbirth research; Dona Codes & Ethics and certification; the process of certification and initial client contact.

3-DAY WORKSHOPS Saturday and Sunday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM: The course content focuses on the physical and January 12 – 14, 2018 psychological processes associated with giving birth June 8 – 10, 2018 and the significance of childbirth in women’s lives. August 24 – 26, 2018 The special role of the doula in the prenatal period, during labor and delivery and during the postpartum November 9 – 11, 2018 period is covered in detail. Emphasis is placed on the January 11 – 13, 2019 importance of appropriate, culturally sensitive and ethical support. WEEKNIGHT WORKSHOP Comfort measures are discussed and practiced with 2018 Sun/Wed – March 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21 role-play and videos to enhance the learning process. Participants learn how to enable women and their

partners to cope with both complicated and Introduction to Childbirth uncomplicated labors, including surgical birth. We 8 hours of instruction; $150 have added a full breastfeeding portion, which covers DONA’s requirement for a 3-hour lactation class. As a supplement to the required reading, this class will explore the physiology of childbirth ** Weeknight Workshop covers exactly the same that an entry-level birth doula must know. It will information, in same # of hours, for the same cost. clarify any of the childbirth related jargon that doulas often hear as they assist women during The Doula Trainers

this special time. This is NOT a required class Gerri Ryan, LM, CPM, FACCE, CD (DONA) is an and it normally takes place one week prior to educator and practicing midwife with doula experience the Labor Support Course. Call for dates. in hospital, home and birth center settings. She is the

founder of San Diego Birth Network, a non-profit Providing birth doula services for families in Labor Support Course Formats association of birth practitioners in San Diego County your community is an honor and a gift. and the Co-Director of Nizhoni Institute of Midwifery. 3-day Workshop - Friday to Sunday Consider sharing your passion for women at Or Weeknight Workshop – Two nights/week Lisa Simpkins, IBCLC, CCE is an International this most wonderful and vulnerable time in 6:00 – 9:30pm – 6 classes total Board Certified Lactation Consultant, doula/childbirth their pregnancy. The birth doula is part of a educator generous birthing community and it’s a very In either format, this workshop discusses: fulfilling calling! In-depth labor support strategies, the role of the Guest speakers may include doulas from the doula within the medical framework, guidelines community to share their thoughts and experiences in Answer your calling now! for pre- and post-natal contact with the client, setting up a practice and working as a doula.

how to deal with problem labors and setting up Questions about the workshop? This is a DONA approved Training practice as a doula. The course uses texts, videos, Call Lisa Simpkins supplementary literature, slides and role-play to 619-988-3911 build theoretical knowledge and teach practical skills.