The Doula Training Foundation Course in Cheshire

Welcome to The Doula Training Foundation, the best place (in our opinion!) to begin your doula journey.

If you’ve been dreaming about becoming a doula, you’ve found the right place. Our 4-day immersive training has been carefully designed to prepare you to confidently support women and families through pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. You’ll leave with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to begin your own successful doula business, and a community that will cheer you on every step of the way.

The course is created and taught by two experienced career doulas with over 20 years of experience and hundreds of births between them. You’ll be learning from teachers who truly understand the work, the beauty, the challenges, and the deep fulfilment that comes with being a doula.

We also know that starting your own business can feel daunting. That’s why we’ve built ongoing support, mentoring, and real-world guidance into everything we do.

What to Expect

These four days are full-on, rich in learning, discussion, and inspiration. You’ll explore everything from birth physiology to business building, and you’ll leave feeling empowered, capable, and ready to step into your new calling.

Day 1

• Opening circle & intention setting

• Communication styles, listening skills & language sensitivity

• Birth reflection & unpacking your journey to becoming a doula

• What doulas actually do, antenatally, during birth, and postnatally

• Hormonal matrix of labour

• Physiology of birth

• Herstory

Day 2

• Birth plans & preferences

• Stages of labour

• Positions for birth, optimal fetal positioning & biomechanics

• Rebozo, massage & alternative therapies

• Working within the NHS

• Comfort measures & pain relief options

• Immediate postpartum & the enchantment hours

Day 3

• When pregnancy becomes complex

• Supporting different family dynamics, partners, solo mums, and everything in between

• Caesarean & assisted birth

• Induction of labour

• Postpartum & the 4th trimester

• Feeding, breast, formula, and responsive care

• Understanding newborn behaviour & expectations

Day 4

• Structuring antenatal sessions with clients

• Postpartum support & planning

• Client interviews, what to expect & how to prepare

• Building your business, attracting clients, marketing & networking

• Managing clients, “what ifs,” lone working & collaboration

• Joining Doula UK & mentoring

• Self-care & sustainability

• Closing circle

By the end of the course, you’ll not only know how to be a doula, you’ll feel like one.

Find out more or book your place here: www.thedoulatrainingfoundation.com