Welcome to Rooted Birth Trauma-Informed Doula and Educator Training!

• Introduction to the course

• Introduction to the course

• Video: Meet Carey Glenn

• Website: Rooted Birth (Carey's local business)

• Models of Maternity Care

• Problems with US Maternity Care

• Article: What Do Doulas Really Do?

• Video: Transforming Perceptions of Care

• Activity: Introduction

• Reading List

Anatomy & Physiology of childbearing

• Anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive system

• Sagittal view of internal female anatomy

• Female reproductive system

• Sagittal view of breast anatomy

• The Menstrual Cycle

• The Menstrual Cycle Part 2

• The Menstrual Cycle Part 3

• Menstrual cycle

• Uterus

• Closeup of uterine vessels

• Uterine gland and vessels

• Phases of uterine glands and arteries

• The First 2 Weeks - Embryo

• Conception to Birth

• Fetal Development in Pictures

• The Atlas of Human Embryology

• Khan Academy video: Pregnancy physiology (10:25)

• Bony Structures of the Pelvis

• Ligaments of Pelvis

• Pelvic Floor

• Video: Introduction to Chiropractic Care - with Dr. Kayla Abeid, DC

• Video: Introduction to the Nervous System - with Dr. Kayla Abeid, DC

• Video: Pregnancy and Chiropractic Care - with Dr. Kayla Abeid, DC

• Podcast: Birth and the Shapeshifting Pelvis

• The Psoas Muscle

• Anatomy & Physiology - parents: Quiz

• Moving Well During Pregnancy from Katy Bowman at Nutritious Movement

Anatomy & Physiology - baby

• Basic Fetal Anatomy & Physiology

• Video: Fetal Skull

• Video: Fetal skull

• Fetal Skull Anatomy

• Khan Academy video: Umbilical vessels and the ductus venous (12:32)

• Khan Academy video: Foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus (14:12)

• Khan Academy video: Fetal circulation right before birth (11:51)

• Khan Academy video: Baby circulation right after birth (13:25)

• Anatomy & Physiology - baby: Quiz

Preparing for Birth

• Video: History of North American childbirth

• Historical concerns for mother

• Historical concerns for baby

• Slides: Birth in the media

• Slides: Birth plans and intentions

• What is a birth plan

• Why birth plans don't always work

• When birth plans change

• Creating birth intentions

• Role of Imagination

• Your vision matters

• Website: Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative

• Working with clients

• Podcast: Interview with Lily Nicols, Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author

• Love languages

• PROJECT: PREGNANCY & PREPARING FOR BIRTH

Labor & Birth

• Cardinal Movements of Labor

• Khan Academy video: Labor and delivery (11:28)

• Slides: Hormonal blueprint

• Hormonal cocktail

• Birth breastfeeding bonding

• Video: Holistic stages of birth with Whapio

• Website: Whapio's Holistic Stages (The Matrona)

• Hormones of birth

• Document: The Initiation of Labor

• Document: Early Labor

• Document: Active Labor

• Document: Transition & Pushing

• Labor & Birth: Quiz

• PROJECT: LABOR & BIRTH

Attending Births

• Slides: Assessing labor progress

• Birth partner hints by enneagram type

• Website: Spinning Babies

• Website: Miles Circuit

• Cascade of birth interventions

• Bishop Score for Induction.png

• Document: Pain Medications Preference Scale

• Article: Pushing for primips (first-time birthers)

• Slides: The alchemy of adrenaline

• Adrenaline and Memory.png

• Sharing adrenaline

• Discharging Adrenaline.png

• Mindfulness

• Khan Academy video: C-section (11:27)

• PROJECT: ATTENDING BIRTHS

Spiritual Birth

• Slides: Altered states of consciousness

• Slides: Birth as a mystical experience

• Marks of a mystical experience

• Video: Ancient roles & archetypes

• Common archetypes

• Video: Birth as a rite of passage

• Podcast: Listening to My Spirit Baby

• PROJECT: SPIRITUAL BIRTH

Placenta & Cord

• Development of the Placenta

• Baby, placenta, and cord

• Document: Placenta Birth (3rd stage of labor)

• Physiological birth of placenta

• Undisturbed Placenta Birth in the Hospital

• Podcast: Cord Clamping - Why we need to wait for white

• Slides: Problems with implantation/placentation

• Khan Academy video: Placenta previa (9:02)

• Khan Academy video: Placenta accreta (7:48)

• Placenta_accreta.png

• Khan Academy video: Placental abruption (7:34)

• Placenta Encapsulation

• The Placenta & the Cord: Quiz

• PROJECT: PLACENTA & CORD

Postpartum

• Khan Academy video: Postpartum physiology (7:56)

• Slides: Immediate postpartum

• Hormones of immediate postpartum

• Immediate postpartum

• Video: Intro to Tending postpartum family

• Video: Tending the postpartum family

• Lochia

• Lochia on pads

• Clots in the Postpartum

• Slides: Postpartum vaginal steaming

• Document: Directions for Steaming at Home

• Document: Herbs for Peristeam

• Uterine Involution

• Document: Nourishing Broth - Recipe & Directions

• PROJECT: POSTPARTUM

The Newborn

• Vernix

• Lanugo

• Umbilical stump

• Video: Intro to intuitive parenting

• Video: Intuitive parenting

• Understanding the Newborn

• Responding to a baby's cues

• Different ways to hold a baby

• Podcast: Intuitive Parenting

• Intro to Respectful Parenting - with Emily Maze

• Respectful Parenting Beyond the Newborn Stage with Emily Maze

• Article: Benefits of Babywearing

• Website: Attachment Parenting International

• Video: Chiropractic Care for Children - with Dr. Kayla Abeid, DC

Lactation

• Video: Intro to The nursing relationship

• Video: The nursing relationship

• Breastfeeding relationship

• Dr. Jack Newman - Baby 28 Hours Old Assisted Latching

• Babies, Breastfeeding & Empowering Parents - Dr. Jack Newman

• Breastfeeding Position and Latch

• Newborn stomach capacity

• Dr. Jack Newman's Visual Guide to Breastfeeding

• Podcast: All About Breastfeeding

• Podcast: Biologically Normal Infant Sleep

• Website: La Leche League International

• Link: Bottle feeding safety tips fact sheet

• PROJECT: LACTATION

Variations of Normal in Birth

• Podcast: VBAC Link

• Podcast: Vaginal Breech Birth

• Website: Breech Without Borders

• Podcast: Freebirthing Twins

Pregnancy and Infant Loss

• Podcast: Stillbirth is Still a Birth

• Podcast: Abortion, Menstrual Extraction | Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss, Still Birth

• Website: The Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death

• National Perinatal Loss Organizations: United States

Self-Awareness and Love

• Our 6 bodies

• Exercise: What and Who supports you?

• Self-care practices

• Podcast: Self-Care

Trauma and Tools for Healing

• Brene Brown trauma quote

• Khan Academy video: Responding to stress (8:45)

• Khan Academy: Behavioral effects of stress (6:17)

• Khan Academy video: Post traumatic stress disorder (5:33)

• Video: Birth Trauma with Dr. Rebecca Moore

• Birth trauma

• Video: Intro to storycatchers

• Video: Storycatchers and trauma stewards

• Trauma-informed conversations

• Trauma-informed leaders

• Trauma-informed care

• Video: Tools for healing trauma

• Video: Birthing Peace Within (with Lori Barklage) - part 1

• Video: Birthing Peace Within (with Lori Barklage) - part 2

• Handout: RISE UP

• Resmaa Manakem trauma quote

• Podcast: Birthing While Black in Alabama

• Interview: Coercion, Mental Health & Racism in Birth

• Podcast: Homebirth After Hospital Trauma

• Sexual Abuse Resources

• Birthing Person's Bill of Rights

• Mastery of embodiment

• Carroll Quigley community quote

• Website: Make Birth Better

• PROJECT: TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

Links to presentations

• Presentation: A+P (parents)

• Presentation: Menstruation and the Spiral Arteries

• Presentation: Conception and Implantation

• Presentation: A+P (baby)

• Presentation: Fetal Circulation

• Presentation: Fetal Position

• Presentation: Transforming Perceptions of Care

• Presentation: Birth and the Media

• Presentation: Birth Plans and Intentions

• Presentation: States of Consciousness

• Presentation: Birth as a Mystical Experience

• Presentation: Medical Stages of Labor

• Presentation: The Birth Blueprint

• Presentation: Assessing Labor Progress

• Presentation: Alchemy of Adrenaline

• Presentation: The Placenta and the Cord

• Presentation: Problems with Implantation/Placentation

• Presentation: The Immediate Postpartum

• Presentation for Early Postpartum Care

• Presentation: Tending the Postpartum Family

• Presentation: Postpartum Vaginal Steaming

• Presentation: The Nursing Relationship

• Presentation: Intuitive Parenting

• Presentation: Storycatchers and Trauma Stewards

• Presentation: Tools for Healing Trauma

• Self-Awareness and -Love for the Birthworker

• Presentation: Intercultural Competency

• Presentation: Creating Curriculum

• Presentation: Group Facilitation and Communication

Become a Changemaker in Your Community

• Video: Intro to intercultural safety

• Video: Intercultural Safety, an interview with Dr. Stephen Lewis of Clemson University

• Document: Intercultural Sensitivity

• Intercultural competency

• Video: Intersectionality in Birth (with Courtney Green)

• Culture wheel

• How does culture influence birth

• Systemic oppression

• Cultural dominance

• Layered barriers

• Article: Implicit Bias in Health Care Settings

• What are biases

• Link: Test Your Implicit Bias

• Microaggressions

• Article: Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving's Story Explains Why

• Video: Jenna Brown; supporting LGBTQ families

• Handout: Resource list from Jenna Brown

• Podcast: Understanding World Religions for Birth and Death Doulas

• Video: Group facilitation and communication

• Video: Intro to These Are My Hours

• Video: Using These Are My Hours

• Film Screening License

• These Are My Hours- Film

• Podcast: Bearing Witness to Birth: an interview with Emily Graham from These Are My Hours

• Expanding our reach in community

• Video: Intro to creating curriculum

• Video: Creating curriculum

• Principles of facilitation

• Steps for reflective listening

• Active listening

• Components of a story

• Setting intentions for circles

• Methods of learning

• Facilitate adult learning

• Website: Childbirth Graphics

• PROJECT: CHANGEMAKER

• FINAL PROJECT: CREATING CURRICULUM

• CERTIFICATE

Sample forms and documents

• Sample Doula Contract

• Sample Client Intake Form

• Sample Contact Disclosure

• Sample Photo and Educational Release

• ACE score.pdf

• Sample Wellness Exploration

• Sample Intentions for Birth

• Sample Nourishing Broth Recipe

• Sample Placenta Encapsulation Contract

• Sample While Waiting on Baby

• Sample Things To Do In Early Labor

• Sample First Few Days (MOTHER)

• Sample First Few Days (BABY)

• Sample Visiting MamaBaby

• Sample Visiting (short)

• Sample Prenatal Testing & Labwork

• Sample Gestational Diabetes (GD) info

• Sample Group Beta Strep (GBS) info

• Sample Vitamin K info

• Sample Erythromycin info