FULL SPECTRUM DOULA PROFESSIONAL PATHWAY
Become the Birthworker You Feel Called to Be
Gain the knowledge, practical skills, cultural awareness, professional tools, and ongoing mentorship to support families through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and reproductive transitions with confidence.
MORE THAN A CERTIFICATION
A Foundation for the Work.
You may already feel the call to support people through birth, postpartum, loss, abortion, and life-changing transitions. What you need now is a clear path from feeling called to feeling prepared.
This training brings the clinical, emotional, cultural, and practical pieces together — then helps you turn them into work that is ethical, sustainable, and your own.
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65+
1 year
Global
Labor Day Tuition: $1,500 (Regularly $1,700)​
Five comprehensive courses · Lifetime access · One full year of mentorship · Professional certification pathway. Offer ends September 7.
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More than $6,500 in professional education, mentorship, tools, and support included in your tuition.
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✓ Self-paced online modules
✓ One full year of twice a month live community building "Office Hours" via Zoom
✓ Access to our global WhatsApp & Facebook communities
✓Ongoing support from the Wombs of the World team
✓$200 off with code EVERYDAYISLABORDAY — Friday through Monday only
A Doula Training Unlike Anything Else in the World
A Full Spectrum Doula Training Rooted in the Whole World
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Wombs of the World integrates global midwifery traditions, cultural practices, and modern evidence-based care. You learn to see birth through a lens that honors culture, history, justice, and the realities people face across different systems and communities.
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Whether you plan to attend births or want to understand how birth shapes families and societies, this training offers a global perspective that is rarely included in full spectrum doula education.
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Birth is sacred. Birth is universal. Birth is political. Birth is cultural. Birth is communal. Birth belongs to us all.
And your work as a birthworker has the power to ripple across generations.
How The Full Spectrum Doula Training Works
Five Complete Online Courses​
​5 courses plus access to a full library of videos, readings, podcasts, reflective prompts, and case studies. Learn at your own pace with material designed for every learning style.
Mentorship & Community​
For a full year, you’re invited to our twice-a-month live gatherings on Zoom. This is the live, interactive part of the program. This is where mentorship, questions, community support, and real connection happen.
You’ll also join our private Facebook & WhatsApp group to continue the conversation, ask questions, and grow your global network.​
Joining the Global Village
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Upon completion, be featured in our global birthworker directory and join a network of people dedicated to improving care for families everywhere.
The Five Core Courses
This full spectrum doula training is crafted as a five-course journey, each one building your confidence, deepening your intuition, expanding your global awareness, and strengthening the way you hold space for others. By the end, you won’t just know birthwork. You’ll embody it.
Course One:
Foundations of Global Birthwork
This course invites you to zoom out so you can zoom in.
You will explore the foundation on which modern birthwork stands, from the anthropology of the mother to trauma informed care to global birth practices. Together we build a clear picture of how birth is shaped by culture, systems, history, and community. You are encouraged to understand the birth culture you live in and, most importantly, how to be of service within it.
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By the end of this course, you will have a strong understanding of what birthwork requires emotionally, culturally, and practically, and how to show up with steadiness and respect.
Course Two:
Understanding Birth
All things birth! This course gives you a grounded understanding of how labor works and what the body needs. You will learn anatomy, the hormonal flow of birth, comfort measures, positioning, nervous system support, advocacy, and presence.
You will also learn how to support birth across settings and cultures with a trauma aware and globally informed approach.
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You will leave this course with clarity and confidence in your ability to support the physiology and ceremony of birth.
Course Three:
Postpartum & Reproductive Transitions
Support the full arc of becoming: birth, postpartum, grief, healing, and beyond.
You’ll step into global postpartum traditions, emotional integration, NICU literacy, PMAD awareness, infant rhythms, fertility, loss, and the lifelong continuum of womb care.
This course teaches you to hold families through the deepest transformations, the tender, raw spaces where identity shifts and new worlds begin.
This is the heart of community care.
Course Four:
Beyond Birth- Social Justice, Diversity & Ethics
Birthwork exists inside systems that reflect the world around us. This course helps you navigate those systems with awareness, responsibility, and cultural humility. You will learn intersectional care, queer and trans support, disability informed care, anti-racist practice, informed consent, power dynamics, and the social realities that shape birth outcomes.
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You will understand how to support every family with integrity and how to help make birth environments more compassionate and respectful.
Course Five:
Stepping Into Practice
​The world needs more birthworkers.
This course prepares you to begin working. You will learn client care, documentation, accessibility, pricing, reimbursement pathways, branding, storytelling, community visibility, and sustainable scheduling.
You will also receive guidance on how to build relationships with hospitals, clinics, and community networks.
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These entrepreneurial tools extend in all facets of life. We just want to get you working.
Because when mothers rise, we all rise.
THE WORLD NEEDS MORE BIRTHWORKERS
The Wombs of the World Full Spectrum Doula Training brings together everything we have learned through years of global maternal health work, traditional midwifery partnerships, clinical collaboration, and community-based projects. It was designed to equip you with the knowledge, awareness, and perspective you need to support families anywhere in the world.
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A core truth we have learned through all of this is that the doula is the bridge.
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You are the bridge that connects the reverence and sacredness of birth with the realities of modern systems. You help create space where ceremony, tradition, advocacy, and evidence-based care can coexist in any birth setting, whether that is at home, in a birth center, or in a hospital.
The goal of the full spectrum doula training is to help you understand birth within your own culture and its systems, and to equip you to care skillfully for the families you will support.
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The world needs more birthworkers, and we are here to give you everything you need to begin.
How The Full Spectrum Doula Training Works
LABOR DAY: $1,500
A Full Spectrum Doula Training That Honors Your Timing
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This is not a cohort-based program.
You can enroll at any time.
Start when it feels right.
Move through the material at your own pace.
Pause, revisit, and integrate as needed.
Your enrollment includes one year of optional twice-a-month mentorship and community building call our "Office Hours."
Come to every session, join occasionally, or simply know the space is there when questions arise.
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You retain ongoing access to the course content, with no pressure to “finish” by a certain date.
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This training is designed for real life, real nervous systems, and real integration. For anyone, anywhere in the world. ​
What's Included in Your Training
Five-course full-spectrum curriculum — $3,500
Professional pathway and business training — $1,200
One year of mentorship access — $1,200
Templates, tools, and resource library — $750
Global learning community — $450
Certification & Our Philosophy
We believe birthwork is ancestral and community-rooted, and that doula knowledge has always belonged to the people. At the same time, many of us live in systems that require certification in order to work in hospitals, access reimbursement, or be recognized by institutions. We value accessibility, and as always, our priority is to help you begin supporting families as soon as you feel ready.
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When you complete all five courses and your final project, you will receive an official Full Spectrum Doula Training Certificate of Completion from Wombs of the World. This certificate reflects full spectrum doula training in global birthwork, cultural humility, postpartum support, advocacy, and practical skills.
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We designed this program to align with the core requirements many hospitals, states, and insurance programs look for, including Medicaid-supported doula programs.
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Your final project is simple: show us how you are stepping into birthwork — a website, flyer, client packet, pitch to a hospital, or any practical tool that reflects your path. You will share it during one live session.
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Our goal is to prepare you to work in your community with confidence.
The world needs more birthworkers, and we are here to help you begin.
Combined professional value — $7,100
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Frequently Asked Questions
​Is the Full Spectrum Doula Training self-paced?
Yes. All five online courses are self-paced, and you can move through them in whatever way works for your schedule. You also receive a full year of access to twice-a-month live gatherings for mentorship and community building.​
How do I get access to all 5 courses?
You get access to all 5 courses when you purchase the course. You can work through them at your own time and pace.​
How long does the Full Spectrum Doula Training take to complete?
It varies by person, but most students complete the five courses in 8–16 weeks, depending on their pace. You will still have access to a full year of live zoom "office hours" for continuous support as you step into this career.
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How is this Full Spectrum Doula Training different from other doula programs?
This training was shaped by birthworkers. It brings together global midwifery traditions, cross-cultural birth practices, modern evidence-based care, postpartum support, social justice, and practical skills, all in one place. It is designed to prepare you to support families in any context, anywhere in the world.
Do you offer payment plans and scholarships?
Yes. We offer 4 month and 8 month payment plans to help meet you where you're at. We are currently building out our scholarship process and look forward to offering it as soon as it is ready.
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Will this certification allow me to work as a Full Spectrum Doula?
Yes. This training covers the core competencies required by many hospitals, clinics, and state programs, including Medicaid-supported doula pathways. Requirements vary by region, but this course is designed to support most commonly recognized standards. We are happy to work with you make sure your unique needs are met.
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What is required to receive my certificate?
To receive your certificate, you will complete all five courses and a final project showing how you are stepping into birthwork, such as a website, flyer, client packet, or pitch to a local hospital. You’ll share it during one live session. After that you will receive your Reflection Course inviting you to join our Birthworker Directory and you will receive your certification.
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Will I be able to join Wombs of the World trips after completing this training?
Yes!! Completing this training makes you eligible to join any of our global trips and clinical immersions. You will have the foundation needed to participate meaningfully and respectfully.
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Meet (one of) Your Educators
Charlotte Brielle
Founder of Wombs of the World | Perinatal Social Worker | Full-Spectrum Doula
Charlotte Brielle is the founder of Wombs of the World, a perinatal social worker, and a full spectrum doula. She has spent the past decade building global maternal health partnerships, learning alongside traditional midwives, and supporting families in hospitals, birth centers, and home births.
She brings a grounded, global, justice-rooted perspective to this training and is committed to helping birthworkers begin their careers with confidence and cultural awareness.
A global perspective. Real skills. Ongoing mentorship.
A community that grows with you.
This training prepares you to support families anywhere in the world.​​​​
