Welcome to Birth Works International! We are a nonprofit organization with certification programs for childbirth educators and doulas. The programs have an innovative and experiential design embodying a philosophy that develops a woman's self-confidence, trust, and faith in her innate ability to give birth and nurture her child. Birth Works International programs are based on the belief that the knowledge about how to give birth already exists within every woman. We do not believe that a pregnant woman needs to be taught how to give birth but rather work to help her have more trust and faith in her own body knowledge.
Birth Works is a process, not a method. We believe that each woman will labor and birth in her own way. Our programs offer a unique and innovative design for childbirth education that integrates the mind, body, and spirit through the practice of human values.
Birth Works encourages women to listen to their bodies by following their instincts, moving and eating as needed, and breathing slowly and deeply to promote relaxation and facilitate labor.
Familes are encouraged to take Birth Works early in pregnancy or even prior to pregnancy, as this is an optimal time for identifying and exploring beliefs about birth, interviewing caregivers, learning about good nutrition, and choosing a birth place that feels safe.
Current world-wide research on the growing knowledge of how the primal period (conception through the first year of life) impacts a human being through adult life.
Available to anyone interested in learning our unique approach to childbirth education, which provides loving, comprehensive and holistic care to expectant parents. Teaching about obstetrical drugs, medical procedures and birth plans is straightforward. The challenge is to get today’s women to develop trust and faith in their bodies.
