Once enrolled, you’ll receive immediate access to the full training so you can begin straight away, moving through the material at a pace that works for you, with support alongside you as you go.

Your journey starts with the wider landscape of birth.

Before we even step into “how to be a Postnatal Doula,” we ground you in understanding birth itself, the systems around it, the history that shapes it, and the realities families are navigating.

You’ll begin with foundation study covering:

Physiology of Birth
The Birth Environment
History of Medicine in Birth
The Medicalisation of Birth
Caesarean Birth Recovery
Freebirth
Placenta
Golden Hours
Birth Trauma and so much more!

This part of the training builds your depth.

You move through this work at your own pace, but you’re not doing it alone your mentor is alongside you from the very beginning.

Once your foundation is laid, you move into the heart of your Postnatal Doula training.

Doula Beginnings

Understanding the role, the responsibility, and your own values and presence as a postnatal doula.

Being with Families in the Early Weeks

Learning how to support families in the raw, tender days after birth how to enter their homes respectfully, hold space without taking over, and navigate the realities of modern postnatal care.

Supporting Recovery & Transition

Exploring physical recovery, emotional shifts, feeding journeys, identity changes and the adjustment into parenthood and how to offer steady, non-judgemental support through it all.

Nurturing Families at Home

Looking at practical care, nourishment, continuity, emotional holding, and what families truly need in the fourth trimester beyond information and beyond advice.

Postnatal Practicalities

Boundaries, client agreements, ways of working, safeguarding, and the structures that allow you to practise sustainably inside families’ homes.

Building Your Postnatal Doula Business

A step-by-step guide to building your postnatal work in a way that feels ethical, realistic, and aligned with your life.

These modules are where we focus on the relational, emotional, and practical work of supporting families in the early weeks and where you begin shaping your own voice and approach as a postnatal doula.

Throughout every module, you’ll have guided mentor check-ins and reflective work to complete alongside your learning.

You’ll be encouraged to think about how you want to practise, what kind of postnatal doula you want to be, how you enter families’ homes, how you build confidence in parents, where your strengths lie, and where you are still growing.

Our online learning is not isolating, we make sure of this! You’ll be paired with one of our experienced Doula guides who will walk alongside you throughout your journey.

You’ll have:
Weekly groups check-ins
Structured 1-2-1 Sessions with your Doula mentor as you move through the course
Space to ask questions as they arise in real time
Reflective conversations about your learning and unlearning!
And loads of encouragement

This is amazing as it means when you have a question when watching you can ask us in real time and get a response. You are part of our Doula fam as soon as you sign up, and are given loads of support immediately.

We want you to feel excited, positive, capable, and confident not rushed, overwhelmed, or pressured.

We absolutely love mentoring our Doulas!

Once you’re grounded in your Postnatal Doula role, we guide you through the practical steps of actually birthing your support into your community.

The Postnatal Doulas we see being successful are the ones who treat this as it should be treated, a real genuine business and respected in that way.

Because being an incredible Postnatal Doula is one thing but knowing how to run a sustainable, visible, and financially viable business matters!

You’ll be taken through a step-by-step process covering:

Getting started
Finding clients
Visibility & marketing
Pricing your work
Creating offers
Building a sustainable business model

Every single one of our mentors is running their own Doula business, plus we work with amazing partners like The Business of Babies to ensure you are always up to date with what’s needed to keep you ranking high on Google and seen in your community.

Your support doesn’t end when you finish the course. This is where you continue being held as you begin working with families in the real world.

Core live workshops (various dates)
Cultural Safety (Mars Lord) · Birth Rights, Consent & Advocacy (Emma Ashworth) · Supporting All Families - Inclusivity Training

12 months min membership to The Perinatal Collective
Ongoing mentoring, business and marketing support, monthly workshops, trainer Q&As, live interviews, and access to the core training team.

Options to meet up with your fellow Doulas and birth workers at our TPA Family gatherings!

It’s a space to keep learning, keep growing, and keep being supported as your Postnatal Doula career unfolds.

Of course — I’ll keep your structure and voice, just gently anchor it more clearly in postnatal work.

Of course you’ll leave with knowledge — that’s a given! You’ll understand the early postnatal period more deeply, you’ll know how to support families in their homes both practically and emotionally, you’ll feel clearer on your role, your boundaries, and how to build parents’ confidence rather than take over. You’ll also have the foundations in place to actually begin building your Postnatal Doula business in a way that feels sustainable and realistic. It’s amazing!

This training is transformative for the families you support in those first weeks and months and for yourself.

Book a discovery call to explore what stepping into postnatal work could look like for you.