Birth and Postpartum Doula Training

If you are reading this page, you are special kind of person. All you life you've probably been fascinated by babies, birth, families, and women--some or all of these. Friends come to you for help. You are a natural support person in general and may have already supported friends or family members in labor or in the weeks after having a baby. Someone may have even suggested that you become a doula.

Welcome home! Your doula training will be an opportunity to settle in amongst others who share your interests. At the same time, you will be amazed by the diversity of experience and opinion in your fellow learners. Each of us is a teacher, and each of us is a learner. Your doula training will leave you educated, empowered, supported by peers, and ready to move forward. Join us.

Training at BirthMark is a unique experience where students benefit from the real-life experience of the instructors. BirthMark's very concept was built upon a foundation and philosophy of doula support. Jackie Kelleher, its founder, has been supporting families as a birth and postpartum doula for 13 years in the Philadelphia area, with initial additional experience abroad. Jackie developed DONA International's Postpartum Doula Certification Program and served on the DONA Board of Directors in that capacity for seven years. She is one of only two mentors of DONA's postpartum doula certification program. She has been a DONA approved doula trainer for over ten years.

Becoming a Birth Doula

Becoming a Postpartum Doula