Birth doula training
Train as a birth doula, or add BBU certification to the training you already have
BBU has two online, self-paced routes to birth doula certification. Choose the one that matches where you are today.
Certified Birth Doula Training
- $550
- Fully online and self-paced
- About 24 hours of video and activities
- Initial one-year certification
This training is for you if you:
- Want to support families through pregnancy and birth
- Want to empower families to have a positive pregnancy, birth and postpartum
- Are ready to turn that passion into a professional career
- Value structured, evidence-based education
- Need flexible, fully online certification
Cross Certification Birth Doula Training
- $175
- Online and self-paced
- About 6 to 8 hours
- Three-year certification
This training is for you if you:
- Were previously trained or certified as a birth doula, with BBU or another organization
- Want a three-year BBU certification
- Can send proof of your previous training
- Want to finish at your own pace in about 6 to 8 hours
Inside your workbook
Both birth doula routes include the Birth Doula Training Workbook. Here is its cover and two pages from inside it.
Not sure which one fits?
If you have never completed a doula training, the full Certified Birth Doula Training is the route. If you completed a labor (birth) doula training before, with BBU or another organization, cross certification is the shorter route. It has to match your earlier training: a postpartum doula training qualifies for the postpartum cross certification, not the birth one.
Use the free Doula Training Finder Plan your birth doula certification See every program for doulas
Planning prenatal visits?
The free Prenatal Visit Planner lists the topics a birth doula can cover with a client, and the Prenatal Visit Workbook is BBU’s printed workbook for birth clients.