​ Join our community of birth professionals working to make highly skilled Midwifery Care available in all communities.

Are you a student midwife looking for more course work? A doula who wants a better understanding of birth emergencies? Someone wanting to assist a midwife or planning to travel abroad to work in maternity care? Our courses are designed to add experienced knowledge and skill to your birth toolkit.  We have trained hundreds of students, many of which have gone on to be midwives!  Each course is robust in its content. Bastyr University's Midwifery Program uses our Birth Emergencies & Charting Course as part of their curriculum!

Our courses have something for every birth worker! Our courses are approved by the CABC (Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers) and meet the requirements for states that require Birth Assistants be certified.  We specialize in training and support for the following:
  • Doulas
  • Midwives
  • Student Midwives
  • Midwife & Birth Assistants
  • Lactation Specialists
  • Childbirth Educators
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Courses offered are: ​You can bundle all of the courses too!
 
Our Birth Assistant Bundle Course is for you if you work in California or are looking to assist a midwife in the US or Internationally!

​"A midwife/birth assistant is like an intuitive second set of hands."

~Dzhan Wiley, LM, CPM
Wenatchee Midwife Service & Childbirth Center https://www.wenatcheemidwife.com/

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"I am a student midwife doing the PEP Process.  My preceptor asked me to take Birth Assistant Education's courses. They are well done and gave me a better understanding of my role as student midwife. I recommend these courses to all student midwives." ~Keesha


"As a doula, I took this course to add some clinical knowledge to be resume.  I feel much more confident helping our community midwives if they need an extra hand AND I am much more aware of how to support my clients.  The online course gave me a deeper knowledge of birth both when it's perfectly perfect and when it deviates from normal.  Doulas should take this as a part of their training!" Alice K. MN


"I’ve attended 7 births with a midwife preceptor; one of those resulted in a slow to transition baby. I had no formal assisting training apart from NNR. I fumbled a bit, thankfully not a detrimental impact. This course affirmed that I did so many things very well and that the fumble was a lack of practice rather than a deficiency in myself as a competent birth worker. My favorite part of all the classes, aside from the excellent scope and presentation, is the acknowledgement of how much an assistant does do, how many tasks must be done almost simultaneously. That, also, is very affirming". ~A. Iker
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Check out our classroom with our free Birth Assistant Orientation course. 
"The Birth Assistants Basics course was an excellent adjunct to my education at MCU. I decided to enroll in the course while I was taking the Birth Assistant class at MCU because I wanted the hands on experience that MCU is lacking. I learned so much during my weekend with Micki and Chelsea, and felt it was so worth the extra investment. I began my first clinical placement shortly after taking the course and felt so well prepared. I was able to start my first day already familiar with the supplies, equipment, basic charting and with basic emergency procedures in the role of assistant. I was also able to feel confident my first day  taking blood pressures, pulse, temperature and drawing up medications. This class was invaluable to me, as well as to the midwives who’s practice I joined. Added to all that, Micki and Chelsea are warm, knowledgable instructors. They did an excellent job of fitting a lot of information into the weekend while keeping it interesting and fun!"
Lauren Strain, LM, CPM  https://vashonislandmidwifery.com/ ​

Location

Birth Assistant Education
Kirkland, WA 98034

Our classroom and office are located in Kirkland Washington. We teach classes in person nationally and online globally!  

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