BabyBodyBirth

I received this email for this company offering training to become a certified childbirth educator with their curriculum. At first it was weird to get this email but then I realized I'm a CAPPA member so that's probably how they got a hold of my info. I am really excited as this seems to be the route I would like to go to start my path to becoming a doula. Today I called the founder, and spoke to her at great length about her company, vision and ideas. While I'm a little hesitant as it is a new company and new to training CBE's the vision really clicked with me. It's more about the woman and less about the hospital or procedures. It seems more intuitive to me while still being informative. It is more positive than scary. I really want to do it. The cost is quite a bit more than if I became a CBE thru CAPPA, but I felt more connected with this curriculum. I feel like I will have more one on one support as well since we will all be working to make the company a success. I still have more questions of course but I just feel really excited about this. TJ said he supports me if this is what I want to do. The cost overall would be about $800. Looking at the website they charge $150/couple for the 5wk birth series and about $60 for their other body and baby classes. I honestly feel that in my area there would be a great demand for these types of classes and I could probably get my midwives to refer their clients to me. Also, the birthing center out here had very positive things to say about BBB and referring their clients to the classes as well. This email and information just seemed to come to me at a right time as I've been thinking about what to do so often. My goal in '08 is to begin my path to doula certification and I think that will be via becoming a CBE. I just need to make sure we can justify this cost.