About Catholic Doula Program©

Briefly About Catholic Doula Program:
Founded in 2014 by Juliana Larsen CD, HCHD (Hypnobabies Certified Hypno-doula, 2011), Madriella (2015), Intuitive Childbirth Postpartum (2015), Chantal-Lockey Bereavement (2012), Gena Kirby Rebozo (2012). See our team members below the green section- "Benefit of doulas" and then team members - thank you! 

Why Catholic Doula?  1. 100% Pro-life training 2. We are not politically correct! (We refer usually to father as that father/partner/husband) and mother as mother! 3. We offer spiritual based training from Gifts of Holy Ghost to Joys or Sorrows of Mary included in our training! 4. We want our students to be happy--interaction with student/teachers are important to us. 5. We devote a lot of time to making the curriculum affordable and updating it often--keeping it evidenced based as much as possible. 6. Rebozo training is included in the cost -- no need to take an extra rebozo course (birth doula only for this). 7. Postpartum course does cover bone closing ceremony to mother roasting-etc. We offer all things in a Christian/Catholic format -- no "goddess worship". 8. Get a Mexican rebozo shawl with your birth doula course! 

Benefits of Doulas

Why a doula?
The researchers found that overall, people who have continuous support during childbirth experience a:
  • 25% decrease in the risk of Cesarean; the largest effect was seen with a doula (39% decrease)*
  • 8% increase in the likelihood of a spontaneous vaginal birth; the largest effect was seen with a doula (15% increase)*
  • 10% decrease in the use of any medications for pain relief; the type of person providing continuous support did not make a difference
  • Shorter labors by 41 minutes on average; there is no data on if the type of person providing continuous support makes a difference
  • 38% decrease in the baby’s risk of a low five minute Apgar score; there is no data on if the type of person providing continuous support makes a difference
  • 31% decrease in the risk of being dissatisfied with the birth experience; mothers’ risk of being dissatisfied with the birth experience was reduced with continuous support provided by a doula. (Info from Evidence Based Birth). 

Meet Our Team

We are blessed to have new team members this year of 2019 and beyond...here's our group...

Juliana ​Larsen 

Office Manager/Owner of Catholic Doula Program
Certified Hypno-Doula, Certified Madriella Network Doula, Chantal-Lockey Bereavement certified Doula, Intuitive  Childbirth Postpartum Doula

 

Alicia ​Gilbert

Catholic Doula Pro-Life Coordinator
Caroline Lunger Instagram and helper

Lisa van der Wilt 
​(Grader and marketing)
Studied with Bebo Mia but taking other courses as well from Catholic doula program. 

Alison Kern - backup helper (pictured here) and also Nicole Kline grader

 Coordinator

Mariana Atchley

Portugal Consultant
​Curriculum Developer

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