Doulio helps train the next generation of doulas through accessible education, mentorship, and real-world support designed for modern maternal care.
Whether you are starting a new career, deepening your experience, or looking to serve families in your community, our trainings are built to help you grow with confidence.
Doulas provide non-medical emotional, educational, and physical support to families during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum recovery.
They help families feel informed, supported, confident, and cared for during one of the most important moments of life.
Doulio is building the infrastructure that helps doulas grow, succeed, and support more families.
Through training, technology, workforce development, and community partnerships, we help prepare doulas for meaningful work while expanding access to quality maternal support.
Our goal is simple:
Help more families access doula care while integrating doula care into mainstream healthcare
Read moreOur trainings are designed for individuals who are passionate about supporting families and improving maternal health outcomes.
Learn moreWe understand that becoming a doula is more than completing a course. It is about building confidence, community, and long-term opportunity.
Becoming a doula is more than completing a course. It is about learning how to support families with confidence, compassion, and practical skills that can be used in real communities.
Doulio en Español helps bilingual English/Spanish speakers begin their doula journey with hands-on training, certification, and a pathway to paid birth support opportunities in Austin.
• Designed for bilingual community members
• Focused on Spanish-speaking families in Austin
• Built around real birth support scenarios
• Includes doula training + certification
• Supportive learning environment
• Created alongside experienced doulas and maternal health programs
• Pathway to paid birth support opportunities after training
Ready to begin your doula journey?
Apply for the upcoming Austin training by July 20.
Prepare to provide evidence-informed, non-clinical support to families throughout pregnancy, labor, and birth.
Training includes pregnancy anatomy and physiology, stages of labor, comfort measures, labor positioning, communication, advocacy, informed decision-making, birth planning, cultural humility, documentation, professional standards, community resource navigation, and supporting diverse birth experiences in hospital, birth center, and home settings.
Format: In Person
Certification Included
Upcoming Cohorts Available
Build the skills to support families during the critical postpartum period with practical, family-centered care.
Training includes postpartum anatomy and recovery, newborn care fundamentals, infant feeding support, maternal emotional wellness, postpartum warning signs, family adjustment, sibling support, boundaries and scope of practice, documentation, community resource navigation, referral pathways, and delivering effective in-home postpartum support.
Format: In Person
Certification Included
Upcoming Cohorts Available
Complete Doulio’s full-spectrum doula training pathway, designed for those who want to support families from pregnancy through postpartum recovery. This comprehensive training combines both birth and postpartum doula education into one structured program, equipping doulas with the skills to provide continuous, high-quality support across the maternal health journey.
Topics include pregnancy anatomy and physiology, labor support, comfort measures, birth advocacy, informed decision-making, postpartum recovery, newborn care, infant feeding support, maternal emotional wellness, documentation, professional standards, cultural humility, community resource navigation, referral pathways, and family-centered support across the perinatal continuum.
Format: In Person
Certification Included
Upcoming Cohorts Available
Certified Doulio doulas receive continued access to our Learning Management System (LMS), which includes ongoing continuing education, practical tools, documentation resources, professional development content, and curated resource libraries to support long-term practice growth and quality care delivery.
Doula work can open pathways to meaningful work across multiple settings and communities.
After completing training, doulas may choose to:
Doulio also continues building partnerships and opportunities designed to help doulas grow long term.
sign upSee what the doulas are saying
“This program made me feel truly empowered. I loved being able to connect with the other young women in the class, and I left feeling prepared, confident, and ready to support families.”
Birth + Postpartum Doula
“The training was amazing. I had a doula during the birth of my fifth child, and after that experience, I knew I wanted to support expecting moms emotionally, physically, and beyond. I’m excited to now be able to support women in my community.”
Birth + Postpartum Doula
“I’m so glad I was able to complete this training and become certified through Doulio. The training and resources were amazing, I gained so much knowledge, and I’m excited and ready to put that knowledge into practice.”
Birth + Postpartum Doula
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