Birth Doula Training Virtual 28 February to 2nd March

 Equipping you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to be an invaluable asset to birthing parents and their support teams. You will learn how to provide continuous support during labor and create a positive birthing experience.

Meet the Instructor

Michelle Gabriel-Caldwell 
Michelle Gabriel-Caldwell, PhD, CD, CBE, and DFB, is the founder of Baby, Please Birth Services Agency LLC™, serving NJ, NY, PA, MD, FL, and GA with a team of over 20 doulas. She is a thrice-certified Birth Doula (Bradley, NBDA, DONA), a certified Fertility and Postpartum Doula, and a Childbirth Educator teaching the Bradley Method® and her own BPBS Holistic Childbirth Course. As a Certified Lactation Educator with CAPPA, she supports breastfeeding and recently became a certified instructor for Dancing for Birth®. Michelle is also a National Black Doula Association Licensed Doula Instructor and Board Chairperson of The Perinatal Health Equity Initiative. Since 2005, she has assisted over 530 families, trained 350+ birth professionals, and empowered 2300+ families as a childbirth educator.

As a Birth Work Professional, she has used her passion for birthing and postpartum persons to provide the best possible support during pregnancy, birth, and beyond. Additionally, as a Mentor and Instructor, she has fallen in love with training the birth workers tomorrow to be the change they want to see in the world. Now, as the Owner and CEO of the National Black Doulas Association, my ultimate goal is to see BIOPC Births and Birth Work Businesses Whole and Thriving, and the Maternal Mortality Rate in our country radically changed.