Rooted Birth Education is a rigorous, fully online training platform for aspiring doulas and birth workers. Founded by practicing midwives. Grounded in evidence. Built on a decade of catching babies.
Most birth worker certification programs are run by organizations. Rooted Birth Education is different. It was built in 2014 by midwives who were frustrated by the gap between what doulas were learning and what families actually needed.
Our courses are not weekend workshops with attendance certificates. They are genuine education: quizzes, research projects, video assignments, graded by qualified professionals. We prepare birth workers who are clinically literate, culturally competent, and ready for the real complexity of supporting families.
Every lesson comes from hands-on experience in a birth center that serves families in a region where maternity wards are closing and options are disappearing. We know what birth workers need to know because we need them alongside us.
Not a badge factory. A school.
Quizzes, tests, research projects, and video assignments evaluated by qualified birth professionals. Not just seat time.
Complete every course from home, on your schedule. No travel, no hotel rooms, no weekend intensives that leave you exhausted and undertrained.
Founded and taught by midwives with 25+ years of hands-on birth experience. The curriculum comes from the birth room, not a boardroom.
LGBTQ+ affirming. Anti-gatekeeping. Built to serve all families, including those in underserved communities and maternity deserts.
Rooted Birth Education exists to raise the standard of care by raising the standard of training. When birth workers learn from practitioners, families feel the difference.