She Births® Training equips you to facilitate our world-leading curriculum and contribute to better outcomes for families around the world.
Using the She Births book as a shared guide you’ll support parents with practical tools, clear evidence and the critical conversations that are often missing from mainstream birth education.
We replace fear with understanding – so families can approach birth informed, confident and with genuine agency in their decisions.
The training removes the guesswork and gives you a clear, flexible framework to teach in multiple settings and formats.
Our mission is to democratise birth education and build a grassroots community where we can all support one another.
Let’s create beautiful births together.
Many mothers and partners feel called to share what they’ve learned and support others through birth.
You might want to help friends, clients or colleagues better understand what’s possible when families have the right knowledge, practical tools, and space for honest conversations.
You might also be seeking to deepen your own understanding of birth itself.
Our training pathway is designed to meet people where they are. It allows anyone to step into birth education – within their own scope, experience, and capacity – while giving families choice in how they learn and who they learn from.
She Births® Training pathways:
1.0 — Foundations Facilitator (4 weeks)
For those who are not birth professionals but want to support, volunteer or guide families with essential skills, language, and confidence around birth.
2.0 — Practitioner Expansion (8 weeks)
For doulas, midwives, and birth workers who want to integrate She Births® into short sessions or existing offerings.
3.0 — Master Educator (12 weeks+)
For birth professionals ready to teach the full She Births® program, grow a business alongside us and be part of the wider She Births® teaching community.
The She Births® method allows a deep transformation to take place within every couple. The process fosters a sense of trust in birth and security in each other. Not only are these factors critical to creating a more natural and beautiful birth experience, but also in creating the foundation for stronger, more resilient families going forward.
The She Births® antenatal education program was scrutinised in large randomised controlled trials within two mixed demographic hospitals in Sydney, Australia. The study was conducted by Western Sydney University and the National Institute of Complementary Medicine.
The She Births® program was chosen for this study because it incorporates more complementary medicine modalities than other childbirth courses and our own private normal birth rates are so high (83%).
This groundbreaking research highlights dramatic improvements for the Study group, who received the She Births® program, in comparison to the Control group who received the standard hospital birth preparation course.
Results were published in British Medical Journal and Midwifery Journal in 2016.
She Births® and its unique methodology has continued to be researched over the last 7 years by numerous psychologists, medical schools, midwives and academics. We are currently awaiting results from major universities and publications are expected from 2024 onwards.
We were also part of a pilot within the private hospital system with over 120 couples and these results will be discussed in Nadine’s upcoming book.
The Birthing Institute is committed to ongoing research and development on a global scale. We encourage all our families who participate in the online or face to face training to complete our Post Birth Survey and continually assess and update our materials accordingly.
‘I have been recommending the She Births® program for many years to my pregnant clients, and the change in women after participating in the course is remarkable.
She Births® gives women the confidence to trust their bodies and the birth process. It provides them with the knowledge to make decisions that feel right for them as individuals.
One of the my favourite things about the program is how informed and excited the birth partner reports feeling!
Lyz Evans – Women’s Health Physiotherapist
By observing and assisting at a She Births® course you can decide if the training program is right for you.
You can also apply and let us know you would like access to the Full Online Course, if attending a live workshop is not available.
We can give you access to the Full Online Course for only $99 over 2 weeks, refundable from your training program.
“I learnt more in two days, than I did in my entire year of doula training.” – Louise
Being a She Births® Educator means you are skilled to lead our world class childbirth education program as a Weekend Course and hand the power of birth back to families.
Created by Nadine Richardson this program is a powerful transformative process that from fear to empowerment.
Ideal for inspiring teachers and birth workers who have the space to commit to longer learning and teaching times.
A She Births® Guide is a new and unique role within community. It is an opportunity to democratise birth education and offer short consultations or workshops.
As a Guide you will be able to help any family you meet in the lead up to birth so they can make decisions that are well informed and best for them.
Ideal for passionate mums, dads, yoga teachers, doulas, midwives and allied health professionals that are looking to expand their offerings and be of service to mums and babies.
It often helps to train and share knowledge as a team, especially within a hospital setting.
If you have a group interested in becoming a Guide or Educator then why not book an Information session with our Founder Nadine.
Learn what makes She Births® unique, make sense of the research results, understand how the program works in the hospital system and get tips from our comprehensive curriculum.
Contact us to discuss your workshop.
It’s been amazing to watch the evolution of She Births® over the years and see how our couples as well as medical professionals have spread the word, supporting the program and the families who partake. It takes a great team to have a beautiful birth!
We are proud to work with wonderful Obstetricians, (some of whom completed the course themselves when pregnant) General Practitioners, Midwives both private and public system workers and many more health and birth professionals. Many of our Educators are also Midwives and long term birth professionals too.
This podcast is a conversation with dear friend Jo Hunter, a private practising endorsed midwife based in Sydney, Australia. Jo Hunter has been a midwife as well as a doula and educator and been helping families over 20 years. She is also the co-creator of a new documentary film we are all very excited about called BirthTime.
The vision for She Births® has always been to reach as many women as possible and provide her with an education, in whatever way she needs.
This video is a conversation about team work in the birthing room, as well as putting in the preparation. As well as talking to Dr Jan Dudley we have the inspiring Anna Kooiman who has worked many years as a TV and News Presenter in New York before coming to Australia to give birth to little Brookes. Anna achieved a natural posterior birth which we know it is not an easy feat! We hope you enjoy.
Nadine Richardson, Anna Kooiman and Dr Jan Dudley in conversation
Dr Jan Dudley has over 30 years’ experience catching babies in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. She is well-loved by many of our families, and talks about birth as an ancient art, the power of woman and the importance of surrender, as well as preparation.
For me our chat is all about choice and creating a team around you that you trust. Getting education, no matter where you are birthing, is absolutely critical. Read full post here …
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Inspiring talks and enlightening conversations as Nadine sits down with some of the most incredible childbirth and parenting professionals out there.
An archive of quality books, film and websites on childbirth and early parenting we recommend to our clients.
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