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Live & In-Person

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2 Days of Training

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Hands-on Materials

Want to
Strengthen Your Voice
in Birth Advocacy?

When your voice isn’t heard in the birthing room, crucial support for families can be overlooked, leaving you feeling ineffective and lost. Effective communication and advocacy skills are often missing from basic birth worker trainings, leading to significant challenges for both families and professionals. By attending our advocacy training, you’ll find your voice, learn to navigate the middle road between silence and aggression, and become a stronger advocate equipped with essential tools and hands-on practice to make an impact for the families you support.

Learn Advocacy
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Stop Trauma In Its Tracks

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Expand Your Toolbox

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Get Comfortable Through Practice

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Understand the Hospital. Know the Law.

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Feel Like a Leader

Envision yourself as a skilled patient advocate.

Learn The Tools

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Hone Your Skills

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Advocate for your Clients

What’s included in your ticket:

  • Two full days of training
  • Role-playing sessions with seasoned pros
  • Life-changing advocacy tools
  • A value-packed workbook and birth bag flashcards
  • Connection with a visionary community of advocates

   *This ticket does not include lodging or travel. Catered lunches will be an optional add-on at checkout!

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Salt Lake City, UT: January 24-25, 2025

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Monsey, NY: February 10-11, 2025

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South Bend, IN: March 7-8, 2025

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Bellingham, WA: April 11-12, 2025

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Lubbock, TX: May 9-10, 2025

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Colorado Springs, CO: June 13-14, 2025

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Success Stories from Past Attendees

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“This retreat was more than I could have ever imagined. Being a doula for 8 years, I was skeptical if I was going to get anything out of it and I'm overjoyed to say this might have been one of the most pivotal trainings I've done thus far in my career. It was a safe space to learn and share plus I felt uber safe with Alicia & Meredith. It was also awesome to see how other doulas, midwives and L&D nurses practice within the medical system. This retreat not only improved my confidence, but also help create stronger bonds within our team! We walked away with massive takeaway points, new ways to prepare our clients and sharpened skills of birth room advocacy!”

HeHe Stewart

Doula and Educator

“This retreat was more than I could have ever imagined. Being a doula for 8 years, I was skeptical if I was going to get anything out of it and I'm overjoyed to say this might have been one of the most pivotal trainings I've done thus far in my career. It was a safe space to learn and share plus I felt uber safe with Alicia & Meredith. It was also awesome to see how other doulas, midwives and L&D nurses practice within the medical system. This retreat not only improved my confidence, but also help create stronger bonds within our team! We walked away with massive takeaway points, new ways to prepare our clients and sharpened skills of birth room advocacy!”

The Advocacy Retreat up-leveled my doula skills, even after being in the field for over 15 years. The clarity of tools and phrases to practice and have the parents use if needed, will make my prenatal visits much more effective, and my presence in the birth room much less overwhelming. It was also an incredible opportunity to connect with other birth professionals. I’m so glad I listened to that little voice inside that shouted “you have to go to this!”

Jenna Wilson
Midwife + doula

“This retreat was more than I could have ever imagined. Being a doula for 8 years, I was skeptical if I was going to get anything out of it and I'm overjoyed to say this might have been one of the most pivotal trainings I've done thus far in my career. It was a safe space to learn and share plus I felt uber safe with Alicia & Meredith. It was also awesome to see how other doulas, midwives and L&D nurses practice within the medical system. This retreat not only improved my confidence, but also help create stronger bonds within our team! We walked away with massive takeaway points, new ways to prepare our clients and sharpened skills of birth room advocacy!”

The Intentional Birth Advocacy Retreat was exceptional! Meredith and Alicia are groundbreaking women full of wisdom, love, light, and warmth. Jess is the same! They all shared their profound insights and experiences with us with such generous spirits. Their hearts and work are deeply changing the birth experiences of women, babies, and families. And doulas! As I am just starting out on my path as a doula, I am beyond grateful to have been able to receive their wisdom, gained over the course of hundreds of births and their lives lived in integrity. I felt so at home sitting in a circle of so many true-hearted doulas, with all ranges of experience. We learned A LOT, practiced many new-to-me advocacy tools in simulations of real-life interactions, had lots of fun and laughs, and amazing food. If you are a doula and have the opportunity to attend Intentional Birth's next retreat, please do!! You will be challenged and SO blessed!

Erin Berg
Doula

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Alicia Fishbein

Meredith Nelson

Welcome to Intentional Birth

Two seasoned advocate-doulas and moms of 6 children, founders of Intentional Birth.

Over a decade ago, we attended our doula training, where we were taught not to speak up on our clients' behalf. Don't rock the boat. Doulas don't advocate. Smile and nod at care providers.Then we began attending births, and we realized that our clients were walking away feeling powerless and traumatized (we were, too).
We knew there was a bigger role for us to play.

Ten years later, we are transformed (though there is no final destination in this work). We have confidence-building strategies, detailed systems for educating and preparing our clients, and a whole tool bag of incredible communication and advocacy tools. We want to share it all with you!

Learn more about Meredith & Alicia