If you are a Doula or Midwife in training and would like to learn to all about the mechanics of the Birthing Process 

this online course is for you!

In this online course, you will learn to all about the mechanics of the Birthing Process.  Understanding exactly what happens at each stage of the birth will help you understand how injuries to the skull and neck can happen, even during a healthy delivery.

Why is this course valuable to PostPartum Doulas & Midwives?

As a Doula or Doula in training, your client services will become more valuable if you can offer more Post-Partum support.

Knowing how strains on the Newborns skull and body during the Birthing Process can cause a mis-shappen head, or excessive crying and colic, or poor sleep habits will equip you to better support your client, the Birthmother, and advise her who to turn to for help.

Learning to identify these issues in the first few days or weeks after birth, and  knowing who to refer your Birthmother client to for help, can be a very satisfying aspect of your Post Partum Doula Services.


How the course works:

This is the second course in our new Doula & Midwife Training Series. 

This course includes 10 hours of on-line learning with teaching in audio format, downloads to use in your Doula or Midwife practice in the future, and a quiz at the end of each chapter.  

  A new chapter is released each week but there is no deadline to complete this course.  You can log in from anywhere at any time and learn.  

Access the course for one full year!

This course enrollment fee gives you complete access to this course for one full year, 365 days.  That includes all of the demonstration videos that you can watch as many times as you like,  listen to the audio lessons over and over, and downloads that you can use to enhance your Doula or Midwife practice!


Certificates of Completion:

Upon completion of the course, students receive a Certificate of Completion for 10 CPD/CEU hours.  


Have a question?  

Email the Instructor or Registration Coordinator at

[email protected]


             That's me, Maureen Hannah Maher, BA, DO               I am an Osteopath with over fifteen years of clinical experience and I am the Educational Director for the Center for Continuing Education of Osteopathy .  I have been priviledged to treat so many pregnant women throughout my career, as well as teach young emerging Osteopaths my unique treatment protocols for how to treat pregnant women throughout every trimester of pregnancy.

I created this series so that I might share my knowledge from a Biomechanical Perspective with Doulas & Midwives as well, since we are all working together to help our clients not just survive, but also thrive throughout this wondrous time  ... Pregnancy!

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Course Curriculum

  • 1

    INTRO Welcome from author

    • Welcome from author

    • The Goal - What we hope you will take away from this online course

  • 2

    The Mechanics of the Birthing Process

    • Why should a Doula learn about the Mechanics of the Birthing Process?

    • The Mechanics of the Birthing Process

    • Stage 1. Head floating before engagement

    • Stage 2. Engagement, Flexion, and Descent

    • Stage 3. Further descent, internal rotation

    • Stage 4. Complete Rotation & Beginning of Extension

    • Stage 5. Complete Extension of the Neck

    • Stage 6. Restitution / External Rotation

    • Stage 7. Delivery of Anterior Shoulder

    • Stage 8. Delivery of Posterior Shoulder

    • DOWNLOAD: Major Stages of the Birthing Process

  • 3

    OTHER FACTORS

    • How the Skull Develops After Birth

    • Developmental Milestones of the cranium of a Newborn

    • What aspects of the Skull can be negatively affected during the Birthing Process?

    • What is the Cranio-Sacral Mechanism and its Relation to the Birthing Process?

    • Damage Caused by Compressive Forces

    • Pulmonary Respiration at Birth & the Primary Cranial Mechanism

    • Common Causes of Skull Injury in Newborns

    • Would you like to learn how to Assess a Newborn ?

    • Mechanical Integrity of the Birthmother’s Pelvis

  • 4

    About your Instructor

    • Maureen Norah Maher, BA, DO(Qc), DOMP Osteopath Practitioner and Educator

    • How to Contact us

About the instructor

Educational Director & Instructor

Maureen Hannah Maher

Since Maureen began teaching, she found that not only does she have a natural gift for it (her parents were both teachers, so let hear it for genetics!), she found that she also holds a great desire to give back to the community and a profession that has been so fulfilling to her, and share over twenty years of acquired experience and knowledge.   Maureen brings extensive knowledge in Osteopathy  to her educational seminars.  Throughout her career which began in Montreal in 2003, Maureen has been an accredited member in good standing in several provinces across Canada, including the CPMDQ (Quebec), OsteopathyBC (British Columbia), OFOP (Ontario) and SCMMAC (Quebec). Like many classically trained Manual Osteopaths in Canada, Maureen wrote a thesis as part of her Osteopathy training. Hers was within the field of Cranial Osteopathy, on the Prevalence of Muscle and Myofascial Chain Link Dysfunctions and the Temporal Bone. Maureen was also an Associate Overseas member of the Australian Osteopathic Association (AOA) from 2008 to 2011.  After undergoing accreditation evaluation for foreign trained Osteopaths in Perth, Western Australia, Maureen was offered a position in one of Singapore's leading Osteopathic Clinics, giving her the distinction of having been the first Canadian trained Osteopath to be approved to practice  in South East Asia.   Right before the worldwide economic collapse in 2010, Maureen was offered a position in Shanghai China, which required accreditation with the GOSC, UK, which she began, but as prevailing economic conditions worsened, the position was put on hold, and Maureen decided instead to settled in Toronto, Canada, where after reluctantly accepting a poorly paid teaching contract, her students began asking her to design courses in more specialized subjects within Osteopathy, including Women's Health and Pediatrics.  It was not long after that Maureen founded the Center for Continuing Education of Osteopathy & Manual Therapy where she continued to innovate every day! Today, Maureen still teaches continuing education courses in specialized fields of Osteopathic Manual Therapy. Her students say that Maureen's teaching style is animated, engaging, but most importantly, informative.  Her gift lies in communicating complex theories in simple terms and analogies.  Her students come away with a clear grasp of Osteopathic concepts for treatment, and practical knowledge of how to apply them.  In more recent years, Maureen has created online versions of some of her most popular courses, and it is thanks to this new era of online learning that Osteopaths throughout Canada and throughout the world have been able to use Maureen's teachings and treatment protocols to help women, infants, and the general public find relief from the bodily dysfunctions that are so amenable to osteopathic manual treatments. Practitioners who enroll in any of our continuing education courses can contact Maureen at any time by email or pre-arranged phone call with clinical questions.  As a result, many Osteopaths worldwide still consult with her today regarding challenging Osteopathy cases.  

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