About ALACE

The ALACE Childbirth Educator Training and Certification Program will now be offered by The International Birth and Wellness Project. Please contact them by phone at 1-877-334-4297 or by email at

Women have always helped women give birth. Traditionally, laboring women were surrounded by family members and experienced women from the community. As childbirth became the domain of the medical profession and women moved into hospitals for birth, women lost their vital connection to one another during this time of intense physical, emotional and spiritual work.

The role of IBWP is to revitalize this connection. Through our organization, pregnant women and their partners learn about pregnancy and birth from professional childbirth educators. During labor and birth women may be supported by professional doulas who provide physical, emotional, and educational support to the mother-to-be and her entire birth team. Please feel free to look through our listing of childbirth educators and doulas that are affiliated with IBWP.