Birthbliss Academy

BirthBliss strives to empower women, families and caregivers in the childbearing ​years, through ​education, support and inspiration.

BirthBliss was founded by Kicki Hansard in 2002 and started out as a provider of birth and postnatal doula services. In 2006, Kicki started working as a doula course facilitator and later created her own doula course and a number of workshops for doulas in 2011. In 2017, the business is expanding to include an exclusive on-line antenatal programme for pregnant women and their partners and there are further on-line programmes for parents and birth professional planned.
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BirthBliss is an educational organisation that offers information, support and inspiration for birth workers and parents. As an approved Doula UK course provider, the organisation offers a doula preparation course as well as CPD workshops across the UK as well as overseas.

​BirthBliss has a professional panel of advisers, is a member of the European Doula Network and is also registered with the UK Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP).