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Become a Pregnancy &
Fertility Practitioner

Learn to support mothers before, during, and after pregnancy.
40 CE hours approved by the American Psychological Association & Board of Nurses.
2023 Sessions:
Sep 9 – Oct 8
Oct 14 – Nov 4
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What is an PFP™?

The Pregnancy & Fertility Practitioner™ certification is a professional credential that trains healthcare and wellness professionals with holistic tools to support women before, during, and immediately after birth. Our practitioners are trained with tools from functional & holistic medicine to help women thrive during pregnancy and childbirth.

The PFP™ training includes all training required to become a professional Doula and a Newborn Care Specialist, with significantly more advanced hormonal and functional health training.
Average Annual Salary for Pregnancy Support:
$69,904 per year
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This Training Is For…

Holistic Practitioners
& Healers

Develop new sources of clients by offering integrative support to women in their pregnancy process.

Nurses, Nurse Practitioners,
& Medical Assistants

Develop a new career helping women during the most meaningful period of their life.

Coaches &
Mentors

Offer coaching to women even as they go through pregnancy by supporting them with holistic health.

Yoga Teachers &
Massage Therapists

Expand your capacities to support women in deeper, more meaningful ways.

Learn Fertility, Pregnancy, and
Birthing from a Holistic
Perspective

Integrative Fertility Practitioners are trained to support women with functional health knowledge to optimize their entire child-birthing process.

Course Content - 5 Nights - 27 Topics

Night One

4 Topics

Night Two

5 Topics

Night Three

3 Topics

Night Four

8 Topics

Night Five

7 Topics

Training Team

Our trainers are leading doctors, nutritionists, and pregnancy practitioners who have helped hundreds of women through successful pregnancies.
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Alexia Franco Pettersen

Instructor

Alexia Franco Pettersen, BA, CFPM, ICCE, ICBD, CPD, CLC – is a certified childbirth educator, a certified birth and postpartum doula, and certified lactation counselor. She also holds a BA in Organizational Communications and Spanish from the University of Minnesota, plus is a certified food protection manager. Alexia has worked with more than 4,000 families in the Twin Cities either supporting them at their homes, their birthplaces or in the classroom setting since 2012. She resides in the West Metro with her husband, Russell, and four boys.
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Tory Kielas-Jensen

Instructor

Tory Kielas-Jensen, BA, CPD, CLC, CPDT (MDE) – is a Certified Postpartum Doula and Lactation Counselor. She holds a BA in Business Communications and advanced certificates in Community Building. She has been training postpartum doulas since 2010. She also teaches families in home and group settings about the postpartum period for both mom and newborns. Tory was one of the original developers of the Modern Doula Education curriculum in 2012, and she purchased the business in 2018.

Training Overview:

Do you want to build a career helping women facilitate a healthy pregnancy? Do you want to differentiate yourself from traditional doulas and newborn care specialists with more functional and hormonal health knowledge?

Birthing and pregnancy are important parts of a woman’s life, which will initiate a beautiful transformation of mind, body, and spirit.

Few women appreciate how much the body changes during pregnancy and what is required to maintain optimal health in the process. Most women go into this process with little emotional support and knowledge about what they will experience. Women are forced to navigate crucial details of their pregnancy on their own without professional help.

The Aura Institute Pregnancy & Fertility Practitioner training is designed to train practitioners with the tools they need to build a thriving business supporting women from pre-conception through childbirth. This certification includes Doula training, with more breadth and depth of functional health knowledge.

We created this training as we noticed women increasingly seeking more health, emotional, and spiritual support during their pregnancy. You’ll leave the training feeling confident in acting as a “point guard” for your client’s pregnancy, making their process healthy and easeful.

This training is led by an all-female team which includes a functional medicine doctor, nutritionist, chiropractor, and master Doula. All our trainers are either mother’s themselves, or have significant experience working in a clinical setting with women during the pregnancy process.

The truth is, regardless of your depth of education, to be a professional pregnancy practitioner requires you to build your own business and find new clients on your own. This training will also prepare you with tools and strategies for developing a rich client base, completely from scratch.

Snapshot:

Where:

LIVE online classes via Zoom.

Course Length:

1 Month (level 1)

2023 Sessions:

Sep 9 – 30
Oct 14 – Nov 4
Jan 6 – Feb 3 (level 2)

Class Times (Every Week):

Every Saturday & Sunday 8AM-11AM PST (4PM-7PM London)

Total Hours:

Level 1 – 24 hours
Level 2 – 24 Additional Hours

Class Times (Every Week):

Certified Holistic Pregnancy Coach
Certified Pregnancy & Fertility Practitioner
40 CE’s for most healthcare professions.

Training Cost & Payment Plans:

Payment plans are available to all students.
$350 discount for signing up and paying in full 60 days before training start date.
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Course 01

Free
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Course 02

$2,450

FAQs

The PFP Certification gives you the education and professional recognition to support women through their birthing process, whether that be in an existing clinic or through private practice. We created this certification as we felt the traditional birth-support institutions (doulas, newborn care specialists) were insufficient for meeting the true demands of women during this time, and needed an upgrade.

Yes, we are pending approval for our Level 1 training to apply as 40 continuing education hours with the American Psychological Association, the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, and the California Board of Nurses.

It’s also possible to submit your CE’s to individual state boards. Please be in touch with our academic coordinator to help you apply for CEs.

This training is open to anyone with a background in health or wellness. We’ll need to briefly review your educational background when you apply.
The trainings are designed to be taken together along with our business training after you finish. However, you are able to take only level 1.
After completing level 1, you can use the title “Aura Institute Certified Pregnancy Coach.” After completing Level 1 and Level 2, you can use the title “Aura Institute Certified Pregnancy & Fertility Practitioner (PFP).” These titles are a professional accreditation and do not change the scope of your current license.
All live sessions are recorded. As much of the learning happens from being live with the group, we encourage you to attend as many live as you can. You can make up attendance by watching the recording.