Sharon Muza Trainings, Certifications, Presentations & More

I believe that continuing education and maintaining my certifications are critical to maintaining my skills as a birth doula, a childbirth educator and as a trainer of new doulas and educators. I attend conferences, present to international audiences, and participate in learning opportunities whenever possible. I have hundreds and hundreds of hours of additional learning beyond my initial training in 2004.
January
- Seattle Midwifery School Labor Support Course
March
- Seattle Midwifery School Childbirth Educator Training
March
- REACHE Conference: Real Life with Babies
April
- PALS Doulas Certification
July
DONA International Birth Doula Certification
September
- DONA International Doula Trainer Training with Penny Simkin
October
- DONA International Approved Doula Trainer
November
- Gottman Institute Bringing Baby Home Instructor Certification
March
- REACHE Conference: Epidural Realities
October
- Passion for Birth Childbirth Educator Inservice: The Challenge of Being Interactive While Still Covering Everything
January
- When Survivors Give Birth: Counseling Skills and Strategies to Assist Pregnant Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse in Preparing for Birth Workshop with Penny Simkin
- More Than Coming Out of Birth Alive: Exploring the Psychosocial Impact of Early Life Experiences & Today’s Maternity Care Practices on Childbearing Women Workshop with Penny Simkin
March
- Advanced Doula Training: When A Baby Dies-What To Do?
April
- Second Swedish Medical Center Breastfeeding Conference: A Practical and Evidenced-Based Update
- REACHE Conference: Exploring the Forces Behind the Cesarean Epidemic
June
- Lamaze International Childbirth Educator Certification (LCCE)
September
- Advanced Doula Training: Rebozo Training for Doulas
- Lamaze International Webinar: Marketing Your Childbirth Education Classes
April
- Basics of Breastfeeding for Doulas
- REACHE Conference: Why Are We All So Afraid? How Fear and Risk Impact Birth
June
- Presenter - PALS Advanced Doula Training: Supporting the Journey and Avoiding the Obstacles: Helping Your VBAC Clients
July
- DONA International Birth Doula Recertification
September
- Advanced Doula Training:The OP Fetus-How Little We Know-with Penny Simkin
- Advanced Doula Training: TENS Use in Labor with Penny Simkin
October
- Presenter at Lamaze International Conference: Topic: Working Your Magic: The Educator’s Role in Reducing the Fear of Pain
- Lamaze International Conference, Orlando, FL
November
- Advanced Doula Training: Breastfeeding 201: What Every Doula Needs To Know
- Passion for Birth Lamaze CBE Trainer Training
- Placental Encapsulation Workshop
January
- TENS Trainer Training With Penny Simkin
February
- Advanced Doula Training: Hypnobirthing Support Techniques For Doulas
May
- Midwives of WA Spring Conference: Michael Klein, MD
- Part 1: Midwives and Home Birth in British Columbia—History and Outcomes
- Part 2: Confusion on the Maternity Floor: How Can We See Birth So Differently
- Lamaze International Webinar: Birthing Ethics: What You Should Know About The Ethics of Childbirth
- Open Adoption Training for Doulas: Working with Birth Parents and Adoptive Families
September
- Advanced Doula Training: Politics, Boundaries and Change
October
- Presenter at Lamaze International/ICEA Mega Conference: Topic: Supporting the Journey, Avoiding the Obstacles: Teaching Dynamic VBAC Classes
- Lamaze International/ICEA Mega Conference, "Future of Birth" Milwaukee, WI
- A Day With the Experts of Mother Baby Care, Northwest Hospital Continuing Ed
- Marketing to a New Generation of Parents: Success as a Childbirth Business Owner, Coalition to Improve Maternity Services (CIMS)
- Cook Counter-pressure Techniques for Labor and Pushing
November
- The Business of Being A Doula- PALS Doulas Advanced Doula Training
- Becoming the Greatest Trainer: Seven Strategies for Adding Value and Making a Difference in Turbulent Times
December
- Lamaze International Webinar:Becoming Baby-Friendly: Strategies Creating a Culture that Promotes Successful Breastfeeding
March
- REACHE Conference: Teach Better Now: In the Classroom, Across the Kitchen Table & At the Bedside
May
- Midwives Association of WA Spring Conference with Ina May Gaskin, Penny Simkin and Karen Hays
- UWMC Grand Rounds with Ina May Gaskin; Midwifery Techniques That Facilitate Vaginal Birth
- Childbirth Education: Using Technology to Reach Today’s Parents Webinar
June
- Lamaze International Childbirth Educator Recertification (LCCE)
July
- Social Media Networking – Tools for Success Lamaze Webinar
September
- INJOY Innovative Teaching Techniques for Comfort Strategies Webinar
- Admitted as a Fellow in the American College of Childbirth Educators (FACCE)
November
- DONA International Webinar: A "How To" Tutorial on Third Party Reimbursement for Doula Services
- Midwives Association of Washington Fall Conference
- Supporting LGBTQ Families: Cultural Competency and Birth and Family Professionals.
- Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others with Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
December
- Birth Reports: Steering Your Classes in the Right Direction, Lamaze International Webinar
January
January
- How to Create and Deliver Engaging, Lively Webinars
March
- Maternity Care and Shared Decision Making: Working Together to Improve Care for Mothers and Babies
- REACHE Conference: Just Passing Through; Is It All About the Pelvis with Katy Bowman, Penny Simkin and Gail Tully
April
- Family Centered Cesarean Birth Webinar
- AppointedGreat Starts Consulting Instructor
- Getting the Most out of Your Hospital Tour: A Lamaze International Parent Event
May
- InJoy Webinar: Working with Teens: What Are They Thinking
- Listening to Mothers III: New Results and Trends from the National Survey of Women’s Childbearing Experiences
- Presenter at Midwives Association of Washington Spring Conference, Top Ten Rebozos Uses for Midwives
- How to Teach Evidence-Based Classes and Still Keep Your Job Lamaze Webinar09/2013New Horizons in Lactation with Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
September
- Are We Listening To Mothers? Key Findings from the Listening To Mothers III Survey
October
- Lamaze International 2013 Annual Conference: Let the Good Times Roll for Safe and Healthy Birth
- Presenter at Lamaze International Conference: Birthing Your Online Presence Preconference Workshop
- Presenter: Lamaze International Conference: Teaching to the Plugged In Mom; Using Digital Tools in the Classroom
- Presenter: Lamaze International Conference: Cesarean YOUR Way; A New Approach to Families Planning a Cesarean
- UWMC Ground Rounds: Religion in Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) 2013 Conference; Birthing Social Change
- VBAC: Updating Students on Evidence and Practice Guidelines
November
- Making the Most of Your Childbirth Education Business: Professional tips for managing your small business.
- Contemporary Labor Management; UWMC Grand Rounds
- The MotherBaby Transition - Management of 3rd and 4th Stages - Penny Simkin
December
- Isis Webinar; Twin Pregnancies: Updates in Care
February
- Reaching Students Earlier: The Imperative for Good Outcomes
April
- WSHA Safe Table - Safe Deliveries
- Six is the New Four: A Review of the Safe Prevention of the Primary Cesarean Delivery Consensus Report
May
- Helping Parents Prepare their Child and their Relationship for a New Baby
- New ACOG Prevention of the Primary Cesarean Delivery Guidelines: Do They Raise More Questions Than Answers? with Penny Simkin
July
- What Men Need in Labor & Isn't It Time We Cared? - Amy Gilliland PhD
September
- Lamaze International/DONA International Conference: Flowing Together for Safe, Healthy Birth and Beyond. Kansas, City, MO
- Presenter - Lamaze International/DONA International Conference "Meeting the Needs of the Digital Age Mother: Online Resources that Enhance Your Birth Business"
January
- Promoting Healthy Physiologic Birth in the U.S.- Webinar with Sarah Buckley, MD
February
- Washington State Hospital Association: Safe Table on Safe Deliveries
March
- Webinar:VBAC Friendly or Just VBAC Tolerant? Determining If Your Provider Is Right for You
- The Late Preterm Infant:Supportive Breastfeeding Strategies w/Michelle Kinne IBCLC
- Partogram for Active Management of Labor - Grand Rounds UWMC
- "Make It Work! Breastfeeding Tips for the Working Mom" - Lamaze International Webinar
April
- Presenter:"Unexpected Outcomes and the Doula Role" and "Ready, Set, Rebozo" Inland NW Doula Network, Spokane, WA
May
- Presenter: "TENS in the Toolbox" Seattle, WA
June
- "Utilizing the New Lamaze Mobile App – Pregnancy to Parenting" - Lamaze International Webinar
- Presenter: "Supporting the Journey, Avoiding the Obstacles", PALS Doulas, Seattle, WA
July
- Presenter- "Supporting the Journey, Avoiding the Obstacles- Working with VBAC Clients", "TENS in the Toolbox", and "Ready, Set, Rebozo" Louisville, Birth Care Network, Louisville, KY
- DONA International Birth Doula Recertification
September
- Lamaze International/ICEA 2015 Joint Conference: Raising the Stakes for Evidence-Based & Education in Childbirth
- Presenter at Lamaze International/ICEA 2015 Joint Conference: Social Media Smarts: Strategic Online Marketing for the Busy Childbirth Professional Preconference Workshop
- Presenter: Lamaze International/ICEA 2015 Joint Conference: Getting on Google’s Good Side: Top SEO Strategies For Getting Found Online
- Presenter: Lamaze International/ICEA 2015 Joint Conference: Cesarean YOUR Way: Develop a Great Class For Families Planning Cesarean
- Awarded 2015 Lamaze International Media Award
October
- Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Birth: Supporting Intended Vaginal Birth
- Lamaze International Webinar: Reaching More Students: Effective Marketing for Childbirth Educators
November
- Lamaze International Webinar: Be an Evidence-Based Practice Expert: Finding the Facts Behind Breastfeeding Beliefs
December
- Lamaze International Webinar: The Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Key Concepts for Childbirth Educators with Sarah Buckley, MD
- January
- DONA International Doula Trainer Retreat: Presenter: Moving Beyond the Facts: Effective Doula Training Strategies in Support of Evidence Based Birth
March
- What Does Today’s Research Say? Helping Expectant Parents Understand Evidence-Based Care
- REACHE Conference Presenter:Moving Beyond the Facts: Equipping Families with Tools for an Evidence Based Labor & Birth
April
- Spinning Babies Workshop with Gail Tully
July
- DONA International 2016 Annual Conference - Presenter: Doctors, Doulas and Decisions: Helping Clients to Successfully Navigate Choice
- DONA International 2016 Annual Conference - Presenter: Thriving not just Surviving: Strategies for Staying Sane While On-Call
- DONA International 2016 Annual Conference
August
- BEST PRACTICE: Managing Early Feeding Challenges
- CMQCC Webinar-Introduction to the Toolkit to Support Vaginal Birth and Reduce Primary Cesareans
- Breastfeeding and Partnerships: Improving African American Breastfeeding Rates
- DONA International Trainer Reapproval
September
- The Significance of Childbirth to the Birthing Person with Penny Simkin, PT, BA
- Certified Lactation Educator: Foundations for Best Practice in Lactation Care
- Dads Experience Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Too! Perinatal Support Washington
October
- Evidence Based Care: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and How to Help Families Find It - Rebecca Dekker, PhD, RN, APRN
- Lamaze International 2016 Annual Conference - Presenter: Blogging with Confidence – Conquer Your Fear of Writing
- Lamaze International 2016 Annual Conference - Moving Beyond the Facts: Equipping Families with Tools for an Evidence Based Labor & Birth
April
- LGBT-Inclusive Obstetrics and Nursing Support (L.I.O.N.S.)
June
- CMQCC Induction of Labor - Risk, Benefits and Techniques for Increasing Success
- Breastfeeding is Food Sovereignty
July
- Steps Toward Achieving Birth Equity & Reducing Maternal and Infant Mortality Among Black Women
- Six Ways to Help Your VBAC Clients Avoid the Bait & Switch
- Safety Action Series: Implementing the Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Bundle
August
- Reproductive Justice and Black Women's Maternal Health
October
- Improving Discharge Education About Potential #POSTBIRTH Complications
January
- The Lamaze Brand – Key Results and Visual Identity Reveal
February
- Brain - Based Presenting: Getting the Brain to Pay Attention with Sharon Bowman
- Transgenerational Trauma and Resilience Among African American Mothers
March
- Safe Table and Safe Delivery - WSHA
- REACHE Examines Race: Confronting racial inequities in the perinatal period
- Lamaze International Annual Conference 2018, San Antonio, Tx
- Presenter Lamaze International Conference 2018 - Get Wise to the New Wisdom - Understanding ACOG’s “Approaches to Limit Interventions for Labor and Birth
- Preventing Change Fatigue: Exploring Sustainability, Scale, and Spread
April
- PQI Champions Webinar Series - Amniotic Fluid Embolism: Research and Resources Update
- Induction of Labor Beyond the ARRIVE Trial - Risk, Benefits and Techniques for Increasing Success
June
- Childhood Immunizations: Building a Foundation of Immunity
- Penny Simkin's Day of Learning
July
- DONA International Birth Doula Recertification
- DONA International Summit
- DONA International Trainers' Retreat
September
- Seven Doula Secrets for Achieving Your Goals and Avoiding Burnout
October
- Exercise During and After Pregnancy: Understanding ACOG Guidelines
November
- Evidence Based Birth Webinar: Induction at 39 Week
December
- Unexpected Newborn Complications: Understanding the New Measure
March
- A Psychological First Aid (PFA) Approach to Providing Compassionate Support to Ease Potentially Traumatic Stress
April
- Health Equity Training - Lamaze International
- Lamaze International Conference LAMAZE LIVE! - Pittsburgh, PA
- Supporting Muslim Families in the Age of Islamophobia
May
- Presenter: Get Wise to the New Wisdom - Understanding ACOG’s “Approaches to Limit Interventions for Labor and Birth, REACHE Annual Conference, Auburn, WA
- REACHE: TED-Style - Evidence Updates and Teaching Methods from Local Experts
July
- DONA International Doula Trainer Retreat - Clearwater, FL
August
- DONA International Birth Doula Trainer Reapproval
October
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Bastyr University
- New Horizons in Lactation: Improving Lactation Care Through Cultural Humility
November
- Understanding Postpartum Psychosis, Perinatal Support
January
- Final 2018 Mortality Data Release with a Special Highlight on Maternal Mortality
February
- Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, and Choice
March
- Indigenous Womxn's Mental Health During the Childbearing Year
- Ask the Perinatal Psychiatrist - PS-WA
April
- Trans Care BC Clinical Speaker Series.
- When Baby Won't Latch - LLLI
August
- Sharon Bowman and the Six Trumps
- A Path Forward - Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi
- Co-created Creative & Confident: Level Up Your Virtual Classes and began presenting perinatal workshops on this topic.
September
- How to be an Anti-Racist - DONA International
October
- California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative on Induction
- New Horizons in Lactation - Identifying Maternal Risk Factors, Disparities, and Barriers to Lactation
- Speak Up For and With Black Women: Strategies to Dismantle Racism, Provide Quality Equitable Care and Reduce Health Disparities - Perinatal Quality Initiative and Washington State Hospital Association
November
- DONA Annual Trainer meeting
- 2020 Innovative and Creative Doula Workshop Curriculum Award - DONA International
December
- Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator Reapproval
February
- Trauma-Informed Pelvic Care In the Time of COVID-19 - Gold Midwifery Keynote
- Uprooting structural racism embedded in medical education -ACOG
- International Birth Tear Summit
- Pain management and aftercare related to Frenectomy/Frenotomy and the role of the IBCLC
- Recognizing Lucy, Betsey and Anarcha: A Live Conversation with Deirdre Cooper Owens, PhD and Veronica Maria Pimentel, MD, - ACOG
- Extra Tough: A Conversation with Alaska Native Birthworkers - Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
March
- Lactation after Loss -100% Doula
- Cannabis Use in the Perinatal Period - Perinatal Support
- "What the Books Don't Teach You: Tips and Tricks for the Lactation Professional" - Gold Learning Lectures Series
- Equity and Access in Healthcare - with Ben Danielson, MD and Monica Guzman
- Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Maternal Health Care
- Understanding Pushing with Mamastefit
- Advocacy and Perinatal Mental Health
- "Dignity in Childbirth and Pregnancy - Laying the Groundwork" - Diversity Science Academy
- "Dignity in Childbirth and Pregnancy - Racism not Race" - Diversity in Science
April
- The Evidence on Advanced Maternal Age - Evidence Based Birth Webinar
May
- Rethinking Second Stage: Letting Baby Out Versus Getting Baby Out - Gold Midwifery, Barbara Harper
- The Mysterious Milk Ejection Reflex - Gold Lactation
- WA State Perinatal Collaborative - Maternal Mortality Review
- Everything You Need To Know To Prepare Your Pelvic Floor For Birth - Body Motion PT
- Trauma in the Perinatal Period Training - Perinatal Support WA/Dr. Leslie Butterfield
- When Pregnancy Is Used to Deny Patients Their Civil and Human Rights - Speaker(s): Dr. Jamila Perritt; Indra Wood Lusero, JD; Sevonna Maria Brown; and Dr. Mary Faith Marshall
June
- Creating a Gender Affirming Community: Including of All Families in Midwifery Practice, ACNM
September
- The Intersection of Fatphobia and LGBTQ+ Healthcare - University of Louisville
- 2021 Injoy Health Virtual Summit: Rebound and Rebuild, Co-Presenter - The Building Blocks of Better Virtual Classes
- 2021 Lamaze International Virtual Advocacy Summit. Co-Presenter - Self-Advocacy Made Simple, Virtually
October
- Breastfeeding Coalition of Snohomish County New Horizons 2021
- Evidence Based Birth: Evidence on the Top 5 Ways to Prevent Tearing during Childbirth Webinar
November
- The Impact of Racism on LGBTQ+ Health and Healthcare - University of Louisville
December
- Strengthening Support for Families Impacted by Substance Use Disorders: Doulas are Vital - DONA International
January
- Bodyfeeding after Cesarean - Lamaze International
- Impact of Continuous Kangaroo Mother Care for Low Birthweight Babies - Snohomish County Lactation Journal Club
February
- Ankyloglossia Presentation & Variation - Snohomish County Lactation Journal Club
- Childbirth Education Project - Lamaze Workshop Accreditation and Approval
April
- The Impact of Pain on Perinatal Mental Health Webinar - Perinatal Support Washington
- Connecting Sexual Assault Trauma and Coerced Obstetric Procedures - BirthRightsBar.org
May
- Strengthening Cultural Humility, Dismantling Implicit Bias for Birth Professionals - Community Birth Center
- Supporting Secondary Traumatic Stress in Midwives & Childbirth Professionals - Gold Learning
- Gender Affirming Healthcare - Community Birth Center
- Addressing Racism and Bias: Mind-Body-Spirit - Community Birth Center
- Cultural Humility & it's Relevance to Racism and Cultural Bias amongst Indigenous Communities - Community Birth Center
- Addressing Racism & Bias - Embodying Accountability & Shifting Power - Community Birth Center
- Perinatal Mental Health: Culturally Informed Approaches to Screening, Assessment, and Treatment - ACOG and Postpartum Support International