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Certified CapnoLearning® Pregnancy Specialist
Learn to measure, interpret, and teach breath physiology and self-regulation so clients can breathe better through pregnancy, birth, and recovery.
A post-secondary certification program • 6 academic credits, 200 Professional CE hours
Register NowTransform Maternal–Fetal Outcomes Through the Science of Breathing
Every pregnant client you work with is moving through profound respiratory, hormonal, and biochemical change. Most prenatal education stops at breathing for comfort. This program goes further, training you to work with breathing as a regulator of acid-base physiology. Breath physiology has direct downstream effects on labor progression, fetal oxygenation, maternal mental health, and postpartum recovery.
This is the first applied breathing-science certification built specifically for perinatal professionals. It is grounded in respiratory science, behavioral physiology, psychoneurobiology, and real-time capnometry.
Why This Matters Now
Up to 80% of pregnant women develop what's called behavioral hypocapnia. What is hypocapnia? It basically means they've picked up breathing habits (often years before pregnancy) that leave their bodies running low on carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is often overlooked as just a waste gas, but it's much more than that.
It's a key player in how blood, oxygen, and hormones move through the body.
Most of the symptoms this causes get chalked up to "just a part of pregnancy". But a lot of it is actually a habit, which means it's something you can spot and help a client shift. Here's what over-breathing (and the CO₂ loss that comes with it) can affect:
Blood flow to baby.
Even a small drop in CO₂ can tighten the blood vessels feeding the placenta, cutting oxygen to the baby by 20–30% (Tomimatsu, 2013; Levinson, 1974).
How labour moves.Â
Breathing patterns influence how efficiently the uterus works during labor.
Mood and anxiety.
Low COâ‚‚ revs up the brain's alarm system. This shows up as panic, emotional overwhelm, and a higher risk of postpartum depression (Henje Blom, 2014; Gorman, 2001).
 Milk letdown and bonding.
When the body is stuck in high alert from over-breathing, it's harder to access the calm, oxytocin-driven state that supports letdown and connection with baby.
Baby's brain development,
 through its effect on oxygen delivery.
CapnoLearning® teaches you how to recognize this in the moment and gives you simple, behavior-based tools to help a client's breathing (and CO₂ levels) come back into balance, often within minutes.
What You'll Be Able To Do
By the end of this program, you'll be able to:
1Help labour move more smoothly
by using breathing-based tools that support the baby's oxygen supply and the uterus's ability to work efficiently
2Support mood through pregnancy and postpartum
with a clear, body-based framework for calming anxiety and reducing the risk of postpartum depression
3Support easier lactation and postpartum recovery
by helping clients shift out of "on alert" mode and into the calm state that supports milk letdown and bonding
4Bring more clarity to high-risk situations
labor that's stalled, disrupted sleep late in pregnancy, breathing patterns shaped by past trauma, induction support, reducing preterm birth risk, and fertility struggles tied to breathing
5Read a client's breathing in real time to reduce undesired symptoms
using capnometry, and apply gentle, trauma-informed tools that ease nausea, dizziness, breathlessness, anxiety, uterine irritability, and drops in the baby's oxygen
6Bring it all together
understanding the chemistry, mechanics, and psychology of breathing well enough to spot unhelpful patterns and safely help clients shift them, across labor support, prenatal visits, childbirth education, and postpartum care
Program Format
This is one full trimester of coursework, built for working professionals to move through at their own pace within a structured sequence.
Modules unlock sequentially. You complete a short quiz after each one before moving to the next, and you'll pace two Modules ahead of each associated Q&A session.
The 10 Modules:
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Physiology
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Technology
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Psychology
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Interviewing
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Testing
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Self-Exploration
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Self-Regulation
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Applications
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Demonstrations
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 Business
Who This Is For
This program is built for practitioners already working in perinatal care. You'll need:
- Academic background: an AA degree (or higher) in a relevant field, e.g., midwifery
- Professional credentials: official certification in a relevant field, e.g., certified childbirth educator
- Experience: two years full-time in a birthing profession—childbirth educator, community health worker (maternity focus), doula, labor & delivery nurse, midwife, lactation counselor, midwifery nurse, monitrice, perinatal specialist, OB-GYN, or attending physician
What's Included
- Full 10-Module curriculum with practicum
- Live orientation and 5 live Q&A sessions
1:1 practicum review with faculty - Certified CapnoLearning® Pregnancy Specialist credential upon completion
- 6 academic credits + 200 Professional CE hours
Note: Candidates are required to buy, own, or rent a CapnoTrainer to complete practicum requirements.
Tuition
Coursework + Practicum
$2,400 USD
($300 deposit to reserve your seat)
CapnoTrainer Rental Option
$600 + shipping
(credited toward any future CapnoTrainer purchase)
NEXT PROGRAM BEGINS
October 18, 2026
Questions? Reach out at education@bp.edu or visit www.bp.edu
About the Sponsoring Organizations
 This program is offered through the Professional School of Behavioral Health Sciences, cosponsored with Conspire Health, Inc. — bringing together respiratory physiology, capnography technology, and behavioral science to certify qualified healthcare practitioners, human service professionals, health educators, and performance enhancement consultants in identifying and correcting dysfunctional breathing habits.