Trish, they don't actually help you find your births, but to be honest I have had no problem whatsoever getting my training births! I have had to refer and refuse several! I am more worried about getting them when I am asking people to pay! lol

There is no actual timeframe placed on you in realtion to when you do them. I started the course in Feb and my births are in May and September so far ( ummm having a baby somewhere in between that myself! heheeh) Pity you are not in Melbourne otherwise I could have been a training birth for you if I didn't already have my Doula lined up!

Yes the sooner you have the births lined up, the sooner you can record them, the only problem I would see would be fitting all of your pre natal visits in. I have finishe majority of the actual modules in about 3 weeks, and knowing you have 4 bubbas and loads of experience you will fly through the actual theory!

Optimum Birth also do a webpage for you as soon as you complete the 2nd module and they put you on the Doula register as a trainee Doula.

HTH!