What is a Doula specialist?
Doula specialist is a professional trained in childbirth who provides emotional, physical, and educational support to a mother who is expecting, is experiencing labor, or has recently given birth. The purpose of Doula is to help women have a safe, memorable, and empowering birthing experience. Most often the term Doula refers to the Birth Doula or labor support companion.:
We are inviting all Doula specialists to join our online system and be more visible for prospective parents.
Happy Clients and parents found their Doula specialists through our website.
Connections established by clients and specialists through our service.
Years of experience have our qualified Doula specialists.
Succeed Births as a result of having qualified Doula specialist.
Testimonials
Support for Women During Childbirth, showed a very high number of positive birth outcomes when a Doula was present. With the support of a Doula, women were less likely to have pain-relief medications administered and less likely to have a cesarean birth.
Alison Chu
Mom of baby boy
I had a wonderful experience with Jessica Wilson as my Doula. My labor began early in the morning on November 27th, and I called Jessica almost immediately after speaking with my ob/gyn. I loved Jessica, reassuring demeanor and she was very attentive to my needs. She was with us in the hospital from the beginning, and even when it became clear that my labor was going to be longer than anticipated, she really put my needs first to make sure she could be there when I felt I needed her. Overall, Jessica was very professional and well-prepared, and she always made me feel at ease and respected. She is an amazing Doula and I highly recommend her!
Jenny Karas
Mom of baby girl
It was getting closer to our due date, and I still hadn’t found a Doula. Suzan responded immediately to my inquiry and arranged to meet my husband and me for a consultation. I’d like to let you know how amazing it was to have Suzan by my side for my birth experience. Friends of mine have told me about poor birth experiences they had, and I feel so lucky to report that mine was great. This was largely due to Suzan and her expertise. I honestly can’t imagine having done it without her. When the birth did not go at all as I’d hoped, she remained calm and patient. After the birth, Suzan was able to stay overnight as our postpartum Doula. Her care of our baby in addition to her help with household chores was invaluable in those exhausting, early days. I cannot thank her enough!
Frequently Asked Questions
We have answers for most frequently asked questions. Please contact us if you do not find answer of you question.
For prospective parents
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How to sign up as a parent?
There are two options to sign up as a parent. You can go ahead and find your preferred Doula specialist, then get signed up when you request service for your selected specialist. Also you can open regular Sign up as a parent page and provide your information to sign up. After sign up you need to activate your account to allow specialists get your service requests. So without full filled profile and activated account specialists will not see your requests.
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How to request a service?
Our Find Specialist page helps you find your preferred Doula specialist. Click on the Request Service button for the selected specialist and provide necessary information to request a service. It is important to provide correct and up to date information on the service request form as your contact information should be shared with specialist allowing them to contact you for a service.
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How to hire a Doula specialist?
To hire a Doula specialist go to our Find Specialist page, set search criteria to find couple of specialists matching your requirements and needs. Send Service Requests to selected specialists. Do not hesitate to send more requests, it will help you get a list of possible candidates. Specialists who are serious about serving families will respond you within 48 hours. So you are going to receive email from each requested specialist with contact information. Go ahead and contact each specialist to find the best match. Confirm the doula’s availability. Ask if you would like to continue a face-to-face meeting. More about How to hire a Doula.
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How to interview Doula specialist?
The Doula occupation is unlicensed and unregulated. One way to ensure your Doula has met high standards for education, training and experience is to choose a certified doula from a well-known and respected Doula certifying organization. Ask specialists to show their certification and qualification for your verification. More about Evaluation of Doula Specialist.
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What if Doula specialist rejected your service request?
It is possible that Doula specialist you found cannot respond your request because of availability. You can try to find another possible candidates on the Find Specialist page.
For Doula Specialist
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How to sign up as a Doula specialist?
Sign up is strait forward action, just open Sign up as a Doula specialist page, provide necessary information and submit sign up form. Then you are going to receive account activation link by email. Just click on the link and activate your account.
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How to set up your profile correctly?
After activating you account you need to complete your profile. Go to My Profile page, upload your up to date photo, provide your information for your profile. After changing your email or phone numbers you need to verify them. Please be informed that without complete information your profile could not be displayed on the search or listings page. Also go to My Notifications page to change notification preferences.
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How to configure your services?
To set up services you are providing please go to My Services page (You can open this page in the menu also), click edit button then add or change services you are qualified and ready to provide. You can provide your fees, duration, experience for each service here. After changes please save your services page.
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How to set your qualifications?
To set up your qualification and education please go to My Qualification page (You can open this page in the menu also), click edit button then add or change qualifications or education you have. After changes please save your qualifications page.
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How to set your speaking language?
To set up your speaking languages go to My Languages page (You can open this page in the menu also), click edit button then add or change languages you are speaking. After changes please save your languages page.