Standard Student Birth Doula Package:

Student doulas are working towards their certification and are typically newly trained, less experienced, and often less confident. They are trying to find their voice and space as a doula through experience. Please don’t base your decision to hire a student doula solely on financial motivation. This is a huge investment you’re making into your life and your baby’s life. While the fee may be substantially lower, ultimately I want you to be happy with your doula care.

We do our best to guide and mentor the student doulas we work with, but it’s important for you to know that they will be attending your birth alone with you and your partner(s), and we feel that is an important factor to consider when looking for free/volunteer/low cost births. The women who do them typically are doing them just long enough to gain some experience and confidence.

• A free sixty (60) minute initial consultation in our office [map]
• Three (3) prenatal visits with your doula privately in our office
• Personalized childbirth and newborn care education, resources, and referrals
• Unlimited phone, text, chat, and email support as needed throughout your pregnancy and up to two weeks postpartum.
• Full access to the Portland MamaBaby Lending Library
• On call care (available 24 hours/day within a 60-mile radius of Portland) for your birth, beginning on the first day of your 38th week of pregnancy (two weeks before your due date). I will remain on call for your birth until you have your baby. Even the best laid plans can be disrupted by Mother Nature. In the event that your doula is unable to attend your birth, your back up doula will be with you. You will have the option to meet your back up doula.
• Continuous, uninterrupted professional doula support during your labor and birth in your home, birthing center, or hospital of your choosing in the Portland metropolitan area.
• Two (2) one-hour postpartum home visits and breastfeeding support (with a gift for Mama and Baby)
  [$25.00 travel fee for home visits applies outside Portland Metro area]