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If you want to be added to our Doula Database, please click on the Doula Name Submittal button and fill out the Doula Submittal Form.

Questions to Ask a Doula

We recommend when considering a doula you protect your best interest by asking your prospective doula some of the following questions:

• What training have you had?
• Tell me (us) about your experience with birth, personally and as a doula.
• What is your philosophy about childbirth and supporting women and their partners through labor?
• May we meet with you to discuss our birth plans and the role you will play in supporting me (us) through childbirth?
• May we call you with questions or concerns before and after the birth?
• What care providers have you worked with? In what hospitals have you attended births?
• When do you try to join women in labor? Do you come to our home or meet us at the hospital?
• Do you meet with me (us) after the birth to review the labor and answer questions?
• Do you work with one or more backup doulas (for times when you are not available)? May we meet them?
• What is your fee? Is any part of your fee refundable if you do not attend the birth?
• Can you provide references? (Be sure to check the references.)

When you meet the doula (and it is a good idea for both you and your partner to meet her), pay particular attention to your personal perceptions of the doula. Is she kind, warm and enthusiastic? Is she knowledgeable? Does she communicate well? Is she a good listener? Is she comfortable with your choices or does she seem to have her own agenda? Do you feel comfortable with her? You may want to interview more than one doula and make a comparison to help you find a doula who is right for you.