Fees

There’s a range of fees* for my doula services and five ways to work with me for birth preparation and/or birth doula support. (Please also see table and detailed explanations, below.)

  1. Full doula services with me guiding you through extensive prenatal preparation, being your primary birth doula in Regina, SK, and 8 weeks of postpartum support, ($1600-2000).
  2. Full doula services with me guiding you through extensive prenatal preparation, travelling to be your primary birth doula out of town (Moose Jaw or Fort Qu’Appelle), and 8 weeks of postpartum support, ($1900-2300). Covers time and expenses for travel, hotel, being out of town.
  3. “Dial-a-doula” ($1100), for the full package described without in-person birth support. Birth support is offered via virtual check-ins.
  4. Doula services with me guiding you through extensive prenatal preparation, providing postpartum support, and with a fully-trained but new doula as your primary doula to attend your birth ($1300).
  5. A variety of prenatal classes and guidance for preparation, without doula services. Classes range in price from $10 – 135. Private consultations are available to create birth plans or simply to answer questions and help you prepare ($75 for 1 hour, $105 for 90 minutes). An Optimal Birth Prep package is also available, to help you get ready for your birth ($700).
  6. Prenatal preparation and birth support for planned caesarean births (please contact me directly).

                  Please note: There are surcharges for out of town births and rush-services. 

Option #1: If you’d like me to attend your birth:

My current fees are a sliding scale of $1600-2000 for births in Regina, SK, which is a fair reflection of my extensive experience, skills and knowledge. Besides the often long and unpredictable hours, there are costs associated with being a professional doula. Some of these are monetary such as training, missing other work-shifts, association fees, parking and all the normal expenses related to self-employment. Other costs are not measurable, such as missed family events, being on-call (700+ hours per client), and recovery time from long births. Experienced doulas are worth the expense and in fact are the first to fill their client list.

Why a sliding scale? Quite simply, because I need to make a living wage and did the math. Many of the clients with whom I work can afford to pay a higher fee. However I wish to be able to work with ideal clients who may have fewer financial resources. 

  • Everyone gets the same excellent care and attention.
  • After we agree to work together, clients have 48 hours to sign the Client Agreement, where they indicate the fee that works for them.
  • The Client Agreement will be set at that rate. Half is due as a retainer upon signing the contract (Doula-Client Agreement). The other half is due by 36 weeks. Other payment plans can be arranged; just ask me.
  • I am happy to set up payment plans and I offer gift-certificates for my services, in case someone wishes to contribute to your doula service fees.

If you wish to benefit from my expertise but the cost is out of your range, then you might be interested in attending prenatal classes or accessing other services such as Birth Plan Preparation, or working with me and one of the doulas I’m mentoring.

Option #2:  Work with me and one of the newer doulas I’m mentoring for $1300. Limited availability, please let me know before we meet if you are interested in exploring this option. 

Prenatal preparation is vital for having your ideal birth. Therefore you’ll have all prenatal consultations, including creating a birth-plan and any questions answered along the way, with me and a new doula. I train doulas and have a select few that I collaborate with in this way. They are fully and professionally trained, but not very experienced yet, and are lovely and competent people who meet the requirements of mentorship with me. The newer doula will be your primary doula for your labour and birth. We both attend the postpartum visit. (I train Birth and Postpartum Doulas of excellence through Birth Ways International.)

This means we all have prenatal and postpartum meetings together, I help you create a birth plan, am available for all your questions through pregnancy and birth, and you have access to my prenatal classes, the “client-only” documents and resources, and my lending library. The fee for this is $1300 (regular fee is 1600-2000). 

Option #3: A variety of consultations for birth preparation and prenatal classes, without birth support doula services.

Classes range in price from $10 – 135. Private consultations are available to create birth plans or simply to answer questions and help you prepare ($75 for 1 hour, $105 for 90 minutes). Full birth prep is also an option, without a doula attending your birth – please see below ($600).

Optimal Birth Prep Package:  I educate and set up clients with the same care my doula clients get. It’s up to you to arrange for another doula or perhaps you are not working with a doula at all. This involves 2 meetings prenatally to go over options, unpack previous births (if applicable), and create a vision of their ideal birth, and extensive educational support (e-mails, client hand-outs, referrals to local health practitioners, help with birth-plans and sibling-prep), a Directory for the Childbearing Year, a Roadmap to Optimal Birth Prep, and a Postpartum Prep list. These clients have access to my “client-only” resources and we prepare a birth plan together. They can also ask me questions via e-mail any time through their pregnancy – to pick my brain or get answers to things that come up along their pregnancy. $700.

* Please note: Fees are subject to change at any time. Fees quoted at the time of the intro meeting will be honoured for 2 weeks after our meeting. Once the client-agreement is signed, fees will not change for the services described at the time of signing.

Other Options if finances are a concern:

  • Raise funds e.g. a collection-box at your baby-shower or Mother-Blessing, or ask people to contribute to your doula rather than buying other gifts.
  • Explore working with a less experienced doula, as they usually have lower fees.  See The Doulas of Regina for a listing of local doulas.
  • If there’s no way you can pay for birth support, check out the Doulas of Regina Relief Fund.  They pay for doulas to attend the births of women who qualify based on financial need.