How much does it cost?
Birth doula
The service: depending on the doula it is between £350 and £600 (Some
newer doulas charge expenses only.... do find out more !)
Included :
* 2 antenatal visits
of 2 hours
* Telephone calls and
e-mails (no limit)
* Labour and birth (for
however long)
* 1 or 2 postnatal visits
(usually 1 to 2 hours)
* and many more things
(Mileage needs to be
added for any destination over 5 miles from the doula's house: £0.40/mile)
* * *
We are on-call day and night for 2 weeks before your
due date to 2 weeks after it. This means you can call us at any
time. We sometimes work in a team of two to allow for more flexibility
and a back up mechanism.
We do NOT charge for an initial meeting, before
you have decided to book/hire any of us... but we will ask you
to pay for our mileage (£0.40/mile) if you are further than 5
miles from our home.
Postnatal doula
Between £10/h to £17/hour
+ Mileage (£0.40/mile) if you are further than 5 miles from the doula's
home. We are self-employed (so we pay our own taxes).
Some of us are extremly
flexible in the hours we are able to do... daytime, evening and night...
and even weekend! After all, this is about you getting the support when
YOU need it!
Finding a doula fee
Nurturing Birth is not an agency however due to the ever increasing
demand for doulas, Valerie has had to find and train doulas to
help more and more mothers (which she couldn't help herself as
she was too often fully booked). She is now able to offer you
a choice of birth and postnatal doulas including her own services.
We do not charge parents or doulas a search/introductory fee.
Booking
When to book? Anytime
really.... but we work on a first come first serve basis and while we
may be very busy one month we may have more availabilities the next...
or we may be free in a few weeks only to be called and booked an hour
later for those same weeks (it has happened). Our schedule is evolving
every day... so you may call well in advance and ensure yourself of our
availability or you may call last minute (for example when back from hospital
after the baby's birth for some postnatal doula support) and find that
we actually have some availability which may suit your needs. Unfortunately
we can't be more precise... but when we commit ourselves to you, we will
not let you down.
We limit the number
of women/families we book at a time to ensure a quality and flexibility
of service for everyone. |