• What training and education have you had? Are you a Certified Doula through any professional organization?
  
  
• What is you philosophy about supporting women & their partners through childbirth?
  
  
• When do you join women in labor?
  
  
• May we meet with you to discuss or birth plans & the role that you will play in supporting us through childbirth?
  
  
• May we call you with questions or concerns before or after the birth?
  
  
• Do you meet with us after the birth to review the labor and answer any questions?
  
  
• Do you provide a backup doula for times when you are not available?
  
  
• What is your fee and what does it include?
  
  
• What are your refund policies?
  
  
• Can you provide us with references? (References should be former clients and other area birthing professionals.)
  
  

Your doula will be with you throughout labor & the birth of your baby. We encourage you to meet with your doula prenatally. Your doula will be helping to initiate the intimacy of your birth experience, so it is particularly important that you and your partner feel comfortable with her.