FAQs
What are your areas of service?
San Francisco Bay Area. Including most of: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma County. I will consider going outside of my range with an additional travel fee.
Where do you attend births?
I attend births in home (midwife-supported), hospital, &/or birth center.
What is your pricing?
My birth doula pricing is sliding scale from $2,500-$3,150 based on the Green Bottle Sliding Scale. Payments are made in 2 installments.
Sliding scale overview: The top price ($3,100) is the actual cost of the service. If you choose a ticket price below the top tier you are receiving a discount.
The middle price ($2,800) is for those who are able to meet their basic needs but have little-to-no expendable income. Paying for this service may qualify as a sacrifice but it would not create hardship.
The bottom price ($2,500) is for those who struggle to meet basic needs and paying for this service would still be a significant hardship.
Please contact me for hourly postpartum doula pricing.
I also offer an either in-person or virtual postpartum planning session for $250 that gets you set up for a nourishing postpartum period.
What methods of payment do you accept?
Cash, check, bank transfer, major credit cards, Venmo &/or FSA/HSA.
Do you bill insurance?
I am Carrot eligible for birth doula & postpartum doula services & I bill Medi-Cal & Kaiser. Beginning 1/1/26, Kaiser now requires doulas to be contracted to receive payment for their services. I have contracted with Kaiser so billing them directly is not an issue.
I am happy to provide superbills/invoices for you to submit to insurance for other providers.
Do you work with a backup doula?
Yes, I work with Katelyn Berry of Berry Sweet Birth & several others.
Education/training:
Certified Birth Doula, The Matrona Holistic Doula Program
Certified Postpartum Doula, Cornerstone Doula Trainings
Birth Story Medicine® Listener training with Nicole Tricarico
Birth Arts International Birth Doula
Birthing from Within Heart of Mentor Program
Birth Tiger Safari and Alchemy, Pam England
Reiki for Birth with Mitra Sessions
American Red Cross Adult & Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED Certified
Spinning Babies® Parent Class
Bachelors of Arts in English Language Literature and Feminist Studies with a concentration in Gender & Sexuality from University of California, Santa Cruz