Learn how to use employee benefits like Carrot Fertility, Progyny, or Maven, to pay for doula support. This guide explains what services are eligible for reimbursement, how to check your benefit coverage, and tips for navigating the process. Whether you're looking for a birth doula, postpartum doula, or overnight doula, find out how your benefits can help cover the cost.

Pregnancy can be quite the ride, with so many changes happening quickly- having a doula in your corner can be the stability just about any pregnant lady needs.

The last thing you need in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum is to feel that something that is utterly normal and expected might be out of the ordinary or problematic. Below are 6 areas that were mentioned to me by women who were surprised or anxious by their discovery. 

Much about pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum is openly discussed amongst peers, with OB/GYNs/midwives or easily located in a maternity book. But much is also not covered, is simply not discussed or is seemingly taboo, for no good reason!

Picture this: how do you envision welcoming your baby immediately following birth? Did you know it’s commonly accepted and encouraged, that as long as baby is healthy, he or she should go directly to mom’s chest? That’s right!

Are you an expectant parent and learning about doula support for the first time? We encourage you to keep exploring it as an option. It might make all the difference for your birth and postpartum experience. Here’s how to find one.