If you’re a doula deciding where to spend your marketing dollars, or a parent looking for support, you’ve probably seen both DoulaMatch.net and Bornbir. They both connect families with perinatal professionals, but they work in opposite ways. Here is how they differ and why we believe DoulaMatch.net is the better choice for doulas and for families.

After reviewing the nearly 300 organizations that claimed to certify doulas, we removed 115 organizations from our database that were either defunct or could not pass our litmus test as a certification organization.

DoulaMatch.net is making changes to our Evaluating Doula Certifications page to help consumers better understand doula certifications.

DoulaMatch.net publishes doula fee surveys for US and Canada every year. 

We have a problem. With over 200 doula training organizations providing education of varying lengths and quality, (some more than 200 hours of quality, in-person instruction and some as little as 5 hours of recorded videos), we are seeing doulas practice with varying skillsets and knowledge. Some of these training programs promise their aspiring doulas they will be ‘certified’ at the end of their training program, sometimes for a lifetime. Consequentially, these doulas have varying practice abilities and have no incentive or understanding that further, future education is critical for developing their skillset and knowledge base.