How does our sliding scale payment system work?

A sliding scale for a service is confusing at first, but makes a lot of sense when looked at more carefully. We want you to be very happy with the support you receive! We have set the base rate as the minimum payment for our services. We have our clients pay 50% of the base when they reserve us and the balance two weeks after the birth (we send you an invoice for this). 

Some people will need to save carefully to afford our base fee, while others have it easily within their means to slide all the way to the top of the range. We do not ask about your financial status. You decide the final payment amount to your doulas. We ask you to base your payment on your ability to pay and the quality of support you received. We want doula support to be within reach to as many people as possible and this means that some people will pay the base, while others can pay more and that makes it feasible us to get just the base at times.

Do not think of this payment system as fee and tip- that’s not our approach. We give you discretion to decide where along the sliding scale feels best for you, after you’ve experienced support at your birth from us.

Occasionally we will provide support at a birth pro bono, or at a reduced rate. This is at our discretion as our own financial means allow.