Tennessee Doulas Association is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate people about doulas and promote the use of doula care to improve pregnancy, birth, and postpartum outcomes.

Hire a Professional Doula (doo-luh)

A doula is a trained professional who educates and supports women before, during, and after childbirth. Doulas teach self care, partner support, labor techniques, breastfeeding, and more.

Doulas don't deliver babies. That is the job of your doctor or midwife.

Birth Doula Benefits:

39% less likely to have a c-section
31% use less labor inducing drugs (Pitocin)
38% have healthier babies
66% more likely to have a positive birth experience

How to hire a doula:

1. Fill out the form below.

2. We will call and talk with you about your options.

3. We assign you to the doula available.

Birth Doula Service Includes:

6 prenatal/postpartum home visits
Childbirth Class
Birth Planning
Support During Labor
Lactation Support

If you qualify for the grant, your doula payment could be as low as $50. Otherwise, the doula fee is $1500.

Request a doula

Pregnancy support

Labor Support

After Birth Support

Why hire a TNDA Doula?

Our amazing professional doulas are:

Certified / trained through a doula organization
Background screened
CPR / First-aid trained

In every moment, from the first flutter of anticipation to the tender embrace of new life, a doula's presence is felt—a guiding light, a steady hand, and a compassionate heart, walking alongside you on the journey of birth and beyond.

The doula fee is a sliding scale model based on your income. Your doula could cost from $50 to $1500. Contact us for more information.

Learn more!

Serving Familes in TN

615-625-2243 | 859-533-4667

If you are pregnant and want a doula through our grant program please click on the following link and fill out the form. We will get back to you shortly.

https://app.doulado.co/client?eyJpbnRha2VfaWQiOiIzODQifQ==

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TN Map A Doula 2024

At the beginning of 2024 we were curious about how many doulas were working in TN. Several years ago the state did research and only found 150 doulas. Our team decided to research and find out if we had more than that. After 3 months we had a great starting map of doulas across the state.

Now it is time to see where we need doulas. Our first goal was to have 10 doulas in each of the 95 counties. The counties colored in green met those qualifications.

Next, we decided that if half of the pregnant moms wanted a doula to serve them, we would need 1 doula per 72 pregnant moms. Based on our calcualtions and research, more doulas are needed in TN.

We continued to research and train doulas of the next several months. Below, you will find the current number of doulas across the state. Currently, we have mapped 428 doulas and you can see improvement in several areas. We are excited to have more color on the map.

We also took the state data and analyzed it to see where more doulas are needed. To combat the maternal mortality rate, we need more doulas in the upper cumberland area and in Memphis. To combat the infant mortality rate, we need more doulas in the west part of the state. We also hope to target the areas that are care deserts, which are 19 counties that are 65 miles from care. Our hope is that more doulas will mean better education and support to families across the state and lead to improved outcomes.

We serve everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, immigration status, religion, or disability. We believe we all have something to contribute. We believe we can all learn from one another.

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This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for Tennessee Doulas Association. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website. It will notify you of the following:

1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.

2. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.

3. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.

4. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

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While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at 859-533-4667 or via email (tennesseedoulasassociation@gmail.com).