Insurance Coverage

Recently, the Medi-Cal health insurance program began offering doula benefits for members. My Holistic Doula was approved and certified by the state of California to provide full spectrum doula services to Medi-Cal clients. We offer birth and postpartum support as well as loss and abortion support at no out of pocket cost to the client - all claims are filed directly to your health insurance provider. More information about what services are covered is available on the DHCS website, linked here.

• We are currently in-network with:

  • Kaiser Permanente (both Medi-Cal and commercial insurance plans)

  • Cal-Optima

  • Optum

• We are not able to accept Carrot insurance at this time, but will hopefully be able to offer it in the future.

How do we structure doula support?

For Birth & Postpartum Clients in Orange County, California

• 1 in-home prenatal visit (1 1/2 hours) between 20 -32 weeks to talk about your birth and postpartum goals

  • You will receive your birth information and planning materials in your portal and your doula will:

    • Get to know you!

    • Answer any burning questions you have

    • Talk about your previous birth experience or your thoughts going into your 1st birth

    • Teach you and your partner some Spinning Babies exercises for pregnancy comfort

• 3 in-home or virtual prenatal visits (1 hour each) between 32-38 weeks to talk about birth and postpartum planning

  • Address writing a birth plan - why, how and what it should and shouldn’t include as well as what decisions go into it

  • How the big day goes - from first signs of labor to postpartum recovery in the hospital

  • Preparing for postpartum at home - support systems, prioritizing rest and recovery, and successful feeding

• In-person birth support (at your home and/or at the hospital or birth center)

  Postpartum (these visits can be in person or virtual depending on your preference each visit)

• 1 hour postpartum visit per week for the first 4 weeks (Clients can opt to have 2 of these visits be 3 hours)

• 1 hour postpartum at 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months and one year.

• Option to add visits for specific questions, such as sleep, teething, starting solid foods, walking, etc.

What if I don’t want birth support - just postpartum?

For Postpartum Only Clients

• 1.5 hour prenatal meeting between 34-38 weeks to talk about postpartum planning

• 1-hour in-home or virtual postpartum visit per week for the first 4 weeks (Clients can opt to have 2 of these visits be 3 hours)

  • Talk about or process your birth experience

  • Support breastfeeding and/or provide education and resources for other ways to feed baby

  • Discuss helping baby adjust to the outside world, including soothing, reading baby’s cues, and how to regulate and respond

  • Check in on your post-birth recovery, including recommendations for additional medical or support providers

• 1 hour postpartum at 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks

• 1 hour postpartum at 4 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months

• Option to add visits for specific questions, such as sleep, teething, starting solid foods, walking, etc.

Remember, your visits are available to use for

your baby’s whole first year!