Birth doulas are what most people think of when they hear the word “doula”. Birth doulas are usually covered by Medicaid insurance and some private insurances. For those without insurance coverage, the cost is negotiated directly with the doula or their organization. Birth doulas help people p...
Before speaking to potential doulas, you may want to ask your insurance provider if a doula is covered by your insurance. Oftentimes doulas are not covered. It might also be a good idea to ask your healthcare provider whether you can have a doula with you in the hospital or birthing cente...
Midwives have a relationship with an OB-GYN who provides consultation as needed. Your midwife may refer you to an obstetrician for care if a problem develops during your pregnancy. Your midwife also may team up with another midwife or doula to help with yourlabor and delivery. Make sure your...
The insurance will only give an amount equivalent to the replacement cost ($500,000) multiplied by the ratio (0.75) minus deductible ($5,000). So the amount covered by the insurance is only $370,000 (500,000 x 0.75 = 375,000 – 5,000 = 370,000). You will also get a coinsurance...
Birthing centers, usually staffed by certified nurse-midwives, are known for being supportive environments for having a natural birth without routine interventions and for welcoming anyone you'd like to have there with you, including family, friends, and a doula if you have one. If you want to...
particularly those undergoing transitions such as birth. A community-based Black doula will visit them at home six times prior to delivery, be present at delivery, and visit again eight times after the baby is born. Follow-up appointments will be scheduled at key times, concentrated in the imm...
This is because a CDS contract can be recast as an insurance agreement with an up-front premium equal to the present value of the credit spread at a particular future date t. Hilscher et al. (2015) show that this return is approximately equal to the percentage change in the spread, ...
Breastfeeding doesn’t always “work well” for everyone. And perhaps breastfeeding is not the moral issue we sometimes make it out to be! Here is one mom’s story… by Jessica, of “Smartter” Each Day, Contributing Writer It was six years ago, but if I close my eyes,it’s so re...
So, the night we got home, or maybe a few after that, we found ourselves alone in our own bed, my husband and me where we’d always been, but now with her in the middle, an apt if too on-the-nose metaphor. We had no idea what to do with her. I’d had the vague notion ...