Birth Fee
$1000 to $1500
Postpartum Rate
$35 to $40
Medicaid and Third Party Insurers
Currently approved to receive payments from the following programs:
Birth Doula Experience
3 years and 20 births attended
Postpartum Doula Experience
3 years and 6 families served
Birth Doula Certifications
- Gifted Hands International - Certified Doula
- Sokana Collective - Certified Full Spectrum Doula
Postpartum Doula Certifications
- Sokana Collective - Certified Full Spectrum Doula
Doula Training
- Gifted Hands Interantional, May 2022
- Sokana Collective, February 2023
Type of practice: Solo practice
Clients per month: 2 births and 1 postpartum families
Postpartum limits/restrictions: At this time postpartum care is only offered overnight for a minimum of 8 hours. No smokers, please.
Attends hospital births? All Hospitals
Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers
Attends home births? Any Home Birth
Only will attend home births with care provided by a Certified Midwife.
Special Services Offered
- Abortion support
- Antepartum doula support
- Aromatherapy
- Babywearing education
- Bereavement doula (pregnancy & infant loss)
- Child passenger safety technician services
- Childbirth education services
- Community health worker
- End of life doula services
- First Aid and CPR
- Full spectrum doula services
- Infant massage education
- Lactation consultant/counselor services
- Military families support
- Miscarriage support
- Mother blessing celebrations
- Newborn care and parenting classes
- Newborn care specialist
- Parenting consulting
- Placenta encapsulation
- Prenatal or postnatal massage
- Satellite doula (for remote and rural clients)
- Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)
- Sleep educator
- Stillbirth and infant loss support
- Surrogates and intended parents
- Twins and multiples birth support
- Virtual and remote doula support
Training Documentation

Relevant volunteer or advocacy work
I work independently and as an independent contractor under multiple doula agencies across the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana areas.
Fee Details
FREE Consultations offered Payments Accepted: IL Medicaid, Payment plans, & FSA/HSA
Service Area
Homewood, IL
Parking fees & Tolls will be considered
Certifications for Joy Thomas
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Client Testimonials for Joy Thomas
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Joy Thomas is a phenomenal Doula! Her caring spirit and attention to detail shined during the labor and delivery process. As a first time mom she put all my worries at ease. She was able to answer most of our questions immediately. And for anything else she followed up with my husband and I promptly. I wouldn't hesitate to use her services again in the future. If you are searching for a Doula in your area, look no more She is the Doula for you!
Joy was extremely helpful during my labor and delivery. I was matched with her later along the line of my pregnancy but it did not stop her from doing the best possible job. She had great techniques on ways of relieving pain during contractions and encouraged me to have a voice speak for myself while in the hospital. Not to mention she wrote up my birth plan for me, quick, easy, and simple, something I stressed about made easy. She was overall great emotional support bringing my son into the world. I could not imagine what I would have been going through if I didn't have her comfort and support.
My birth experience with Joy as a doula was absolutely amazing, beautiful, relaxing, helpful, and she is such a beautiful blessing/ soul who made my birthing experience great. If I was to have another child I'll definitely be looking for Joy to assist me again, she's very patient, and understanding throughout the entire birthing experience. She helps relax your contractions, she help with different positions to help dilate more. I truly would recommend her to everyone as a doula.
Birth Availability for Joy Thomas
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