Birth Fee
$0 to $5000
Postpartum Rate
$0 to $250
Medicaid and Third Party Insurers
Currently approved to receive payments from the following programs:
Birth Doula Experience
6 years and 20 births attended
Postpartum Doula Experience
6 years and 20 families served
Doula Training
- DONA International-Approved Workshop, August 2020
Type of practice: Group practice with shared call schedule
Clients per month: 1 to 6 births and 1 to 6 postpartum families
Attends hospital births? All Hospitals
Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers
Attends home births? Any Home Birth
College Education
AA/AS
BA/BS
Special Services Offered
- Abortion support
- Acupressure
- Addiction and recovery support
- Antepartum doula support
- Aromatherapy
- Baby sign language education
- Baby-led weaning
- Babywearing education
- Belly binding
- Bereavement doula (pregnancy & infant loss)
- Birth counseling for survivors of childhood sexual abuse
- Cancer patients and survivors
- Child passenger safety technician services
- Childbirth education services
- Cloth diapering education
- Community health worker
- End of life doula services
- First Aid and CPR
- Full spectrum doula services
- Infant massage education
- Lactation consultant/counselor services
- LGBTQIA+ Support
- Mental health and addiction support
- Military families support
- Miscarriage support
- Newborn care and parenting classes
- Newborn care specialist
- NICU support for parents
- Overnight postpartum support
- Parenting consulting
- Pelvic floor health education & support
- Perinatal wellness coach
- Placenta encapsulation
- Prenatal or postnatal massage
- Prenatal Yoga
- Reduced rates for women considering adoption
- Reflexology
- Reiki
- Satellite doula (for remote and rural clients)
- Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)
- Sleep educator
- Sleep support consulting
- Stillbirth and infant loss support
- Support for parents with substance use
- Surrogates and intended parents
- Therapeutic bodywork
- Therapist or counselor
- Twins and multiples birth support
- Twins and multiples postpartum support
- Virtual and remote doula support
Training Documentation

Relevant volunteer or advocacy work
Board Positions: -ChiGivesBack - Board Member -GUMP Nation - Board Member -YoSoyElla - Board Member Volunteer Work: -Volunteer at Hospitals/Birthing centers as a Birth Doula Advocacate for health equity, Medicaid access, informed consent, mental health, and culturally responsive care, ensuring underserved families receive dignified, trauma-informed, and autonomous perinatal support.
Service Area
Oak Park, IL
Service range 100 miles
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Birth Availability for Parul Patel
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