| Midwife | Doula | |
|---|---|---|
| What they do | Clinical care for you and your baby: checkups, monitoring, catching your baby, newborn exams | Non-medical support: comfort measures, education, guidance and help speaking up for your choices |
| Where you give birth | At home, with water birth if you choose (hospital-birth options too) | Anywhere: home, birth center or hospital |
| Prenatal visits | Hour-long visits: monthly to 28 weeks, every 2 weeks to 36, then weekly | 2–3 prenatal sessions, up to 2 hours each |
| On call | 24/7 from 37 weeks | From 37 weeks (34 weeks with Ultra) |
| At your birth | Your midwife, plus a birth assistant at every birth | Continuous labor support beside you and your care team |
| After birth | 72-hour home visit, 3 postpartum visits (4 for first-time parents) and newborn screens | 1–2 postpartum visits, with feeding support in Premier and Ultra |
| Price range | From $1,200 to $7,000 (2027 rates) | $1,500 to $2,500 |
| Best for | A healthy pregnancy and a planned home birth, with personal, unhurried prenatal care | Any birth setting, alongside your OB or midwife, when you want steady support the whole way |
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| Full Midwifery Care | Hospital Birth Care | Hospital Birth + Doula | Monitrice + Doula | Prenatal-Only | Postpartum-Only | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 rate | $7,000Standard $9,000 | $4,500Standard $6,000 | $5,500Standard $7,000 | $6,500Standard $8,500 | $3,500Standard $4,500 | $1,200$1,500 first-time parents |
| Hour-long prenatal visits | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Where you give birth | Home (water birth option) | Hospital | Hospital | Labor at home, birth at hospital | Your choice | Already had your baby |
| Me at your birth | As your midwife | — | As your doula | Early labor at home, then doula at the hospital | — | — |
| Birth assistant at birth | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Postpartum care with me | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | 3 visits (4 for first-time parents) |
| Best for | Planning a home or water birth | Personal prenatal care with a hospital birth | A hospital birth with a familiar face beside you | Laboring at home as long as you can before the hospital | Hour-long prenatal visits, with birth care elsewhere | Home postpartum care after a birth elsewhere |
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| Basic Birth | Premier Birth | Ultra Birth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $1,500$350 retainer | $2,000$450 retainer | $2,500$550 retainer |
| Prenatal sessions (up to 2 hrs) | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Birth plan support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| On call from | 37 weeks | 37 weeks | 34 weeks |
| Continuous labor support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Immediate postpartum support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Postpartum visits | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Postpartum herbal bath | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Feeding support at any hour | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Extended messaging at any hour | — | — | ✓ |
| Use of The Birth Sling | — | — | ✓ |
| Add-on credit | $50 | $100 | $250 |
| Free monthly birth classes in ASL | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Best for | Solid, steady support for birth | More prenatal time and feeding help after birth | The most hands-on support, from 34 weeks through postpartum |
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Serving Fort Worth, Arlington, Mansfield, Burleson, Benbrook, Weatherford, Granbury, Cleburne, Keller, Hurst, Grand Prairie, Dallas and all of North Texas, with virtual doula support anywhere. Pregnancy, birth and postpartum care in ASL and English.
