Interested in Doula Support?
Request Doula Support
Submit your interest form for doula support today! Early submissions increase your chances of being paired with a volunteer doula team. We welcome applicants without discrimination. Please note that doula services are not guaranteed and may be terminated by either party at any time.
¿Está interesada en los servicios de doula?
Mary's Hands Network se enorgullece en servir a las mamás de habla hispana e inglesa. Complete el formulario de interés para comenzar su solicitud de servicios de doula.
Your Path to Doula Support with Mary’s Hands Network
Submit Your Interest Form
Get Matched with a Doula Team
Submit Your Interest Form
If you have a confirmed pregnancy, are interested in MHN doula support, and live within our service area, please begin by submitting our interest form. If you’re over 32 weeks pregnant, you’ll be directed to schedule a virtual visit and can still use our Text-a-Doula support line.
Virtual Onboarding
Get Matched with a Doula Team
Submit Your Interest Form
If you’re eligible, we’ll send you a link to schedule your virtual onboarding call. During this meeting, our Volunteer Coordinator will walk you through what to expect, answer questions, and guide you through creating your Kiip.co account to complete your forms and communicate while awaiting team assignment.
Get Matched with a Doula Team
Get Matched with a Doula Team
Once your forms are submitted, please allow up to two weeks for an update as we work to match you with a team of 2–3 trained volunteer doulas. If we're unable to match you in time, we’ll offer virtual or text-based support as available.
Pre-Birth Support
Labor/Birth Support
Your doula team will schedule a virtual meeting and up to two in-person prenatal visits, depending on your stage of pregnancy. These sessions focus on birth preferences, comfort tools, and preparing for labor.
Labor/Birth Support
Labor/Birth Support
Labor/Birth Support
As a volunteer-based organization, we cannot guarantee a doula will be present at your birth, but your team will be on call around your due date. If unavailable, we’ll reach out to our broader network in an effort to ensure you’re supported.
Postpartum Support
Labor/Birth Support
Labor/Birth Support
Your doulas will follow up within 72 hours of delivery, with one to two visits between birth and 8 weeks postpartum. After your 6–8 week visit, care from your doula team ends, and continued check-ins at 4, 6, and 12 months will be provided by our administrative team.
Help After Miscarriage or Infant Loss
Resources Available
Experiencing the loss of a pregnancy or infant is a deeply personal and often isolating journey. You are not alone. This section offers compassionate support and trusted resources for mothers and families navigating grief and healing.
Here you’ll find:
- Local and national nonprofit support groups that offer community, connection, and peer support from others who’ve walked this path.
- Therapy and counseling referrals for those seeking professional guidance in processing grief, trauma, and emotional healing.
- Memorial and end-of-life services to honor your baby’s life in meaningful and culturally respectful ways.
Whether you're seeking space to grieve, someone to talk to, or a way to remember, these resources are here for you.
Savannah Smiles
M.E.N.D. (Mothers Enduring Neonatal Death)
Helps families with things like funeral expenses or creating memorials. If you are in the Baton Rouge area please email us directly at savannahsmilesbr@gmail.com .
M.E.N.D. (Mothers Enduring Neonatal Death)
M.E.N.D. (Mothers Enduring Neonatal Death)
They provide support groups, counseling, and an online community for grieving parents who have lost infants through miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death. Please contact Mallory Gallagher at mallory@mend.org for more information.
The Compassionate Friends of Louisiana
Provides support groups for parents, siblings, and families grieving the loss of a child. They have local chapters throughout the state and provide a safe space for parents to share their experiences.
Saul’s Light
Offers mental health support group, education, and resources to parents who have experienced infant loss, as well as community events and fundraisers.
Maddie’s Footprints
Provides resources for families experiencing a loss by miscarriage, stillbirth or death of an infant up to one year of age and need financial assistance, Maddie’s Footprints would like to help. Assistance is available for Funeral Expenses, Medical Bills, and Counseling.
Hope Mommies
Shares the Hope of Christ with bereaved mothers and families experiencing infant loss by serving their local communities through providing on-the-ground support in their geographical area.
Louisiana Counseling Association
Louisiana Counseling Association
Louisiana Counseling Association
Provides a directory of therapists, some of whom specialize in grief, loss, and trauma.
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