Built exclusively for birth and postpartum doulas

The client acquisition system
that keeps your doula calendar booked.

We put your practice in front of expecting parents the moment they start searching for a doula near them, early in pregnancy while they still have months to book you. Then we turn that first inquiry into a signed birth or postpartum package, not a last minute scramble three weeks before the due date. No waiting on referrals, no bargain hunters, no empty months. Cash pay families who value your support and reserve your calendar ahead of time.

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If this sounds familiar…

You pour your whole heart into every birth. Your income still swings on referrals you cannot control and inquiries that land far too late.

We have heard the same story from enough doulas to know the pattern. Here is what most birth and postpartum practices look like before they have a real client acquisition system, and what changes once they do.

Before

Your months swing between three births at once and a stretch of nothing, so your income is impossible to plan around.
Most inquiries arrive in the final weeks of pregnancy, when families are panicked and you are forced to discount or decline.
You depend on a midwife, OB or past client to refer you, and when the referrals go quiet, so does your calendar.
Parents ghost after the first message because they are price shopping and do not yet understand what a doula really does.
The hospital hands out free volunteer doulas and a friend offers to do it cheap, and you are left defending your fee.
You know you undercharge, but with an empty calendar it feels too risky to raise your package prices.
You tried boosting a post or a cheap agency and got a few likes and tire kickers, never a signed contract.
Someone messages at 10pm ready to talk, you are at a birth or asleep, and by morning they have booked someone else.

After our system

A steady flow of new inquiries every month, so you can finally plan your on call life, raise prices, or build a team.
Families reaching out in the first and second trimester, so your births get reserved months ahead on your terms.
A pipeline you own, so a slow referral month no longer means an empty calendar and a stressful quarter.
Pages and messaging that explain your value, so parents arrive already understanding why continuous support matters.
Positioned on continuity and experience, so you win the family that wants a dedicated guide over the free hospital option.
A waitlist and confident pricing, because demand finally gives you room to charge what your care is worth.
One metric that matters: booked consults that turn into signed packages, not impressions, boosts, or vanity clicks.
Fast, automated follow up, so the 10pm inquiry gets a warm reply and books a consult before they drift elsewhere.

Predictive projections

See what a full calendar of booked families is actually worth.

Drag the sliders. We will show you, based on real campaign data from healthcare and maternal care practices, what steady cash pay client flow looks like financially once consults turn into signed birth and postpartum packages.

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💰 Monthly ad investment

$1,500

$1.5k$4k$8k$12k$15k

👶 Avg. value of a booked family

$1,600

$200$2k$4k$6k$8k

A birth doula package often runs $1,200 to $2,500, and postpartum or overnight newborn care can reach $3,000 to $8,000 for a full contract. Add a lactation visit or childbirth class and it climbs further. We will calibrate this on the call to your real package pricing and how often families rebook for a second baby.

New families this month

10 to 18

New booked consults

Revenue from new families

$16,000 to $28,800

Families × avg family value

12 month cumulative revenue

$192k to $345k

If you run the system all year

Return on ad spend

10x to 19x

Revenue per $1 spent

These are real ranges from healthcare campaigns we have run. Your actual numbers depend on your package pricing, how well your consults convert into signed contracts, and your local competition. On the call, we will map this to your practice specifically. Get your personalized practice projection →

How it works

A doula growth system, not a boosted post.

Most agencies run a few likes and hand you a report full of clicks. We built a compliant system that does one thing for doulas: reach expecting parents early in pregnancy and turn them into cash pay families who sign your birth and postpartum packages.

Reach parents early

We meet families the moment they search for a doula near them or start planning their birth, in the first and second trimester, with creative that speaks to their hopes and worries. Real intent to hire, not vague scrolling, and with months of runway to book you.

Compliant by design

Pregnancy, birth and newborn topics sit inside sensitive policy on Meta and Google. Every ad and page is written to describe your support honestly and pass review, so your campaigns keep running and your account never gets flagged for over promising a birth outcome.

Consult, not just a click

A funnel that explains what a doula actually does, frames your packages, and guides parents to book a connection call, so you spend your time with families who are serious instead of answering the same how much do you cost message all day.

Booked on your calendar

The only KPI that matters: consults booked, contracts signed, and births reserved months ahead. Everything we run ladders up to that number, matched to the birth, postpartum, or overnight work you want most.

Ready to see it applied to your doula practice? Book a call →

Why this is different

We made it stupid easy to start.

No lock ins. No smoke. No fine print. If it does not work, you leave.

No long term contracts

Month to month. You stay because your calendar is booked and your waitlist is growing, not because a contract says you have to.

No setup fees

We do not charge you to start. Your investment goes where it belongs, into getting you booked cash pay families.

No banned accounts

We will not get your ad account flagged with reckless birth outcome or guaranteed results copy. We know exactly what trips sensitive health review and how to write doula ads that run clean.

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One focus only

Booked consults that turn into signed packages. Likes and vanity clicks are noise. We report on what fills your calendar and your bank.

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Built for early booking

We nurture parents from first trimester curiosity to a signed contract, so your births get reserved months ahead instead of in a last minute panic.

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Live in under 14 days

From signed to first compliant campaign in under 14 days. No six week discovery phases. You will see qualified inquiries building within the first 30 days.

What to expect

The doula practice numbers, unfiltered.

At $1,500/month here is what a typical doula client funnel looks like based on real healthcare campaigns we have run.

Clicks

Local expecting parents landing on your offer page

$1.50 to $5 CPC

Inquiries

Cash pay aware requests to learn about your packages

$20 to $55 CPL

Consults booked

Confirmed connection calls on the calendar

$50 to $120 CPA

Show ups

Family shows for the connection call

65% to 85% show rate

Signed families

Consult turns into a signed birth or postpartum contract

$120 to $280 CAC

Your actual numbers depend on your package pricing, your consult to contract conversion, and your market competition. On the call, we will map this to your practice.

The healthcare client acquisition track record

The system that books a doula's calendar is the same system filling schedules across trust heavy, cash pay healthcare.

An honest note

You won't find a doula video on this page. Yet.

We haven't built one, because we are actively onboarding our first birth and postpartum doulas right now. What we do have is a proven client acquisition system already filling calendars in fertility, functional medicine, lactation and wellness practices, worlds that share the same DNA as doula work: trust heavy, cash pay, education first, deeply personal, and highly sensitive about how they can advertise.

The reason the system works is not that we have attended a thousand births, it is because we understand high trust, cash pay acquisition. Search intent, conversion psychology, compliant health creative, package framing, and fast follow up translate directly to how a parent chooses a doula. We are applying them to doula practices with founders' attention, not handing you to a junior who boosts a post.

If you want to be one of our first doula case studies, with direct access to the founders, a custom built strategy, and a system tuned specifically for filling your calendar with families, mention "first doula case study" when you book the call.

Dr. Olayemi Osiyemi (Doctor Triple O)

Trusts EtherealMinds to manage all of his businesses (4+)

Wellness Center in Fort Lauderdale

5x ROAS in month 3

Spine & Wellness Center

+30 new patients in 60 days

Specialty Medical Practice in Fort Lauderdale

4.2x ROAS in month 2

IV Clinic in South Florida

12 to 15 new patients each month

TRT & HGH Clinic in Miami

+41 new patients in 90 days

Consults booked, last 7 days

📅 Birth doula consult, 14 weeks · Tue 10:00am

📅 Postpartum overnight care inquiry · Wed 1:30pm

📅 First baby, full birth package · Wed 4:00pm

📅 Twins, birth and postpartum · Thu 9:00am

📅 Childbirth class plus doula · Thu 12:00pm

📅 Second baby, returning family · Fri 3:00pm

+9 more this week

Results vary. Shown examples are representative of healthcare engagements we have run, not a guarantee. Doula specific case studies coming as our first practice clients ramp up.

Good questions

Everything you're wondering, answered.

How do expecting families actually find a doula near them, and can ads reach them in time?

Most families start the moment the pregnancy feels real, usually in the first and second trimester, by searching doula near me, birth doula in their city, or asking a friend and their OB. The problem is you only see the ones who found you. Our system puts your practice in front of parents the week they start looking, on Google and in their feed, with a page that explains your packages and lets them request a consult. You stop depending on a midwife referral that may never come and start reaching families while they still have months to book you.

Will families who come from ads actually pay my full cash price instead of haggling?

They will when the campaign is built for it. Doula care is mostly out of pocket, and a parent who truly wants continuous support through labor or the fourth trimester is not shopping the cheapest option, they are protecting the most important days of their life. We frame your value, your training, and your package pricing up front so the people who reach out already expect to invest. That filters out the bargain hunters before they ever hit your inbox and protects the fee you have earned.

Can you get families to book me early in pregnancy instead of three weeks before the due date?

Yes, and this is where most doulas leave money on the table. Late inquiries mean a scramble, a discount, or a no. We target parents in the first and second trimester and use a follow up sequence that nurtures them from first curiosity to a booked consult to a signed contract, so your births get reserved months ahead. A calendar filled early lets you plan your on call life, take fewer last minute panic clients, and build a waitlist instead of praying for the phone to ring.

How do I compete when hospitals offer volunteer doulas and friends do it for cheap?

You do not compete on price, and we will not try to. A volunteer the hospital assigns you for one shift is not the same as a doula who knows your story, meets you prenatally, and stays through your whole labor and postpartum. Your ideal family understands that difference the moment you show it to them. We position you on continuity, experience, and the calm of having one dedicated person, so you attract parents who want a trusted guide over the free option in the hallway.

Will my ads get flagged because they are about pregnancy and birth?

Pregnancy, birth and newborn topics sit inside sensitive policy on Meta and Google, and clumsy copy or heavy outcome promises get accounts restricted fast. We write every campaign to describe your support, who you help, and how families book, without medical claims or guarantees about labor outcomes. Your ads stay compliant and keep running, and parents still understand exactly why they want you in the room.

What is the minimum monthly investment to grow a doula practice?

We recommend a minimum of $1,500/month in ad spend. For a solo birth doula filling a handful of births a month, that is often enough. Doulas who also offer postpartum and overnight care, or agencies booking several providers, usually run $2,000 to $4,000/month because more services and a wider radius reward broader reach and a stronger follow up sequence. There is no setup fee and no long term contract.

Who this is for

This works if you…

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Run a birth or postpartum doula practice, solo or as an agency, offering cash pay packages or overnight newborn care.
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Want families who value real support, continuous care through labor and the fourth trimester, not bargain hunters or one message ghosters.
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Are tired of the last minute scramble and want families who book early and sign your full package.
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Are watching free hospital doulas and cheap friends undercut you and want to own the trusted, experienced option in your market.
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Want to stop depending on referrals from midwives, OBs and past clients that come in unpredictable waves.
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Can respond to new inquiries quickly, or want us to help you build that fast follow up for when you are at a birth.
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Are ready to invest in growth ($1.5k+/mo ad spend) with compliant, safe campaigns.

Who this isn't for

Don't book a call if you…

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Want to make guaranteed birth outcome or medical claims. We do not do that, ever.
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Only want volunteer or heavily discounted work and have no interest in cash pay families.
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Are looking for the cheapest agency on the market.
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Expect guaranteed booking numbers (nobody serious in healthcare will promise that).
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Cannot commit at least $1,500/month to ad spend.
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Have no way to respond to new inquiries within a day (fast follow up is where bookings are won or lost).
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Aren't in healthcare or maternal care. We really mean it, healthcare only.

The client acquisition system that keeps your doula calendar booked.