Become a Member​.

After completing your doula training, the next step is to complete the application form available below, and pay your membership dues. For information on becoming a doula, read Becoming A Doula. Please contact us for more information on doula trainings! Our doors are always open to give support and guidance. 

If you are facing barriers making membership difficult to gain, please complete the scholarship application lower in this page.
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New doulas do not have to have attended births or be certified to join the Doula Services Association. We can help you find births, back up or support for your doula work!

Membership Cost.

NEW MEMBERSHIPS: $60
YEARLY RENEWAL: ONLY $50

Please allow up to 2 weeks for membership applications to be processed. 
DO NOT WAIT until you are on call for a birth to get your membership as we cannot guarantee processing times. ​

Read the Code of Ethics

Read the standards of Practice

Membership Benefits.

• A network of doulas across the province with opportunities to connect and learn - including our monthly doula chats on Zoom (accessible all across the province) and private Facebook group.
• Exclusive DSA name tag
• Opportunity to be featured on our social media channels
• Being listed in our experienced doula referral list on our website (must complete qualification)
• Opportunities to support birthing families in need who have been referred to us by their care provider, social worker, community nurse etc. 
• Access to continuing education opportunities on a variety of topics 
• Exclusive membership events or discounted rate for public events
• Access to our liability insurance discounts 
• And many more!

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Getting onto our Web Referral List. (the find a doula feature)

Please note - the Web Referral List is different from General Membership. To be a member you just need to have completed training (traditional trainings included) .
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Birth Doula Requirements

• Agree to the DSA Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics
• Birth Doula Training Attendance Certificate (if you received traditional training, please just let us know)
• Support for three births including written reflections and observations of each
• Current Criminal Record Check
• A narrative statement on the value and purpose of labour and/or postpartum support.
• Observation of a childbirth education series, or participation in other applicable continuing education related to their role as a Doula such as: breastfeeding, infant massage, miscarriage/loss support, etc.

Postpartum Doula

• Agree to the DSA Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics
• Postpartum Doula Training Attendance Certificate
• A minimum of 12 hours supporting families postpartum, for Postpartum Doulas.
• Current Criminal Record Check
• Child and Infant CPR
• Food Safe Certificate (optional)

Our membership fees are $60 for New Members (includes a nametag) and $50 for Continuing or Returning (less than 1 year since expiry) Members.
The membership application includes the statement that you have read through and agree to abide by the Standards of Practice as well as the Code of Ethics.

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PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

AFTER you have submitted the form above, please send your membership payment. You MUST click SUBMIT above or else the application will not come through. DO NOT do payment until after you click SUBMIT.
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​For new members, the cost is $60.

PAY BY ETRANSFER
To pay by etransfer, please send $60 to bcdoulas@gmail.com
Please make the password DSADOULA

PAY BY CREDIT CARD 
To pay by credit card, please click the button below. You will be redirected to our "store" and will be able to pay via credit card upon check out.

Pay By Credit Card

Scholarship Application

The Doula Services Association offers a 1- year scholarship membership to doulas who have taken non-traditional trainings or have faced barriers in their lives that enable them to better cater to our diversity of clients. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.