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I know some doulas who really want to support mostly teen moms. And will do so for free where they will charge other clients.
I do not state my price difference in my contract. I am upfront about it, but didn't want to take up more space in my contract as it's already two pages and that would push it to three. What I do if there's a homebirth is mark through my fee with one line, write the new fee above and initial it.
You could consider having separate contracts, or just include a single mom clause. Something like: Birth is challenging work, and even more so when there is no partner present. Because of this, I offer a discount of $x to mothers without committed life partners, making the total fee for my services $x. Then I would put a spot for you to initial or indicate in some way that the clause was being activated.
As for my 20 hours of support, that clause is really just a CYA thing for me. I actually provide much more than that in most cases, but I have that there in case I am in a situation where I am being taken advangtage of. I keep track of time spent on prenatals and support phone calls (this is for notes mostly), and of course the time I spend in labor and birth. I do this, like I said, for notes and to keep up with what we've talked about, etc. But, if I ever felt like my time was being seriously disregarded, I'd have track of it and could use that clause. In 17 births, I've never had need for it. Honestly, I feel such warm fuzzies for MOST of my clients that I'd probably never say anything if I did feel I needed it.
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