Low Cost Doulas in Lansing?

[Ninetales]

I am in a very tight financial position right now.  We have debt coming out of our ears, and my husband's paychecks barely cover our monthly bills once they take out taxes and insurance.  I am having a hospital birth in August and I really want a VBAC but I have had to turn down two of the three area doulas I've contacted because I just can't afford their rates.  I don't know how I feel about a doula-in-training since I am a VBAC patient but I couldn't really even find any to look into.  Does anyone know how to find someone who could help me?

[conniebonnie]

Check out Doulas Care, out of Ann Arbor- they match up mamas with free community doulas all over Michigan. Also check out the center for the childbearing year, also in Ann Arbor- they just came up with a similar project I think called Doula Match up.

C