Carrot Benefits and Doula Support - How to Get Doula Services Reimbursed

Carrots and doulas don’t usually go together in the same sentence so you might be wondering why people keep talking about veggies and hiring a doula. Well, let me explain. We’re talking about a different kind of carrot here - Carrot Fertility, which is a company that provides fertility and other family-building benefits to employers globally. Included in those family-building benefits is doula support, both labor and postpartum. Do you qualify for Carrot reimbursement benefits? Let’s find out.

Carrot Fertility Benefits - What’s Covered?

This employer-sponsored benefits program offers a very comprehensive range of covered services. Those services include:

  • Fertility Treatments (IVF, IUI, embryo freezing, etc.)

  • Support for Surrogacy

  • Support for Adoption

  • Pregnancy and Postpartum Care (labor doula and postpartum doula support)

  • Hormonal Health Treatments

Carrot prides itself on offering a wide-range of services intended to promote family health and family building. And all of these services can be part of an employer’s benefits package.

When it comes to doula support, Carrot Benefits normally provide a lump sum amount that an employee can seek for reimbursement. This reimbursement is eligible for either labor doula support or postpartum doula support.

  • Labor Doula Support - The full amount of labor doula support is reimbursable

  • Postpartum Doula Support - Up to 16 hours of postpartum doula support per day for up to 6 weeks following the birth

The total amount available to an individual is of course unique to their benefits package, but Doulas of Raleigh clients have had between $10,000 up to $50,000 available to go towards doula support.

Do You Qualify?

Happily, we are seeing more and more companies, both local firms as well as national and international companies with a presence in the Triangle, offer Carrot Fertility benefits to their employees. We love to see it!

Finding out if you are eligible for Carrot benefits is easy. Sign on to your HR Benefits portal or reach out directly to your Human Resources Manager at work and ask them if they offer this. If they do, you’ll be able to gain access to the Carrot Platform where you will be connected with a dedicated service rep. Your rep will be able to explain your eligible benefits, discuss how reimbursement works, and share access to a Carrot Directory of eligible doulas.

Doulas of Raleigh and Carrot Benefits

Doulas of Raleigh is proud to be a listed Agency in the Carrot Doula Directory. We have worked with Carrot clients for several years now and are very familiar with the process and requirements for getting doula support reimbursed.

Many of the doulas that support Doulas of Raleigh clients are already approved and listed in the Carrot Directory. However, if the doula you wish to work with is not listed yet, we work quickly to help that doula get approval. Normally this process takes less than 24 hours!

We stay up to date with Carrot’s current requirements and will provide you with a tailored and detailed invoice that meets the steps needed for reimbursement. Just submit your invoice to your Carrot rep and that’s it. Easy peasy.

If you are eligible for doula support through your Carrot Benefits, we would love to work with you! Contact us today and let’s get you connected with a Carrot-approved doula.

Kelly Rutan