Find a certified doula.

Check whether a doula holds a current Birth & Baby University certification. Use the certificate ID printed on the certificate, or search the public directory by name.

Check a certificate ID

Use the ID printed on the certificate. This checks every certificate Birth & Baby University has issued.

For example BBU-BD-2026-A1B2C3. The letters are not case-sensitive.

Search by name

Only doulas who agreed to appear in the public directory are listed here.

Spell the last name exactly as it appears on the certificate. Add a first name to narrow the search, or leave it blank if it may be abbreviated.

Certification records last checked against BBU's issuing system on 11/03/2026.

How a BBU certification is verified.

What counts as a certification

A Birth & Baby University certification is issued when a doula completes one of BBU’s doula training programs. The one-year provisional certification follows the training; the three-year full certification follows mentorship or 15 approved continuing-education units. A training enrollment on its own is not a certification.

Check the certificate ID

Every certificate carries an ID in the form BBU-BD-2026-A1B2C3. The ID check covers every certificate BBU has issued, whether or not the doula appears in the name directory, and it is the check to use when a certificate itself is in doubt. It reports a certification that is current, expired, replaced or revoked.

Search by name

The name search lists a doula only when the doula has agreed to appear in BBU’s public directory, and only while the certification is current. A name that is not listed does not mean the doula is not certified: use the certificate ID to check a certificate in hand.

If a check cannot be made

If this page cannot reach BBU’s certification records, it says the check is unavailable. It never reports a certificate as invalid because the records could not be read.

Questions about a certificate, or a name that needs correcting?