Tamara Merrick

About Tamara Merrick

Tamara Merrick is a birth doula and postpartum doula with Tamara Joy the Doula, based in West Chicago, IL. Travels up to about 20 miles from West Chicago. Reports 6 years in practice and 15 births attended. Supports hospital, birth center, home births.

Type of practice

Solo practice

Clients per month

1 to 2 births and 1 to 2 postpartum families

Care settings

As a birth doula (support, not clinical care)

• Supports clients at birth centers
• Supports clients at home births
• Supports clients at hospital births

As a postpartum doula (support, not clinical care)

Service area

Arlington Heights, IL · Aurora, IL · Bartlett, IL · Bolingbrook, IL · Des Plaines, IL · Downers Grove, IL · Elgin, IL · Elmhurst, IL · Glen Ellyn, IL · Hoffman Estates, IL · Lombard, IL · Mount Prospect, IL · Naperville, IL · Oswego, IL · Palatine, IL · Plainfield, IL · Romeoville, IL · Schaumburg, IL · West Chicago, IL · Wheaton, IL · Woodridge, IL

Travels up to about 20 miles from West Chicago

Experience

Births attended as a doula

15

Years in practice

6

Provider-reported, last updated Nov 9, 2026. Counts are not a measure of clinical quality.

Credentials

• DONA International - Certified Birth Doula
  Provider-reported

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Services and pricing

• Virtual and remote doula support
• Languages Spoken
• English

Birth fee

$1,400

Postpartum rate

$35 to $45 per hour

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