MummaBear - yes, doulas aren't very well known of, once your out of the city, really. I know many women who have just given birth, or are pregnant, who had never heard of a doula until I filled them in. It's a matter of networking, finding other doulas in your area, and coming up with some good ways to advertise and get the word out there. Brochures are a simple yet effective way to get the word out there, if you place them in child health centres, libraries, even tourist information centres, as well as hospitals, birth centres, mothers groups, etc. A doula friend and I have contacted the local paper here, and are having an article on doulas published next week, along with our photo and contact information. The trick is to find those first few clients, and then most work is word of mouth. Doula-ing is certainly no way to make a complete living, financially. I've got another business in the works (will let everyone know about it when it is up and running in a couple of weeks), which is also pregnancy related, which will be my main source of income. At the moment, the doula register of Australia is owned by Optimum Birth (the course I'm completing), and most other doula courses don't want to use it, as they feel it implies that Optimum Birth is the ruler, so-to-speak. However, this also means that at the moment, apart from the small register that exists, it is hard to know just how trained a particular doula is (there have been cases of people calling themselves a 'doula' without any training, and cases of training courses run by people without a clue, and with no structure to their course). Once a general register is up and running (and I believe this is in the works for ASAP), doulas will have a clearer definition Australia-wide, and we may be able to get some governmental support, so that all women can have access to a doula, and it may be subsidised. That's the plan. Until then, keep trying. Get some business cards made up (even make your own) and spread the word. We're at the beginning, so it's hard...but doulas will revolutionise birth in Australia.