About Me

Hi, I'm Melanie! I grew up in Aurora, Colorado, and I've been passionate about birth ever since I was nine years old, when I was supposed to witness one of my younger sisters come into the world. Although that didn't end up working out—she arrived via emergency cesarean—my fascination with all things birth, babies, and our bodies never left. Even in college, while studying English and Theatre, I found myself spending precious hours reading books on midwifery, birthing, and breastfeeding.

Around that same time, I was able to attend the birth of my baby sister, which only cemented my love for the birth world. As an accomplished actor, I spent years figuring out how to combine my two passions; I even went back to college to complete my prerequisites for a potential Master's in Nurse-Midwifery. Then, in the winter of 2020, I signed up for a DONA birth doula training at Bini Birth, and I haven't looked back since. I've recently completed the 15-week CPD course at Allo Doula Academy and a CLES course through Santiago Canyon College in partnership with BreastfeedLA.

My passion is providing empowered, intentional fertility, birth, and postpartum services, with a special focus on postpartum overnights; I like to think of myself as a hired family member, without the drama! I take the sacredness of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum to heart, and I'm honored to support parents through their transition into parenthood.
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Practice Philosophy

My philosophy can be summed up: empowered and intentional birth and beyond. I believe every step of this journey, from fertility through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, deserves to be approached with intention, knowledge, and care, and I meet each family right where they are.

I take the sacredness of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum to heart. Whether I'm offering fertility support, birth support, or postpartum overnights, my role is to be a steady, nurturing presence, like a hired family member, without the drama, so you feel cared for and supported through every transition.

Overall, my goal is to help you feel empowered, intentional, and deeply supported, confident and cared for as you move through this transformative season and into parenthood.

Specialties

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• Fertility Support
• Postpartum Overnights
• Lactation Support (CLES)
• Sibling Care
• Physiological Birth
• Attachment Parenting
• Induction Support
• Epidural-Supported Birth
• Cesarean/Surgical Birth
• VBAC
• Multiples
• Single Parents
• LGBTQIA+ Families
• First-Time Parents

Services Offered

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• Postpartum Care
• Virtual Labor & Birth Support
• Extended In-Home Postpartum Care
• Prenatal Care
• In-Person Labor & Birth Support
• IVF Support