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Melanie S. | Doula in CA

Modern Roots Birth & Mothering

    Practice overview

    Melanie is a Birth Doula, Innate® Postpartum Care Practitioner, Certified Lactation Educator Counselor, and Birth Story Medicine® Mentor. Her focus is on supporting families through the changes to their bodies, minds, souls, and relationships before, during, and after the birth of a baby. She is passionate about centering the care of the Mother as the cornerstone for familial health, and honoring the rite of passage that is becoming a parent through community education and support.

    Years experience

    8

    Families supported

    300

    Birth Rate

    2500

    Hourly Rate

    $55

    Care philosophy

    Intuitively honoring the individual needs of each family, Melanie approaches doula support with a hands-on curiosity. She offers a perfect balance of discovering what you hold dear and desire for your journey into parenting, while simultaneously offering the most essential resources for you to feel prepared and supported throughout the entire process.

    Services

    •  General childbirth education classes
    • Adoption doula support
    • Bereavement doula support
    • Birth doula support
    • Postpartum doula support
    • Massage therapy
    • Nutrition
    • In-home lactation visits
    • Virtual lactation visits
    • 24-hour newborn care
    • Night nannying
    • Babywearing
    • Belly binding

    Specialties and Experience

    • Cesarean birth
    • Clients on bed rest
    • Domestic violence
    • Expected stillbirth
    • Families conceiving with ART and IVF
    • High-risk pregnancy
    • LGBTQ
    • Multiples
    • Over 40
    • People of color
    • Plus size
    • Postpartum mood disorders
    • Prematurity
    • Previous birth trauma and/or birth injury
    • Previous life trauma
    • Single parents
    • Surrogacy
    • Survivors of sexual abuse
    • Teen parents
    • Vaginal breech birth
    • VBAC
    • Waterbirth

    Care settings

    • Birthing center
    • Home
    • Hospital

    Languages

    • English
    • French

    Credentials

    • UCSD- Certified Lactation Educator Counselor
    • Innate® Traditions - Certified Innate® Postpartum Care Provider
    • La Matriz Birth - Belly Binding and Postpartum Care Practices
    • DONA, International - Birth Doula Training
    • Spinning Babies® with Nicole Morales
    • Birthing From Within® with Virginia Bobro
    • Birth Story Medicine® with Pam England
    • Lumos Transfroms- The Resilience Toolkit with Devika Shankar
    • Somatic Experiencing® International

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    Pricing packages

    Birth Doula Package
    $ 2700
    In-home prenatal appointments and attendance at birth to guide, coach, and support mothers as they prepare for and journey through birth.
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    Certified Innate® Postpartum Care
    $ 1650
    Full spectrum care for new mothers combining a multitude of essential healing modalities that nurture the mother through the challenging first days and months of postpartum. Practices include Abdominal Massage and Binding, Yoni Steaming, Closing of the Bones, and Nourishing Meals prepared specifically to meet the needs of postpartum and breastfeeding bodies. Options for two, four, or six weeks of postpartum doula support.
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    Overnight Postpartum Doula Support
    $ 3300
    Overnight doula support packages include care between 9pm and 9am. Postpartum visits include newborn care to maximize rest for parents, postpartum healing education and support, lactation support, meal prep, and light home care. Options for 8, 10 or 12 hour shifts.
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    Lactation Education & Counseling
    $ 225
    In-home visits to help you meet your breastfeeding goals. Through deep listening and a holistic understanding of breastfeeding, we support you in overcoming the most common breastfeeding obstacles most mothers face in their early breastfeeding journey.
    Contact for additional pricing options

    Location

    Areas served

    • Aliso viejo, CA
    • Mission Viejo, CA
    • Irvine, CA
    • Laguna Beach, CA
    • Newport Beach, CA
    • Dana Point, CA
    • San Clemente, CA
    • Laguna Niguel, CA
    • Orange, CA
    • Lake Forest. CA
    • Laguna Hills, CA
    • Corona Del Mar, CA
    • Tustin, CA
    • Long Beach, CA
    • Huntington Beach, CA

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