Melia Gordon - Mother's Strength

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Website: www.meliagordon.com

Phone: (512) 419-8143

Birth Fee: $400 to $800

Postpartum Rate: $15 to $25

Fee Details: Birth fee includes standard pre and post-natal visits, birth and one pregnancy massage by a certified pregnancy massage therapist. Postpartum fee will be lower until I complete my certification through DONA International.

Birth Doula Experience: 4 years and 50 births attended

Postpartum Doula Experience: 1 years and 6 families served

Birth Doula Certifications

• DONA (DONA International)
• HCHD (Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis Doula)

Type of Practice: Solo practice

Clients per Month: 1 to 3 births and 1 to 2 postpartum families

Postpartum limits/restrictions: No smokers, please

Attends hospital births? All Hospitals
I am supportive of women that want to have a natural birth in the hospital as well as women who want an epidural as soon as they are admitted and everything in between.
Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers
Attends home births? Any Home Birth
Ask about discounts for home birth attendance

Breastfeeding Certifications

• Texas Department of Health trained Breastfeeding Educator

College Education

• BA/BS
• MA/MS

Specialized training or previous experience

• Teens
• Over 40
• Families conceiving with ART and IVF
• VBAC
• Home Birth
• LGBTQ Families
• Adoption
• Relinquishing mothers
• Twins
• Postpartum mood disorders
• High risk
• Single parents
• Cesarean birth
• Waterbirth

Special Services Offered

• Acupressure and/or acupuncture in labor
• Cloth diapering education
• Parenting consulting
• Babywearing education
• Baby-led weaning
• Red Cross first aid & CPR classes
• Reduced rates for military members/spouses
• Reduced rates for women considering adoption
• Sibling support (for your older children at the birth)
• Antepartum doula

Relevant volunteer or advocacy work

Webmaster, Central Texas Doula Association member Central Texas Birth Network, Giving Austin Labor Support

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