Testimonial for Melanie Conn (she/her)
We love love love Mel! We were over half way through our pregnancy before deciding to hire a doula for our homebirth. As someone who is quite private, I wanted to keep our birth team as small as possible. After encouragement from our midwife we looked into hiring a doula and are SO glad we did. Our labor and birth would not have been the same without Mel. Working with her during pregnancy - my partner and I felt instantly comfortable and knew it would be a good fit. Her energy is upbeat, happy, and comforting. She has an honesty and realness about her that is hard to describe in words - you feel instantly comfortable in her presence. She is also incredibly knowledgeable about labor, birth, and postpartum care - this helped us feel confident welcoming her into our birth space as first time parents. Our labor and birth was where Mel truly shined - she entered into our birth space confident and calm providing us with reassurance that everything was going okay. Labor was long and an incredibly intense experience. Mel provided much needed pain management techniques as well as providing support for my partner including taking over so he could rest or take care of things at our house when needed. When we grew closer to the time to birth baby, Mel created a warm and beautiful environment using lights and candles surrounding our birth tub. After birth she provided much needed support for me as an exhausted first time mom navigating early hours of motherhood as well as follow-up in postpartum to ensure we were doing well in those early days post-birth. Long story short - we absolutely, with our whole hearts recommend Mel as a doula. Her support helped us welcome our sweet girl into the world with the home birth we dreamed of.
-Rochelle, Michael & Hazel
January 09, 2023
Melanie Conn (she/her)
MyBirth
Birth Fee: $1500 to $1700
Postpartum Rate: $40 to $45
