I've been a doula for 12 years
I wish more first-time moms knew this:
The baseline for maternity care is survival.
Moms and babies are meant to thrive, not just survive.
I bridge the gap between maternity care & new motherhood.
Having served 30+ families as a birth doula, I can tell you that our system is not designed for moms to flourish. It breaks my heart to see women slip through the "cracks."As a working mom of five, I know that you don't have time to make pregnancy, birth and postpartum your hobby.
I've done the research; I've made the mistakes. I created a self-led program that you can work through in just one hour per week through all trimesters.
SAGE MAMA MATERNITY
👉 Prenatal Health Education to reduce risks to mom & baby
👉 Childbirth Education & Preparation for a better birth experience
👉 Postpartum Preparation for a peaceful maternity leave
👉 Newborn Care, Bonding & Sleep education for a happy mom & baby
👉 Online community support with Evidence Based Birth research summaries you can refer to as needed.
👉 Monthly coaching calls for all the questions you forgot to ask at your prenatal appointment.
A happy, healthy baby is 100% dependent on a happy & healthy mama
Working with me, you'll learn
- How to manage your unpleasant pregnancy symptoms in the gentlest, most effective ways possible.
- How to optimize your nutrition to reduce risk factors that lead to birth complications.
- Learn how labor normally progresses and when interventions are most supportive.
- Ways to prepare to cope with the intensity of labor so that you aren't completely exhausted when it's time to meet your baby.
- Understand normal and abnormal newborn behavior so you can meet your baby's needs with confidence and get professional input when it's needed.
- Plan your maternity leave so you rest, recover, bond and breastfeed if you want.
- Return to work in a way that honors your new role as mom.
- Recognize and navigate signs and symptoms of postpartum depression or anxiety.
Here's what you'll find inside Sage Mama Maternity
Pregnancy Health Education
$400 value
Your pregnancy sets the stage for your birth and postpartum
Aches and pains can lead many moms to elective inductions.
Health complications like pre-eclampsia or gestational diabetes can muddle your birth plans.
Many of these things are avoidable or manageable
Here's what you'll learn about:
- Prenatal nutrition to avoid risk factors
- How to reduce harmful chemical exposures in pregnancy
- Aromatherapy safety & use for common concerns
- Supportive modalities to shift your mindset to be prepared for birth and postpartum
Childbirth Education & Preparation
$450 value
When you don't understand the normal progression of labor, it's natural to look for "solutions" to "problems" which can lead to a series of interventions that elevate your risk or baby's risks.
It doesn't have to be this way
Understanding and preparing for birth can keep you in the driver's seat of your experience.
What you get:
- A foundational understanding of physiological birth
- Comfort Measures for the stages of labor
- Immediate Postpartum Newborn behavior
Postpartum Prep. & Planning
$600 value
It's hard to have a peaceful postpartum if you're trying to do all the cooking, cleaning and socializing as if you didn't just give birth.
You don't have to show up like a super mom
You can prepare to rest, recover and navigate any curveballs baby throws at you.
You'll have a strong understanding of:
- What's normal and not as your hormones shift
- How to create and meet your breastfeeding goals
- How to navigate feeding problems like latch, reflux and colic
- How to build a support team so that you can actually rest and bond
This is so much more than just doula support
Newborn Care & Development
$500 value
When you don't understand the newborn development, nutrition, sleep and communication, it's easy to become overwhelmed.
Most of the time, there's nothing to fix, but when you don't know what is normal and healthy, you can waste a lot of time scrolling the web finding conflicting information.
Learn from a professional who understand newborn development can help you put blinders on to bad advice and make confident and healthy choices.
You'll get:
- Newborn Hygiene
- Newborn Routines & Sleep
- Montessori Baby
Monthly Group Coaching Calls
$600 value
When you've left your prenatal and suddenly recall all the questions you forgot to ask
You can ask me on a call and get clarity on your concerns
This helps you be a good self-advocate for your care and helps you advocate for your baby.
You'll get:
- a one-hour group coaching call
- access to recordings if you miss a call
- place to enter your questions before a call
Secure Online Community
$600 value
When you're not sure about something and you need support, you'll get cohesive, evidence-based support from myself and other moms.
You don't have to scroll through reddit, social media or blogs with a huge spectrum of conflicting advice.
Plus a place to share your wins, milestones and have your experience normalized.
You'll have:
- 24 hour access to the group
- M-F 9a-5pm (MST) responses from Stefanie
- Access to Evidence Based Birth PDFs you can share with your provider on topics like "advanced gestational age" "big babies" and "cord blood banking"
Where Evidence Meets Intuition
A pregnancy, birth, postpartum & newborn program designed for working moms.
Instead of taking bits of advice from disagreeing sources, get cohesive information. Create a positive "domino effect" from the first trimester, through the fourth.
The Bonuses
What parents are saying about my infant massage class:
Stefanie Melo
Doula, Newborn Care Specialist, Fertility Enhancement Specialist, Infant Massage and Early Bonding Teacher
I intuitively knew something wasn't okay with the status quo when friends described their birth experiences. I had an incredible birth experience with my first baby.
I began my first doula training when my daughter was six months old. I didn't want more friends missing out on the supported, empowering, deeply connected passage into motherhood that I experienced.
I also had an incredibly difficult breastfeeding experience and experienced postpartum-anxiety as a result.
12 years later I've
- Worked for 4 years at SE Wisconsin's first out-of-hospital birthing center.
- Given birth 5 times, at home without any need for medication.
- Taught infant massage and early bonding to over a dozen caregivers.
- Served 26 moms in labor at hospitals, out-of-hospital birth centers, home births.
- Caught 1 baby who didn't wait to get to the hospital (and a few close calls!)
- Provided overnight newborn care to 6 infants including triplets, and one preemie.
- Breastfed 5 children for 138 months total, even as a working mom.
- Trained dozens of birth-workers to recognize and support moms with low supply
While there aren't guarantees around pregnancy, birth and babies I know one thing:
a healthy and happy baby relies on a happy and healthy mama.
Special Launch Pricing
✔️ Access to all recordings until baby is 12 weeks
✔️ Opportunity to participate in live classes on Zoom
✔️ Access to community until baby is 12 weeks
Once you purchase...
Once you join you'll get:
👉 Immediate access to education vaults
👉 Live Calls for prenatal, birth, postpartum and newborn classes
👉 Immediate access to Monthly Coaching Calls
👉 Access until your baby turns 12 weeks
👉 Link to book your bonus 1:1 call
👉 Email reminders of upcoming live calls
Are you ready for a peaceful, confident and healthy pregnancy?
You could figure all of this out on your own.
You don't need me.
I can make it so much simpler for you.
Copyright Stefanie Melo
