Melanie Maldonado is a business owner, medical professional, doula, wife, and working mom to four children ages 10 and under. Through her business, Golden Love Birthwork, Melanie provides birthing mothers with prenatal, labor, and postpartum support to create a healthy, positive, empowering birth experience. Each of Melanie’s four pregnancy and birth experiences were different, and in this week’s episode, she shares how each of them impacted her and shaped her into the working mom she is today.
In their inspiring conversation, Melanie and host Samantha Saxby discuss:
Learning how to be a first-time mom
Experience of a parent loss between babies
How each baby changes you as a mother
Adapting to new work routines as a mother
Having a baby during the pandemic
If Melanie’s story resonated with you, follow her on Instagram @goldenlovedoula to stay up to date with her doula business. You can also learn more about her business on her website.
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