Updated December 4, 2023
Birth Doula
Our birth doula packages include the following:
Schedule a free call to discuss which package is right for you.
- 1-4 prenatal visits to connect, build your birth plan, and prepare you for birth.
- Me at your birth providing pain reduction, advocating, and generally supporting you through the birth process.
- 1 postpartum check-in visit to make sure you go into parenthood with the information and support you need.
Schedule a free call to discuss which package is right for you.
Package Options
Basic: This package is best for someone who isn't looking for a lot of support during pregnancy. Many folks who have previously given birth choose this package, but it also serves as a more economically accessible option for those who can't fit the standard package into their budget.
- 1 Prenatal visit
- Me at your birth
- 1 Postpartum visit
Standard: This package is best for first time parents or if you are wanting a totally different birth experience from your last one. We go deep into birth prep and creating a birth plan.
- 4 Prenatal visits or 2 visits & a childbirth class
- Me at your birth
- 1 Postpartum visit
What is a Doula?
In general, a doula is someone who provides emotional, informational, and physical support during pregnancy, labor and birth. At Birth Your Way, we provide these services through a trauma informed, reproductive justice lens. Our three pillars are:
-Wellness: I have general advice and resources regarding pregnancy nutrition, exercise and bodywork, and can help you come up with a wellness plan that will help ensure your most comfortable pregnancy and smooth birth.
-Education: Prenatal visits include birth planning, getting to know one another, pain reduction techniques, what the progression of birth looks like, and anything else that might come up that needs to be worked through before your baby makes their big debut.
-Support: We spend time during the prenatal visits talking about how you can advocate for yourself and how it might look if I step in and advocate for you. I can help ensure your birth wishes are honored by advocating for you, assisting with pain reduction, giving on the spot information and space to process what's going on and any interventions being suggested, and supporting your partner to ensure they are as involved as the two of you want them to be.
-Wellness: I have general advice and resources regarding pregnancy nutrition, exercise and bodywork, and can help you come up with a wellness plan that will help ensure your most comfortable pregnancy and smooth birth.
-Education: Prenatal visits include birth planning, getting to know one another, pain reduction techniques, what the progression of birth looks like, and anything else that might come up that needs to be worked through before your baby makes their big debut.
-Support: We spend time during the prenatal visits talking about how you can advocate for yourself and how it might look if I step in and advocate for you. I can help ensure your birth wishes are honored by advocating for you, assisting with pain reduction, giving on the spot information and space to process what's going on and any interventions being suggested, and supporting your partner to ensure they are as involved as the two of you want them to be.
It's important to know that I can support you no matter how your birth goes. This includes any and all medical intervention including csection as well as situations where baby is born sleeping. You deserve support no matter how your birth goes.
Serving Central Ohio
Centered in Ashville
Megan Neal
Owner of Birth Your Way
Doula, Childbirth Educator & Reiki Practitioner
Megan is our childbirth educator, birth & postpartum doula, reiki & relaxation massage practitioner, and placenta worker. Her background is in massage therapy, and has studied with several certifying bodies including Body Wisdom School of Massage, Birth Advocacy Doula Training, Spinning Babies, Sleep Wonders, Reiki for Birthworkers, and the Association of Placenta Preparation Arts. She also keeps her BLS & NRP certifications up to date.
Megan has experienced her own hospital birth and unassisted home water birth. Her passion for supporting maternal mental health stems from her personal experience with postpartum depression and anxiety, and her mission is to help prevent/minimize symptoms, and provide support to those suffering.
Megan has experienced her own hospital birth and unassisted home water birth. Her passion for supporting maternal mental health stems from her personal experience with postpartum depression and anxiety, and her mission is to help prevent/minimize symptoms, and provide support to those suffering.