Melinda is a Certified Lactation Educator (CLE) and birth/postpartum doula with a focus on the early postpartum weeks. Her passion for infants, support for the birthing person and family care in these early weeks is what drives her support. 

As a CLE and a mom who has breastfed and tandem fed her own two daughters, she brings both clinical knowledge and real lived experience to feeding support, helping parents troubleshoot challenges, build confidence, and meeting them wherever they land with feeding.

Her approach weaves together lactation education, newborn care, and postpartum recovery with a focus on connection, self-trust, and support over perfection. She knows firsthand how much it matters to have someone in your corner who actually gets it and that’s exactly the kind of support she shows up to give. Melinda is passionate about helping families build a comfortable, sustainable rhythm in those early weeks, one where both parent and baby can thrive.

Melinda enjoys yoga, reading, live music and taking her kids out for activities in her free time.