I found this work so many years ago, when I was pregnant with my daughter, and learning about my body and how to birth. Realizing there was so much more to learn, following my own journey, I realized I want to help other families feel empowered enough to create a healthy vision for their child's arrival. I want other families to feel prepared, have autonomy, and feel like they can handle the demands of labor skillfully and the challenges with more ease and efficiency. I want this for everyone. Even in an emergency, there is often still space for choice when advocated safely and respectfully. And in vulnerable moments, when things move fast, I want to notice the need to slow things down and provide emotional safety and love along the way. I am here for that, for all of it, here to support and serve you. 

With over 14 years professional doula experience and attending over 300 births, I center my approach on the physiological foundations of body and birth. I specialize in guiding families toward emotional and physical strength and resilience with leadership, clinical awareness, intentional and respectful teamwork, and evidence-based strategy. ​I love working with first-time parents, parents of multiples/twins, and VBAC families. I advocate for and help families thrive through inductions as well as spontaneous, low-intervention, precipitous and cesarean births. I work with families with breech presentation, Gestational Diabetes and Hypertension, IVF, and surrogate journeys. Through every journey, every evolving situation, my hope is that my clients experience clarity about what progress and choices look like, have confidence in their abilities, physically and mentally, and feel aligned support along the way.​

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I look forward to hearing from you and discussing how my support might be useful. If you'd like to read further about how other families have experienced my support through their birth stories, please visit the Testimonials page on this website. More extensive testimonials and certification information is available on my Doula Match page, click here: Melissa Tuton, CD, BRM Certified Birth Pro Birth Doula Profile.

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Be Well,

Melissa Tuton​​​