HELLO, my name is MELANIE KEETON.

You’re probably here because you are pregnant or just had a baby, CONGRATS and WELCOME! Since I bet you’re already super overwhelmed with all of the unsolicited advice from friends and family, let me tell you…

YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE!

This community is for you if you want a POSITIVE birth experience and to be EMPOWERED to be the best parent you can be.

I started Returning to Birth to make an IMPACT on birth in the United States. Far too many people have TRAUMATIC birth experiences that turn the transition to motherhood into a steep uphill battle. Instead of learning how to take care of a baby, they are juggling a newborn AND trying to heal from their trauma.

I DON’T WANT THAT FOR YOU!

I’m here to provide SIMPLE and ACTIONABLE steps you can use for ANY kind of birth to have a positive, empowering experience and TRANSFORM into the parent you were meant to be.

I do this through useful blog posts like these favorites: 5 Secrets to Pain Free Childbirth and 8 Ways to Get More Sleep With a Newborn and in sharing ALL types of birth stories. You can read my birth stories here and here. I believe birth is an amazing teacher so I ask everyone sharing their birth stories to answer this question:

WHAT DID YOUR BIRTH EXPERIENCE TEACH YOU ABOUT YOURSELF?

Growing up with a mom who was a birth doula and childbirth educator, birth has always been a normal part of my life. It took awhile before I realized this was not how most people view childbirth today. The intense FEAR of birth and no shortage of HORROR stories are taking over and I want to change that. This is why I became a Childbirth Educator through The International Childbirth Educators Association (ICEA).

Now that I have experienced three beautiful positive births, survived SEVERE Postpartum Depression, managed breastfeeding and pumping while working full time, and navigated facing motherhood as a sexual abuse survivor, I’m ready to share my secrets so your own TRANSFORMATION can be the SMOOTH and NATURAL experience it was meant to be.

EVERYONE deserves a POSITIVE and EMPOWERING birth, ESPECIALLY survivors of trauma or abuse. Birth has the potential to to be quite the healing experience. That was so powerful for me and I desire that for YOU TOO!

If you’re already a parent, I hope this community INSPIRES you to return to your birth experiences to see new ways it can teach you more about yourself. If you are becoming a parent for the first time, let me walk with you through this experience and offer you the SUPPORT you deserve. Together we can return birth to the positive and empowering transformation it is.