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  • Creating a Baby Registry that Supports Your Postpartum Mental Health

    Creating a Baby Registry that Supports Your Postpartum Mental Health
    Oct 17 2025

    The Doors Open Soon for Sage Mama Maternity!

    Be the first to know when the doors open, get exclusive bonuses and discounts by joining me in The Secrets of Healthy Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum. It's free and going to give you information that you likely don't know about how to reduce risks for you in pregnancy and birth, improve fetal development and support your postpartum mood. It's free, but it's only available for a short time register now!

    www.stefaniemelo.com/secrets

    Make your registry work for you!

    Buck cultural norms around postpartum, we get terrible results in the USA so let's ditch the status quo and upgrade the baby registry, baby shower and mother blessing so that it actually supports biological norms for you and baby and your mental health.

    You can dive deep into this in The Baby Registry Expert Guide, a one hour in-depth class and PDF guide for just $25. This investment could save you hundereds of dollars and lots of tears: https://stefaniemelo.com/page/babyregistry
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    18 min
  • The Best Kept Secret in Maternity Care

    The Best Kept Secret in Maternity Care
    Aug 22 2025
    Obstetricians aren't the only option, in fact they aren't even the best option for all women. In this episode we talk about
    • Different care providers, education, certification and practices
    • Different models of care
    • Summary of a Cochrane Review on different Care Models
    • 10 Questions to Ask Yourself as you choose your provider.
    Join the waitlist! Doors Open in November for Sage Mama Maternity To kick it off, I'll be hosting the Secrets of Healthy Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum be sure you're on the waitlist!
    Priority Waitlist
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    21 min
  • First Trimester Ultrasounds

    First Trimester Ultrasounds
    Jul 31 2025
    First Trimester Ultrasounds are Iconic. It's exciting, maybe nerve-wracking depending on your history, they can be really helpful tools and in some cases harmful. In this episode we'll talk about the best timing of a first trimester ultrasound, what your practitioner is looking for what you're looking at if you get to see the screen and different indications for use. Join the Workshop Series: The Secrets of Healthy PRegnancy, Birth and Postpartum Doors open in August for my new Digital Doula Support Program and I'm kicking it off with tons of great information and inspiration for your pregnancy journey. Join the Workshop
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    16 min
  • All About Due Dates

    All About Due Dates
    Jul 11 2025
    It's the first question everyone has for you, "When is Your Due Date"? Pregnancy is 40 weeks, right? Maybe your partner is confused that you are 4 weeks pregnant on the day you missed your period. What if your periods are irregular? Let's talk about all things Due Dates You can purchase the products I mentioned at this link Vitamins Be sure to use coupon code SHAREYL for 10% off your first order of 50PV or more Learn more about using Essential Oils in Pregnancy with my class Sage Mama Oils 101 Get on the List Doors open in August for my new Digital Doula Support Program Digital Doula Interest List
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    12 min
  • First Trimester Fatigue

    First Trimester Fatigue
    Jul 4 2025

    You're a go-getter, excited about you're suddenly hit by First Trimester Fatigue.

    In this episode we talk about the

    • Three Causes of First Trimester Fatigue
    • Four Products to Help with First Trimester Fatigue
    • Six Tips to Make First Trimester Fatigue more manageable

    You can purchase the products I mentioned at this link

    Prenatal Energy Boosters

    Be sure to use coupon code SHAREYL for 10% off your first order of 50PV or more

    Learn more about using Essential Oils in Pregnancy with my class

    Sage Mama Oils 101

    Get on the List

    Doors open in August for my new Digital Doula Support Program

    Digital Doula Interest List
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    11 min
  • The Secret Tool for Healthy Pregnancy & Birth

    The Secret Tool for Healthy Pregnancy & Birth
    Jun 10 2025
    There is so much data on the benefits of doula support in labor. It truly is powerful . However, even families who hire doulas miss out on the holistic long term benefits of doula support for the first, second, third and fourth trimester. Navigating pregnancy and postpartum in our current system with only prenatal care is a major factor in increased birth risks. It's disheartening as a doula to witness clients undermine their goals during pregnancy and postpartum.
    • Registering for products that are harmful for infant development
    • Agreeing to cervical exams that are unnecessary and risky
    • Lifestyle choices that increase risk of serious complicaitons
    • Introducing practices that undermine their breastfeeding goals
    The truth is pregnancy, birth and postpartum are a bit of a wild card---but not as much as we've been led to believe. There are specific reasons women don't meet breastfeeding goals, why more and more women experience hypertension and gestational diabetes, reasons why they have precipitous labors. So many of these reason can be avoided with support of an expert. Your wonderful OB or midwife doesn't fill this role, their job is limited in it's scope. Like most professions, it's hard for providers to stay up-to-date on the peripheral research in their field. That's where I come in - I am a professional member of Evidence Based Birth with the latest data on Vitamin K, water birth, and so much more. I've also invested my time and money to have helpful information on complicated lactation, oral tethers, reflux, fertility nutrition, pregnancy nutrition and. hormonal health. Click here for the Supplements mentioned in the podcast, use code SHAREYL to get 10% off your first order. Set up a monthly order and save 24% on each order. The biggest problem is that women, mothers, dads, grandparents, friend and family do not know what the evidence shows is the safest, so we jsut assume that "more technology" equal better results. If you want to avoid this mistake: learn the evidence with me as your Digital Doula If you live in the East Valley of Phoenix and are looking for a Newborn Care Specialist or Night Nanny, work with me: East Valley NCS If you are expecting, join me in Sage Mama Maternity. Blending evidence and intuition is the key to experiencing a postitive pregnancy, birth and postpartum. Join Sage Mama Maternity

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    10 min
  • The Myth of Obstetric Care

    The Myth of Obstetric Care
    Mar 19 2025
    This is the primary mistake that I see expecting families make when seeking care and support for pregnancy and birth. You can avoid this mistake when you understand what Evidence Based Care looks like, and as a result you'll improve your chances of personalized, safe care for you and baby. Obstetric Care has practiced on women in the US for around 200 years and in that time we have learned that practicing
    • X-Rays on pregnant women is not safe
    • Prescribing Thalidomide caused birth defects
    • Using Cytotec on a woman with previous cesarean can be deadly
    • Episiotomy causes unnecessary damage to mother with infrequent benefits
    • Hand washing reduces the spread of infection
    • Inducing labor increases risk for cesarean in first-time mothers
    • Twilight sleep prevents mothers from bonding post-delivery
    Yes, of course we need some level of experimentation when it comes to science and the practice of medicine. For example, epidurals allow women to be awake when baby is born, and to bond with baby post-cesarean. Epidurals began being used because an anesthesiologist decided to try it out on a patient. However, most women and partners do not realize that the majority of interventions in pregnancy and birth are not offered AFTER the evidence is solid, it's being gathered with each family. The problem is most assume that for low-risk pregnancy, working with an obstetrician is the safest. The data shows that midwifery care is the safest for low risk pregnancy, and that referral to an obstetrician when risk or need arises leads to better outcomes for moms and babies. The biggest problem is that women, mothers, dads, grandparents, friend and family do not know what the evidence shows is the safest, so we jsut assume that "more technology" equal better results. If you want to avoid this mistake: learn the evidence with me as your Digital Doula If you live in the East Valley of Phoenix and are looking for a Newborn Care Specialist or Night Nanny, work with me: East Valley NCS If your baby is already here and you need help navigating all of this, work with me virtually -- join the waitlist If you are expecting, join me in Sage Mama Maternity. Blending evidence and intuition is the key to experiencing a postitive pregnancy, birth and postpartum. Join Sage Mama Maternity
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    12 min
  • The Value of Support as You Find Your Path

    The Value of Support as You Find Your Path
    Mar 11 2025

    Interview with former clients Devin and Katie

    This episode is full of wisdom from first time parents Devin and Katie. I was honored to be their newborn care specialist for five months. Devin and Katie are an incredible couple who allowed me to serve them and guide them through common and not-as-comon challenges with a newborn including

    • newborn sleep patterns
    • oral tethers
    • strong let-down reflex
    • mild infant reflux and gas
    • the learning curve of normal newborn development
    • postpartum anxieties
    • finding their own path forward as new parents

    I found working with them to be an absolute pleasure as they were excited to learn from my experience with open minds and hearts. Being able to facilitate and honor their attachment to their son, allow them much needed rest and support baby to sleep in developmentally appropriate ways was a joy.

    If you live in the East Valley of Phoenix and are looking for a Newborn Care Specialist or Night Nanny, work with me: https://stefaniemelo.com/ncs

    If your baby is already here and you need help navigating all of this, work with me virtually -- this course is coming soon

    If you are expecting, join me in Sage Mama Maternity. Blending evidence and intuition is the key to experiencing a postitive pregnancy, birth and postpartum. Join Sage Mama Maternity
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    31 min