Melissa Melton

Melissa Melton

Accepts insurance
Birth & Postpartum Doula
St. Augustine, Florida
5.0
About me

Hi, I’m Melissa, a birth doula and HypnoBirthing® educator. I help families approach birth feeling calm, confident, and empowered through supportive care and intentional preparation.

Certification and training

Doula Certification, DONA (2025)

HypnoBirthing Certified (2026)

Credentials
CD (DONA)
Specialties
Birth Doula Birth Support Childbirth Education Evidence-Based Care Hypnobirthing Method Labor Doula
Languages

English

Accepted insurance
Tricare
Service introduction

What if birth didn't have to feel scary? I believe birth is a normal, natural process—not something to fear. When you work with me, you'll discover how fear can influence birth and how preparation, education, relaxation, continuous support, and a positive mindset can transform your experience. It is an incredible privilege to walk alongside growing families as they prepare for one of life's most meaningful moments. My goal is to help you enter birth feeling informed, empowered, and ready to welcome your baby with knowledge, trust, and calm instead of fear.

Packages
The Calm & Confident Birth Experience
Prepare for birth with confidence, not fear. This signature offering is designed for families who want more than a childbirth class—they want personalized education, continuous support, and a trusted guide throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum journey. Together, we'll go beyond creating a birth plan by preparing your mind and body through evidence-based education, relaxation techniques, fear release, and intentional practice so you can approach birth feeling calm, confident, and empowered. Your Signature Birth Experience Includes: ✨ Five Virtual Group HypnoBirthing® Sessions These immersive sessions provide a comprehensive approach to birth preparation. You'll learn effective breathing techniques, deep relaxation, visualization, comfort measures, and practical tools to reduce fear and build confidence. We'll also prepare your birth partner to provide meaningful support throughout labor while helping you understand how your body works naturally during each stage of birth. ✨ Two Personalized In-Person Prenatal Meetings Our private prenatal visits allow us to personalize everything you've learned in class. We'll discuss your birth preferences, practice comfort techniques and labor positions, answer your questions, and ensure you and your partner feel prepared and supported for the birth experience you desire. ✨ 40-Week Brunch or Lunch Connection As your due date approaches, we'll meet one more time over brunch or lunch to check in, celebrate this exciting season, answer any last-minute questions, and help you enter birth feeling grounded, connected, and confident. ✨ Continuous Labor & Birth Support When labor begins, you won't be navigating it alone. I'll provide continuous emotional, physical, and informational support throughout your labor and birth, helping you stay calm, adapt to unexpected changes, advocate for your preferences, and feel supported every step of the way. ✨ One Postpartum Nourishment Visit After your baby arrives, I'll visit you in your home to check in on your physical and emotional well-being, process your birth experience, answer newborn and postpartum questions, and bring nourishing homemade goodies to support your recovery. Because caring for you is just as important as caring for your baby. This experience is about more than preparing for the day you give birth—it's about helping you step into parenthood feeling informed, supported, and empowered. My goal is for you to approach your birth with confidence instead of fear, knowing you have the knowledge, tools, and unwavering support to navigate your journey with calm and trust in your body's incredible ability to birth your baby.
$2,100.00
USD Flat rate
The Calm & Confident Birth Class - Virtual
Prepare for birth with confidence—wherever you are. The Calm & Confident Birth Class is a live, virtual HypnoBirthing® group experience designed for expectant parents who want to prepare for birth with knowledge, confidence, and practical tools—without committing to full doula support. Over five engaging sessions, you'll learn how to release fear, practice deep relaxation, and prepare your mind and body for birth so you can approach your experience feeling calm, confident, and empowered. Together, we'll go beyond creating a birth plan. You'll discover effective breathing techniques, comfort measures, visualization, guided relaxation, labor positions, and partner support strategies that help you work with your body throughout pregnancy, labor, birth, and early parenthood. What You'll Learn: Evidence-based childbirth education rooted in the HypnoBirthing® philosophy Relaxation and breathing techniques to support labor and birth Ways to reduce fear and build lasting confidence Practical comfort measures and labor positions How your birth partner can provide meaningful support Tools to help you make informed decisions throughout your birth journey How the Class Works: Classes are held live on Zoom in a welcoming, interactive group setting, making it easy to participate from the comfort of your own home—no matter where you live. Because this is a rolling enrollment program, you don't have to wait for a new series to begin. New families are welcomed on an ongoing basis, and you'll simply complete all five sessions in rotation. This flexible format allows you to start preparing for birth as soon as you're ready while connecting with other expectant parents along the way. Your class investment also includes your official HypnoBirthing® materials, including the HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method book, the HypnoBirthing® spiral-bound parent handbook, and the guided relaxation and affirmation audio soundtracks you'll use throughout the course and continue using as you prepare for birth. Whether you're planning an unmedicated birth, an epidural, or a cesarean birth, these classes are designed to help you feel informed, supported, and confident—because every family deserves to approach birth with less fear and more trust in themselves and their choices.
$399.00
USD Flat rate
Ratings and reviews
Average
5.0
# of Reviews
4
5.0

Melissa was an extraordinary support person through my pregnancy and the hypno birthing courses. I had such a peaceful, confident, and beautiful birth this time (my second child). My first birth was nothing like this! Melissa taught me a lot about the birthing process and we practiced relaxation technique and positive affirmations to give me a calm and peaceful birth. Apart from having a positive attitude when I look back on my birth I also have applied the hypno birthing techniques to life and it has been such a great asset during this postpartum period. Melissa went over and beyond and came and visited us postpartum and brought treats and encouragement! I highly recommend her to anyone looking for a doula!

- Madilyn Meyer

5.0

Melissa shifted our focus and outlook, which completely transformed my experience having my second baby!! I went from feeling pretty disconnected from my baby and caught up in my other responsibilities to indulging in precious, irreplaceable bonding with my baby. It's been absolutely amazing and an answer to prayer. Melissa taught us how to have the birth of our dreams. I went unmedicated and gave birth in about 3.5 hours, I'm sure her relaxation techniques were key to how easily and quickly my labor progressed. Best of all, I've felt so connected and bonded with my baby! Having Melissa's help is a decision I will never, ever regret! I'm so grateful for her help and the wonderful memories we now have as a family of four!

- Ben Kinnebrew

5.0

She was an excellent doula! She helped me (wife’s husband) to understand (very little) what my wife was going to go through, and how to be that rock for her. She is very informative, very patient, and will be there in a moments notice if you need her! I 10/10 will recommend her to anyone!

- Nick Spencer

5.0

Melissa was our Doula and she made the entire pregnancy a completely different experience compared to my first. To have a support person who not only prayed for me, with me, and taught me new ways to manage pain was a complete game changer! I honestly couldn’t imagine my pregnancy without her. My labor quickly turned into a C section so while I didn’t get to have her holding my hand in the operation room, I knew she was waiting in the recovering room for me. My birth didn’t go as I had hoped, the hypno birthing really made a difference in how I dealt with and felt about it. Having a C section has always been my biggest fear but because me and Melissa talked about the possibility of it happening in the beginning (because of my doctors recommendation) I was able to walk into that operation room with nothing but confidence and joy that I was getting to meet my son in just 30 more minutes. Everyone in my family has made comments about how I handled postpartum so much better this time. I have Melissa and Hypno birthing to thank for a beautiful and peaceful experience this time around🫶🏼

- Moriah Hackleman

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