About Megan

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Megan Shinkle, Bay Area birth and postpartum doula.
As a Bay Area transplant, far away from my own family, I understand the need for support during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum recovery. Growing up in small town Middle America, I learned that you feed new parents, you pitch in and help with chores so that new moms and dads can sleep, and you don't show up uninvited. ​Visiting the family with the new baby meant we cooked a few freezer meals, we used our quietest voices, and we left the new baby's house cleaner than how we found it.
Combining these family values with my incredible birth and postpartum doula trainings, I offer evidence-based, unbiased birth, postpartum, and newborn expertise to new and growing families in the Bay Area. This may look like doing baby chores, and tending to the parents and baby/babies overnight, or guiding parents through information so they can make an informed decision.​Information will be current and factual, and the choices made will be entirely your decision. 

I enjoy taking new trainings, workshops and classes to learn and develop more skills so that I may be of service to families like yours.
I am committed to providing genuine, caring, evidence-based doula support to families in the Bay Area. Learn more by reading my mission statement. 

​TRAINING and Certifications

June 2018: Summer's Sleep Secrets with Summer Hartman
May 2018: Newborn Care Specialist Training
Bebo Mia Infant Sleep Educator
​March 2018: Mommywise Certified Sleep Coach
​Multiple Blessings Newborn Care Specialist 
February 2018: The Magical Octopus: Advanced Care & Sleep for Multiples
​November 2017: The Art and Science of Breastfeeding and Sleep
October 2017: Mental Health First Aid Training
August 2017: Health E-Learning Coursework to prepare for IBCLC certification
February 2017: Emergency Medical Technician Renewal Training
August 2017: Health E-Learning Coursework to prepare for IBCLC certification
February 2017: Emergency Medical Technician Renewal Training
August 2016: Empowered Partner Training
March 2016: Advanced Doula Training: Working with Multiples
January 2016: Emergency Medical Technician Training
May 2015: ProDoula Postpartum Doula Training
August 2014: CAPPA Labor Doula Training
CAPPA Childbirth Educator Training
September 2013: Intuitive Childbirth Postpartum Training
July 2013: Hearts and Hands Doula Training

You don't have to do it alone!

See how doula support can change your postpartum recovery.