Mom of 4 Shares Journey Including Covid Baby and Parent Death

Melanie Maldonado is a business owner, medical professional, doula, wife, and working mom to four children ages 10 and under. Through her business, Golden Love Birthwork, Melanie provides birthing mothers with prenatal, labor, and postpartum support to create a healthy, positive, empowering birth experience. Each of Melanie’s four pregnancy and birth experiences were different, and in this week’s episode, she shares how each of them impacted her and shaped her into the working mom she is today.

In their inspiring conversation, Melanie and host Samantha Saxby discuss:

• Learning how to be a first-time mom

  
  



• Experience of a parent loss between babies

  
  



• How each baby changes you as a mother

  
  



• Adapting to new work routines as a mother

  
  



• Having a baby during the pandemic

  
  

If Melanie’s story resonated with you, follow her on Instagram @goldenlovedoula to stay up to date with her doula business. You can also learn more about her business on her website.

If you are currently expecting, or planning ahead, check out perkyleave.com to learn about your leave benefits. 

Moms With Benefits is chasing financial and emotional stability for motherhood. If you resonated with this episode, we’d love it if you would rate and review us to help spread the word. You can also find Moms With Benefits on Instagram @momswithbenefitsorg.