Morgan Mettler
Certified Birth Doula (DONA), Postpartum Doula
I am a full-spectrum doula focused on providing support during pregnancy, birth and beyond.
My goal is humble care. To me, this means deeply understanding birthing people and how to best serve them.
My Services
My role as a doula is to educate families and validate their preferences. I give birthing people and their partners the tools needed to make informed and confident decisions.
My vision is care that centers the birthing person. I join the birth team to protect the autonomy and peace of the family.
Birth Doula
Postpartum Doula
About Me
My journey in birth work started at age 12, when I had the unique experience of catching my little sister. At age 22, I started my work as a hospital volunteer doula at the University of Vermont Medical Center, actively confronting a healthcare gap in the community. My early hospital volunteer work gave me an understanding of the different needs of birthing families, and an intimate familiarity with how hospitals function.
I am a DONA Certified Doula, having completed in-person training in Birth Doula services, Childbirth Education, TENS Unit, Lactation Support, and Postpartum services. I provide deep support of families as they transition their families through pregnancy and postpartum.
Chloe
I highly recommend Morgan as a Doula. I think she is going to be the next big thing and feel really lucky to have been able to work with her on short notice for my first baby. She is extremely warm, detail oriented, reliable, professional, enthusiastic and positive, and open and collaborative. I interviewed several doulas, including one who has been running a group practice for 10 years, and Morgan was by far the most responsive to what I had said I was looking for, and had the most collaborative approach with my loved ones and hospital staff. During the birth she was extremely available and helped to create a positive and cozy atmosphere and made the hospital room feel more like home. She helped us think through some difficult decisions on the day of as well. After the delivery, my nurse went out of her way to comment on how great Morgan had been with the hospital staff and said they would love to work with her again. Overall it was fantastic to work with her and I can recommend her without reservations.
Experience and Service Area
I support families in hospitals, birth centers, and homebirths in the following areas: Berkeley (where I live), Oakland, Fremont, Alameda, San Mateo, San Leandro, Albany, Richmond, Emeryville, Hayward, Fairfield, Union City, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, El Cerrito, Piedmont, Concord, San Francisco, South San Francisco , Redwood City, Livermore, San Pablo, and Fremont.
I have experience supporting medicated and unmedicated births with first, second, and fourth-time parents, queer parents, low-income parents, autistic parents, non-native English-speaking parents, sexual assault survivors, people with depression, and parents of color.
I am part of a collective of doulas with similar values that ensure back-up support for clients, in case it is not possible for me to attend your birth.
I am fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 and hold professional liability insurance.
