I’m Meredith Hill, a certified postpartum doula serving Richmond, Virginia and surrounding areas. I support parents through the emotional, physical, and identity-shifting weeks after birth with practical care, evidence-based guidance, and compassionate presence.

My work is shaped by both professional training and lived postpartum experience, helping families navigate this transition with confidence.

My Postpartum Journey

I became a parent in the spring of 2020, during the height of the pandemic — a time when many new parents felt isolated and postpartum care was limited or nonexistent. When my second child was born four years later, I had more support and more preparation, yet I still found postpartum to be unexpectedly overwhelming and emotionally complex.

Becoming a parent showed me just how profound this transition is. Postpartum isn’t only about physical recovery — it’s a deep identity shift. There’s vulnerability, grief, growth, and a slow rediscovery of self. This in-between space is where I feel most called to support families, especially first-time parents.

Like many, my path to parenthood included challenges I didn’t anticipate. After recurrent miscarriages, gestational diabetes, and two high-risk pregnancies that still resulted in healthy, empowering births, I thought I understood the “hard parts.” What I wasn’t prepared for was the drop-off in care after birth — fewer check-ins, fewer safety nets — right as sleep deprivation, physical healing, and intense postpartum anxiety set in.

Even with loving family and friends, I didn’t always know what I needed or how to ask for help. Those early postpartum weeks reshaped my understanding of support — and continue to shape how I care for the families I work with today.