I’m Meredith Hill, a certified postpartum doula, writer, and mom of two in Richmond, Virginia.

My work centers on the messy, meaningful transition into parenthood: the physical recovery, the identity shift, the relationships, the exhaustion, the unexpected grief, the invisible work, the absurdity, and the slow process of figuring out who you are now.

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I’m a DONA International certified postpartum doula serving Richmond and the surrounding areas. My training includes lactation, infant mental health and attachment, and infant, pediatric, and adult CPR and first aid.

I provide personalized in-home support for parents and partners, including:

  • emotional support

  • feeding support

  • household help

  • meal preparation

  • facilitating rest

  • relevant education

  • referrals

  • help navigating the inevitable boundaries and expectations

My work as a writer and my work as a doula are really two expressions of the same thing:

making space for honest conversations about what happens when our lives change.

A little more about me

I became a parent for the first time in the spring of 2020, during the height of the pandemic. Like so many new parents at that time, I experienced a postpartum period that was isolating and far different from what I had imagined.
Four years later, my second child was born. This time I had more support and a better idea of what was coming. And yet, postpartum still hit me hard. Even with loving family and friends, I didn’t always know what I needed or how to ask for it.
That experience taught me that knowing what to expect doesn’t mean the transition is easy.
There’s something uniquely disorienting about becoming responsible for a new human while simultaneously recovering physically, functioning on very little sleep, navigating huge hormone shifts and emotions, and trying to figure out where the “you” went that you knew yourself as before this baby (see: dancing with a 16' eucalyptus garland on an average workday).
Those early postpartum weeks reshaped my understanding of support — and continue to shape how I care for the families I work with today.
I also founded and am co-facilitator of the Chamber of Mothers Richmond Chapter, helping improve maternal health, accessible childcare, and paid family leave outcomes for mothers and families in my community and throughout the United States.
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If you’re expecting or newly postpartum, let’s talk.
You don’t have to know exactly what you need before you reach out — we can figure that part out together.

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