About Me
Hello & Welcome!
My name is Meagan, and I am a student midwife who plans to offer midwifery services to families in Southeastern Virginia after my anticipated graduation date in the late Summer of 2024. I am also a stay at home mother, sole owner of Beltane Midwifery PLLC, and a proud military spouse who understands the unique challenges and hardships that military families can be faced with when having a new baby.
I began my journey as a birth professional in 2012 after the birth of my first child. Having struggled through years of infertility, my husband and I were thrilled to finally be in the delivery room and were filled with the excitement and anticipation at the prospect of meeting our baby. Unfortunately, despite my best efforts to educate myself as much as possible for my labor and delivery, this first birth was not the joyful experience I had played out in my head over, and over during the many years we fought to get pregnant. Our child's birthday ended with her being rushed to the local Children's Hospital NICU where she remained on a high frequency ventilator for three weeks while I was left with substantial birth injuries to recover from.
After our daughter was returned home healthy, I began dealing with my emotional and physical trauma. I took it upon myself to research and study everything I could about fertility, pregnancy and the labor and delivery process. This path of healing and discovery has led me to find my true calling as a member of the birth community.
I am now the mother of four beautiful children, three of which were born with doula support, and in August of 2017 I began the process of becoming a Certified Birth Doula through DONA International, earning my certification with them in April 2019. In October of 2018 I started cross-training with the Madriella Doula Network and earned my Birth Doula Certification through them in November, 2018. I am certified through the Madriella Doula Network as a Birth, Postpartum, and Professional Doula as well as a certified Madriella Childbirth Educator. In January of 2020 I began my journey as a Student Midwife and hope to graduate with a Bachelors of Science in Midwifery by the Fall of 2024 through the Midwives College of Utah. I feel truly blessed and honored to be on this path. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your story.
- Meagan Flaherty
Mission Statement
Supporting the empowerment of pregnant people and their partners by helping them advocate for their best possible birth experience. My hope is by knowing that I fully support all of their choices and decisions my clients will be more involved with their prenatal, labor, delivery and postpartum care. I will support my clients through the shared decision-making process by educating them about their labor and delivery options and by and honoring their birthing choices with the hope of them ultimately achieving satisfying, joyful births.
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