Megan Fleeman Ssekabira

Megan Fleeman Ssekabira

CHILDBIRTH EDUCATOR, LABOR DOULA & POSTPARTUM DOULA

Credentials: Bachelors of Community Development, Certified Childbirth Educator, Certified Labor Doula, Trained Postpartum Doula, Trained Loss Doula

A fire was lit in me when I witnessed the motherhood journeys of many close friends, who generously shared their experiences navigating the medicalized birth system for the first time, and seeking empowering education and care on the other side. As a result, in my early 20s, I was compelled to become equipped to serve mothers in the developing world and here in Nashville. I began pursuing training in childbirth education in 2008 and have served families as a labor and postpartum doula since 2010, serving over 200 families during and after birth. I have volunteered in East Africa as a birth attendant and educator.

I believe that parents have the best opportunity to make empowered decisions for their growing family when they are informed through education, and I find great joy walking alongside women through the life transitions of pregnancy, birth and postpartum. I feel incredibly proud of the progress that has been made in our local birth care system through the collaboration of Midwives, Doulas, Educators, and Obstetricians, and believe that there is more work to be done to offer families birth options they deserve. I also enjoy the administrative side of care, and love connecting couples with a care team that can support their dreams for birth. My heart for helping families to navigate birth in all circumstances has led me to support mothers in the home, hospital, and birth center setting.

My experience supporting families includes families with multiples, those conceiving with IVF, high risk pregnancies, advanced maternal age, single parenting, adoption, surrogacy, VBAC, special needs babies, clients on bed rest, premature birth, and pregnancy loss and stillbirth. I married my kind and extremely supportive husband, Moses, in early 2016. Later that year, I gave birth to our first daughter, Mireembe, who was stillborn. Our experience with an emergency birth and the grief of love with no place to go has made me a stronger birth worker and mother.  Since then we have been blessed with three beautiful children and supported by Midwives and Doulas through redemptive births. Our home is full of chaos and joy raising our daughter, born in April of 2018, son born in October of 2020, and (son/daughter) born December of 2023.

Continued Education and Training: Neonatal Resuscitation Certified, Happiest Baby on the Block Workshop, Trained Hypnobabies Hypnodoula, Resolving Shoulder Dystocia Workshop with Gail Tully, Attachment Parenting Workshop by founder Barbara Nicholson, Pelvic Floor Health and Restorative Exercise with Taylor Broggie, Volunteerism in Midwifery in Developing Countries with Vicki Penwell, Birth Emergency Skills Training (B.E.S.T.) Workshop, Spinning Babies Workshop for Birth Professionals, Baby Loss Family Advisor (Loss Doula) training, Northwest Georgia Breastfeeding Coalition Annual Conference with Jack Newman, Beautiful Midwifery Conference Rebozo Training, Homebirth Transfers Seminar, and Seminars on Pain Management and Giving Birth After Sexual Abuse with Penny Simkin