The Garden Reproductive Health

01/10/2026

If you have Carrot Fertility benefits through your work, you have access to incredible support for your birth and postpartum journey!

What is Carrot? 🥕
Carrot is a global fertility and family-building benefit offered by leading employers. It’s designed to make care services like Doula support accessible and affordable for growing families.

How it works for you:
1️⃣ Check Your Plan: Log into your Carrot portal to see your specific coverage amount for birth and postpartum doula services.
2️⃣ Hire Your Doula: You sign a contract and you pay for services.
3️⃣ Get Reimbursed: The Doula provides you with a detailed receipt and a signed "Doula Attestation" form. You submit these to Carrot, and they reimburse you directly!

Why use your benefits with me?
As a Full Spectrum Doula, I provide the evidence-based, compassionate care Carrot loves to support.
Whether you need continuous labor support or postpartum help, your benefits are there to ensure you don’t have to do this alone.

Live on the island of Oahu, looking for a Doula, and ready to use your Carrot benefits? Let’s chat!

01/04/2026

Did you know your baby’s hearing screening can happen right on your living room sofa? 🛋️✨

Many people think you need a hospital for certain screenings. But as a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), I bring the technology to you!

The Newborn Hearing Screening basics👂
When: Within the first 7 days of life. 🏠
Where: In the comfort of your own home. 🛡️
Why: To screen for hearing needs early and provide support for your baby's communication development from day one.

How it works: It’s quick, painless, and usually done while your baby is sleeping!

I use a specialized machine provided by the Hawaii Newborn Hearing Screening Program.

Soft earphones play gentle sounds to check your baby’s response.

Results are instant, and I handle all the state reporting for you.

Homebirth is about more than just a beautiful delivery; it’s about high-quality care in the place you feel safest. 🌿

12/02/2025

It is with immense joy and deep gratitude that I announce I have received my Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) credential from the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM). This milestone means I am now officially accepting clients for homebirth midwifery and monitrice care on Oʻahu!

My practice is founded on a trauma-informed, anti-racist, q***r-centered, neurodiversity-affirming framework that I am proud to bring to the local community.

Ready to have the care you deserve?

Visit my new website (Link in Bio!) to view my full scope of services (Midwifery, Doula, Lactation) and schedule your complimentary consultation.

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11/23/2025

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10/28/2025

📢 Voting is officially OPEN!

I'm running for Student Representative on the new NARM Board of Directors to make sure the next generation's voice is heard.

I'm committed to Structural Equity, Proactive Transparency, and ensuring the CPM credential truly serves our diverse communities.

This is your chance to shape the future of NARM. Let's build it together.

QR code information on how to vote, how to sign up for NARM membership, and candidate information on last slide.

10/10/2025

It offical now!
I have graduated from National Midwifery Institute and am now studying to take the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) to earn my credintal of Certified Professional Midwife. Then on to become a Licensed Midwife with the state of Hawaii.

🌟Congratulations to Mel Kennedy on their graduation! We are thrilled for you and inspired by your dedication to serving families as a community midwife!

03/05/2025

See you all tomorrow!

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Join the Sister Circle Mānoa for a panel on reproductive justice and rights on Wednesday, March 5th 2025 in the CC Executive Dining Room from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM.

We will have a panel of Black leaders in the field of birth work, reproductive rights and advocacy, and more sharing resources and knowledge from their professional and community experiences.

Please fill out the RSVP form (https://forms.gle/VpNWcVGQwdgpFkqA8) in our bio to secure your attendance, let us learn more about you, and share any questions with us you would like to ask our panelists on March 5th.

Email any questions or concerns to thesistercirclemanoa@gmail.com
A hui hou!

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03/15/2024

I'm back!
Settled in now on Oahu 🤙🏽

05/27/2023

Goodbye Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C.!
My family and I are PCS'ing to O'ahu this summer.

It's been a fun ride these last 9 years but it is time to move on.
I will miss my community and the families I've assisted during these years.

During this transition, I will be available for virtual support only.
If you are in need of in-person resources please feel free to reach out to me and I will help you the best that I can.

This fall I will begin working with Selena Green of Hale Kealaula to complete my CPM studies and serve the families of O'ahu.

03/14/2023

Happy Black Midwives Day!

03/14/2023

Happy Black Midwives Day!

01/25/2023

I am honored to be the awardee for the Returning Descendance of Grand Midwives scholarship.

Congratulations, Mel!

Mel Kennedy (They/Them)

Mel is Q***r, Black, and Neurodivergent and serves the Virginia, Maryland, and DC area as a full spectrum Doula, Community Herbalist, Childbirth Educator, and Certified Lactation Consultant under their business The Garden Reproductive Health: “For All The Seasons Of Your Life”. Mel has been working in the Reproductive Justice community since 2009. They are incredibly passionate about inclusive and holistic reproductive health care for ALL people. To help achieve that goal, Mel is currently studying to become a Certified Professional Midwife in the Commonwealth of Virginia with the National Midwifery Institute and is in Phase 3 of their studies

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