Morgane Richardson Doula

Morgane Richardson Doula Morgane is a DONA certified birth doula, a Reiki &Bach Flower practitioner serving communities in Brooklyn, Manhattan and some parts of Queens. She holds a B.A.

Morgane Veronique Richardson is a DONA certified birth doula, childbirth educator and placenta encapsulator based in Brooklyn. Morgane combines her professional background in women’s rights and health with a deep appreciation and respect for the birth process. Her work as a doula empowers women and their families by providing emotional, informational, and physical support during pregnancy, birth a

nd postpartum. She is certified with the American Red Cross in Adult/Child/Infant CPR, has completed workshops to help women breastfeed successfully, and has received training from Debra Pascali-Bonaro on using a rebozo (traditional Mexican shawl) during labor. Morgane understands that each family enters their birth differently and she is committed to helping her clients feel fully supported – no matter their beliefs, needs or wants during this time. She believes in keeping women and their families informed, and walking them through each step to ensure they make the best birth choices for themselves. As your doula, Morgane offers constant compassion, non-judgmental support, and warmth to the birthing process. Morgane Richardson’s professional path has been guided by her dedication to provide women with a space to empower themselves. Her work on the reflections of women, race and education have been published in numerous blogs and magazines, her social media firm works on pro-social campaigns for clients such as the United Nations, and her position as a CUNY adjunct professor keeps her at the edge of the field of gender and health. in Sociology/Anthropology and Art History from Middlebury College and an M.A. in Gender and Peacebuilding from the United Nations University For Peace. Morgane happily makes her home in South Slope, Brooklyn with her partner and their dog.

I took this photo when I thought I could be in labor. I was so uncomfortable at this point and also not mentally ready t...
03/01/2023

I took this photo when I thought I could be in labor. I was so uncomfortable at this point and also not mentally ready to birth two babies sans epidural, as was my semi plan 🤣 (ouch!).

Our family is complete but funny that 7 weeks later I already miss being pregnant and this moment. Post pregnancy memory is a funny thing!

Our family is now complete. 💗Born on their mamas () birthday (1.11) to the songs of monks chanting and Audra Day’s Rise ...
01/16/2023

Our family is now complete. 💗

Born on their mamas () birthday (1.11) to the songs of monks chanting and Audra Day’s Rise Up, these two managed to somehow come both gently and yet fast and furious into our lives. Perhaps it’s a bit of that special twin magic. 💕✨ More to come.

In High School, a palm reader told me I’d have 3 kids and in recent years I wondered how that would even be possible. Th...
11/14/2022

In High School, a palm reader told me I’d have 3 kids and in recent years I wondered how that would even be possible. There was no way! Well, I didn’t account for twins 🤣 (Scratch on belly is from knocking into things. No more depth perception).

I’m trying to soak in the last few weeks of pregnancy before we become a family of 5. I’m already missing some of these solo moments with our first kiddo but it’s made sweeter when she says things like: “I can’t wait to meet you babies” and kisses them both good morning and good night. 🥰

Also, join me for the last two childbirth education classes before I go on parental leave!

Next Class Dates: Nov 16th OR Dec 14th. 5pm - 8pm EST (ONLINE)

Sign up: Link in Bio or wovenbodies.com/education

15 years of loving you, growing older (and growing up) alongside you and building a family together. 💕I’d write so much ...
11/11/2022

15 years of loving you, growing older (and growing up) alongside you and building a family together. 💕

I’d write so much more but I’m hiding in the bathroom before getting called downstairs by our first child (waiting for the “Moooom!”). That’ll have to do for now. 🤪

Happy Anniversary.

***rfamily ❤️

Our sweet babies are growing! 👶🏽👶🏽 It feels like we only just found out we were expecting these two and we’re already 25...
10/12/2022

Our sweet babies are growing! 👶🏽👶🏽 It feels like we only just found out we were expecting these two and we’re already 25 weeks! Poor Alexandra, I’ve started going around the house frantically saying I need to get things ready in the next 10 weeks just in case- probably sooner since my mobility is slowly decreasing. Is it too early to wash baby clothes? Ha.

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And, while I have your attention, here are ridiculous things to avoid saying to someone having or (still shocked people say this stuff to my face):

1. When I got pregnant, the possibility of having twins was my worst nightmare.

2. Wow! What are you going to do with all those kids?

3. Better you than me.

4. Oh my god, that’s going to be A LOT.

5. I told my partner I’d give one twin up for adoption if that happened to me.

6. Whoa! Just wow. Woooooow.

Y’all do realize that you’re talking to a person about to have twins right? 😒 We’re excited about our babies and will gladly take a big congrats (and extra hands). 😉

***rfamily ***rfamilybuilding

Our family is deeply grateful to be able to share that we’re growing… by two!I’m pregnant with two, due sometime in Janu...
08/09/2022

Our family is deeply grateful to be able to share that we’re growing… by two!

I’m pregnant with two, due sometime in January! Alexandra always used to joke that it’d be wonderful to have twins and here we are! So, while I was admittedly shocked at the first sight of two, it feels meant to be. We are over the moon to be entering this special twin parent tribe.

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As I post our joy, I also want to acknowledge that the journey to and through pregnancy isn’t always the easiest. Some folks go through deep hurdles to get to this point and seeing this can be frustrating and painful. And many times, others can’t access the support they need in the oppressive repro systems systems we live in. We are holding space for all of that. 💕

ID: Morgane’s wearing a maroon and pink two piece bathing suit holding her round belly. There is a white background.

***rfamily

It’s my birthday! And I was woken up by a smiley face sweetness in this picture💕 Also, our family has been home with   (...
06/26/2022

It’s my birthday!

And I was woken up by a smiley face sweetness in this picture💕

Also, our family has been home with (it finally got us)! While the parents are officially released to be out, our kiddo is last in the line to test positive so we’ve got another chunk of time with her at home.

It’s also been a wild week for the reproductive health space. And while we can’t be out on the streets or at gatherings 😭 and my brain can only handle so much internet, I’m building so many ways Woven Bodies] can continue to empower people about their bodies even before they’re even pregnant.

If you’re like “damn, covid sucks. Wish I could send Morgane birthday flowers or a card” please consider donating to Woven Bodies (Woven Bodies]) instead so we can continue to spread the knowledge and work on expanding our reproductive health space for all bodies.

Venmo: -richardson

It’s my birthday!  And I was woken up by a smiley face sweetness in this picture💕 Also, our family has been home with   ...
06/26/2022

It’s my birthday!

And I was woken up by a smiley face sweetness in this picture💕

Also, our family has been home with (it finally got us)! While the parents are officially released to be out, our kiddo is last in the line to test positive so we’ve got another chunk of time with her at home.

It’s also been a wild week for the reproductive health space. And while we can’t be out on the streets or at gatherings 😭 and my brain can only handle so much internet, I’m building so many ways Woven Bodies] can continue to empower people about their bodies even before they’re even pregnant.

If you’re like “damn, covid sucks. Wish I could send Morgane birthday flowers or a card” please consider donating to Woven Bodies (Woven Bodies]) instead so we can continue to spread the knowledge and work on expanding our reproductive health space for all bodies.

Venmo: -richardson

07/29/2021

I’m still teaching most classes online - and not sure what the delta variant means for all us perinatal health care workers doing in-person classes - but I love leaving the house to get work done in our new space (will show you soon, promise!) • I’m getting a few moments of me time before a class starts to sit in the car, sing throwbacks or sometimes think about nothing at all.

💕

06/24/2021

What is your ritual for gently releasing your nervous system?

A stranger yelled at me in the street a week ago and I’ve felt really “buzzy” internally since then.. more permeable, if that makes sense and unable to create a barrier between myself and the energy of others around.

I’m from NYC so this normally wouldn’t have shaken me but after a year of being in such isolation, it just knocked me off my feet. We all need to gently build up our own systems to come into other people’s energetic spaces again.

In an attempt to survive in a pandemic, I lost site of my own rituals. So I’m over here making lists, figuring out what new rituals I want to bring in as we emerge into space with more people and social commitments. What are your rituals?



Image Description: Video of a stream running through lush green foliage. The sound of water rushing and a kid playing in the sand nearby.

I had a random, rare solo moment and I thought of all the things I have done before I became a parent. The things that m...
10/26/2020

I had a random, rare solo moment and I thought of all the things I have done before I became a parent. The things that make you, you but you don’t know it until the moment has passed. And I thought: wow! There’s so much that doesn’t get shared, especially in the age of social media - you don’t really know a person and yet the life they’ve lived directly impacts why they do the things they do. So here’s a bit about me that few people know (unless you were there, which some of you were 💕):
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+ I took bellydancing for two years. Miss it.
+ Put me in a club and I can also hold my own with Bachata + Salsa. I miss crowded dancing spaces. 😭
+ I studied Art History in college with a focus on feminist art coming out of India.
+ I practiced Buddhism for a bit and have a deep love for Judaism + Islam.
+ I was a RAINN r**e crisis counselor
+ I got a full tuition leadership scholarship to go to College (Posse). A few thousand left and I will have paid off room & board too. Woot!
+ I studied abroad in India
+ One of my college jobs was designing costumes for the dance department.
+ My job description pre doula was “professional feminist.” One of many highlights from that time: having a casual lunch with and walking through the Brooklyn Museum together afterwards. Thank you for that! 🥰
+ I have a masters in gender and peacebuilding from the University For Peace (which means we lived in Costa Rica for a year. Which was amazing).
+ I’ve got dual French/American citizenship.
+ My closest friends growing up were a group of guys. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve developed really strong relationships with women as well but those guys continue to be my ride or die.

Hey  !  Want some yummy soup and some ear seeds this morning?  is teaming up with Q***r Soup Night to host a fundraiser ...
10/24/2020

Hey ! Want some yummy soup and some ear seeds this morning? is teaming up with Q***r Soup Night to host a fundraiser for the work we do. There will be soup (pay what you can) and free ear seeds by . • Come to the Kingston Farmers Market TODAY starting at 9am. We’ll be there until we’re all sold out • And if you can’t be there in person, we’re still accepting donations via Venmo: -Richardson or the GoFundMe link in bio.

We built something today. This has been such a heavy week (months, years, decades?) • I’ve been teaching a lot the last ...
06/08/2020

We built something today. This has been such a heavy week (months, years, decades?) • I’ve been teaching a lot the last month and I’ve been incorporating more and more mindfulness meditations into my work. Truthfully, it’s both for myself and for the families I support. The breath and calling in a moment of quiet is a powerful tool in any journey • Here’s to hoping everyone can incorporate a bit of stillness in their activism. There is power in the pause •

The heart of birth work goes beyond the physical birth of a baby. We’re offered glimpses into how people live their live...
06/05/2020

The heart of birth work goes beyond the physical birth of a baby. We’re offered glimpses into how people live their lives. We build relationships and dedicate hours, weeks and months really getting to know a family. There’s nothing generic about the work. Each person and situation is different. We can mold ourselves to be who that family needs, when they need it. I never take it for granted that someone has invited me into this moment in their lives. It’s one of the parts of this work that I find to be really special • It also means that we can see the disparities. As doulas we see the inside of people’s homes. We see the stuff that folks may not share with their colleagues or closest friends. We see the racism too. The homophobia (though I see that much less as a cis person doing this work)•• I don’t know one black doula who hasn’t experience being treated like the help in this field. We may not share it publicly for fear of messing up our careers or cutting off the money that puts food on your table. • Early in my career, I remember riding in an elevator to meet with a client. Another tenant was there with me and said, “Oh, are you going to see ___? They’re so lucky to have a Nanny like you.” There is nothing wrong with that job. In fact the capitalist system so many profit off of wouldn’t exist without black care takers. But we all know what the assumptions was… The number of times you’re not invited to sit down or have a sip of water in someones home. When we’ve been told, “we don’t need tip you, right? You were expensive enough” all the while knowing we probably were not the most expensive. Black doulas can’t charge the same amount as white doulas and get hired at the same rate. The privilege. •• This work wouldn’t exist without black doulas and midwives. This world wouldn’t exist without black doulas and midwives. Hire black birthworkers. Tip your black birth work. Thank them. Read our stories. • // Venmo Reparations to: morgane-richardson

I teach our black child to be kind but not too kind to officers, because I know the wrong look or deep sigh or comment c...
06/03/2020

I teach our black child to be kind but not too kind to officers, because I know the wrong look or deep sigh or comment could be devastating. I model the behavior: eye contact and a quick smile. Don’t awkwardly avoid them but don’t go towards them. • The way I move in the world is to avoid police interaction: don’t speed but don’t drive to slow, don’t step in someone else’s front yard, don’t jay walk, don’t lean on someone’s car, don’t talk loudly on the street corner. These are things I model in my behavior - they feel like second nature now • I know one day we’ll have to begin teaching our child what to do if they get pulled over for speeding or questioned for eating a candy bar but for now, these simple acts. • • Reparations Venmo: Morgane-Richardson (all reparations are going into this kids savings + Investments so hopefully, when she’s older, she can have a bit more freedom to breathe a bit deeper than all of us now). ❤️

It took the love and skills and fierceness of so many incredible midwives to make our dream of expanding this family com...
05/06/2020

It took the love and skills and fierceness of so many incredible midwives to make our dream of expanding this family come true. • Thank you to Gina and Abby at for walking me through IUIs at home, coming over at odd hours of the day and night to make it happen. You’ll always be my first 🥰😍😘. Thank you for understanding when I shook things up and had the lovely give it a go. Shira, thank you for putting this sweet baby in me and staying for what felt like hours post IUI just to chat while all in bed. Felt like girlfriends in college just hanging out. • Thank you to my incredible midwives for guiding me through this journey into parenthood and allowing me to be just me, not a doula or childbirth educator - just me, a new parent. • Thank you to who is now a fabulous midwife at but who started out as one of my closest friends and had the biggest heart throughout this journey (thanks for letting me be so pi**ed, happy, joyful, annoying, confused, concerned, elated etc) throughout the process of TTC and then being pregnant and parenting. I’ll never forget the moment I had to push (I really didn’t want to) and I thought of the long ass labor your two boys gave you and suddenly got it. Oooo! I entered a different sisterhood with you. • This world is nothing without midwives. •

Quarantine nursing. I had every intention of weaning once we got to 2 years (April 23rd!). I was so ready to have my bod...
04/09/2020

Quarantine nursing. I had every intention of weaning once we got to 2 years (April 23rd!). I was so ready to have my body back and to (hopefully) sleep through the night again. But then came along and changed those plans. I know that milk carries antibodies that’ll protect my kiddo so we shall continue with awkward sleeping arrangements and gymnastic nursing session for now. Because it means by baby is safe. •• ***rparenting ***rlactation

upcoming class: how to get pregnant using iui + ici • april 8th 2020, 5pm PST/8pm EST〰️ join Midwife Sara Howard  for a ...
04/05/2020

upcoming class: how to get pregnant using iui + ici • april 8th 2020, 5pm PST/8pm EST〰️ join Midwife Sara Howard for a digital (zoom) class on getting pregnant (via IUI + ICI) for ***r, & folks • $15 with a Pay-What-You-Can option • link in bio for sign-up and learn more 🌈💛. 〰️ organized by 〰️ this group is intended for folks who identify as LGBTQ+ and are planning pregnancy or adoption, or already parenting. we reserve three spots for birth workers (but with special requirements,
including $30 fee to help pay for someone else to join at no cost. see class link for more info).

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