Megan Davidson, PhD is one of the most experienced doulas in the country, having supported nearly 600 families in birth and over 1200 families postpartum. She is certified as a labor doula, a childbirth educator, and as a chest/breastfeeding counselor, and she is the mother of two. Megan is also the author of Experts in Birth: How Doulas Improve Outcomes for Birthing Women and Their Babies (in Doulas and Intimate Labour: Boundaries, Bodies and Birth) and the co-author, with Sarah Lewin, of: Eating for Two: The Threat and Fear of Fatness in Pregnancy (in Heavy Burdens: Stories of Motherhood and Fatness) and Dangerous Bodies: Imagining, Monitoring, & Managing Fatness During Pregnancy (in Bearing the Weight of the World: Exploring Maternal Embodiment). She won the Sylvia Rivera Award for her popular essay “Seeking Refuge Under the Umbrella: Inclusion, Exclusion, and Organizing within the Category Transgender”. Megan lives in Brooklyn, NY with her family.