Welcome and thank you for your interest in me!



My name is Mali Munch Hawthorne and I am the main doula of Belly and Bunting.


I did my training mainly at Seattle Midwifery School and have been a labor & birth doula since 2002 and a postpartum doula since 2004. I serve the Greater Seattle area in a radius of about 100miles/2hours drive. My goal is to help empower women to make their “birth dreams” come true.

I have worked with many low income, relinquishing and non-supported women and charge on a sliding scale because of this. I have particular experience with:

Teens
Adoption
Relinquishing Mothers
Single Parents
Same Sex Couples
Transgendered Parents
Home Birth
Water Birth
VBAC
External Cephalic Version
Clients on Bed-rest
Expected Cesarean Birth
Expected Stillbirth


As someone who has personally experienced fertility problems and the need for IUI/IVF I have a unique perspective on these births.