Danielle McLellan-Bujnak, MSc, PMH-C, IMH-E®, ICPD, IFEC-ATMHP

Danielle McLellan-Bujnak, MSc, PMH-C, IMH-E®, ICPD, IFEC-ATMHP is a postpartum support professional, master newborn care specialist, and educator with more than two decades of experience supporting infants and their families. 

Steady Start Perinatal Care was created to support families during one of the most meaningful — and often overwhelming — transitions of life: welcoming a new baby.

Danielle is also an ICEA Certified Postpartum Doula (ICPD) and she teaches child development and early childhood education at the college level, where she prepares future educators to understand the complex ways that development unfolds during the earliest years of life. 

Danielle is a Perinatal Mental Health Certified professional (PMH-C) through Postpartum Support International and holds an Infant Mental Health Endorsement (IMH-E®) and Infant-Family & Early Childhood Mental Health Practitioner endorsement (IFEC-ATMHP).  

Over many years of working closely with families in the early weeks after birth, Danielle began to notice something important: when parents’ sleep, emotional wellbeing, and support systems were protected early, families were far more likely to feel steady, confident, and connected during the transition into parenthood.

That observation eventually grew into the Steady Start Protection Framework: a prevention-oriented approach that helps families plan for the realities of the postpartum period before stress becomes overwhelming.

Danielle’s work brings together infant mental health principles, developmental science, and relationship-centred care to help families feel supported, respected, and capable as they welcome their baby. 

Steady Start Perinatal Care reflects a simple belief: when families are supported early, the transition into parenthood can unfold with greater steadiness, confidence, and care.