I believe that every woman is made perfectly to bring new life into this world through birth. My role as I am by your side is to support the birth experience you desire emotionally, spiritually and physically, and to smooth the bumps in the road that accompany this unpredictable, yet incredible journey. 

I have always had a strong connection and love for families and their babies. I came to birth work by way of childcare, spending over a decade as a professional provider. I studied infant development and postpartum care which fostered an incredible passion for pregnancy, prenatal nutrition, breastfeeding and so much more. I dreamt that someday I could utilize this passion to educate and support mothers and fathers expecting to welcome a baby into the world. 

When my husband and I found out we were expecting our first child, I read every book and every blog, and I fell deeply in love with the pregnancy and birth process. It was my own birth that inspired me to pursue my dream to start my very own doula practice. The immense support I experienced from my birth team showed me the true value of labor and postpartum support. Now, I have had the blessing of birthing all three of my babies in the comfort of our own home, safely, with amazing and skilled birth teams.

I trained with Hypnobabies as a Hypno (HBHD) Doula, and Graduated of The University of California San Diego as a CLEC (Certified Lactation Educator Counselor) as a specialist in Breastfeeding Education and Extended Lactation Counseling. In 2019 I added Certified Car Seat Passenger Technician (CPST), and Infant & Prenatal CranioSacral Therapy (CST) as well as CranioSacral Therapy for Birth to my skills set. In 2020 I studied Homeopathy 101 with a Classical Homeopath local to Minnesota. Being able to support parents as they bring their new babies into the world, providing them a space to honor the natural and God given gifts of childbearing, and instilling them with confidence in their journey has been a labor of love for many years now. In 2021 I saw a deep need for healing & support for people who were in other phases of life as well and took my CST training to a new level, studying and learning the Dynamic Body Balancing (DBB) method by Dr. Phillips. I now provide CranioSacral Therapy to patients of all ages and ranges in office and for house calls.

During my time as a birth doula in Minnesota, I have had the honor of witnessing over 500 families as they prepare and welcome their babies into this world. I have been alongside all providers in hospital, birth center and at home. Thanks to this immense amount of experience, it has allowed me to really lean into my God given gifts and serve mothers and their loved ones well, as well as be a mentor to many aspiring doulas in Minnesota. As a doula mentor, I have had the honor of teaching, instructing, encouraging and providing experience to 8 women since 2017 with the desire to do the same. Many of which still work alongside me with the Arisen Collaborative and in the greater MN area.

Thanks to my many years attending birth alongside Minnesota homebirth providers, I have the privilege to be in my final phase of apprenticeship on a traditional path of becoming a home birth midwife, working alongside a few of our dearly loved local homebirth midwives known for their incredible birth outcomes and relationships in our state. Now, I work part time with a small amount of doula families who seek in system providers for medically necessary reasons, while also apprenticing as a student midwife supporting low risk families in their physiological birth inside the safety of their home.

I recognize the importance of the whole spectrum of the perinatal period, and with a true passion for health, wellness, and natural living.

I respect your individual religious and medical freedoms, and I cannot wait to assist your family through pregnancy to birth, and beyond! 

Jen