Doula Jenn B

Doula Jenn B I'm a Christian birth & postpartum doula now situated in the western suburbs of ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ, ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ, keen to support birthing & new moms Hi! Iโ€™m Jenn.

I'm a birth & postpartum doula. I'm passionate about pregnancy, childbirth and child-rearing. My mission is to empower expectant moms to have the labour and childbirth experience they want, and to help families navigate the first precious months of bub's life outside the womb. I will do what I can to help mom own the process of bringing her child into this world, and to have as positive an experience as possible. I have experience with Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), home, hospital, water, land and caesarean birth, and lots of practice supporting moms & bubs through the trials and joys of early infancy. I'm also available to be a homebirth doula for older siblings, to be their dedicated buddy throughout the labour & birth. I am a wife and a mother, a daughter, sister, aunt and niece, teacher, artist and friend. Besides all things birth, I love books, thrift shopping, spirituality, puzzles, Zentangle and healthy living. Born & raised in Canada, college-educated & married in the US, I lived in Sydney, Australia for over 12 years and am now located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I'm eager to support you in your childbearing process!

๐ŸŒธ It's testimonial time! Here are one lovely couple's words.... ๐ŸŒธ"Jenn was really helpful for us as a birth support doul...
01/12/2026

๐ŸŒธ It's testimonial time! Here are one lovely couple's words.... ๐ŸŒธ

"Jenn was really helpful for us as a birth support doula. Her techniques definitely helped and she was a great support during active labour. Very satisfied with her service. Thanks again for making it easier for us.
-๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข & ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ป๐˜ข, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ท '25

๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ
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โœจ Happy New Year! ๐ŸŽ‰.It's been a light year for me, doula-wise,.. but, then again, I ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด building my business, locally, ๐˜ง...
01/05/2026

โœจ Happy New Year! ๐ŸŽ‰
.It's been a light year for me, doula-wise,.. but, then again, I ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด building my business, locally, ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ! ๐Ÿซ 

Let's look at my numbers:
๐Ÿ”ธ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿฑ (".5?!" >> I only met this mama on her birth day, in the hospital, spent 8hrs with her during induction,.... then missed the birth while I left her to rest! ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ) (that was apparently how it needed to be, though ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ)
๐Ÿ”ธ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐˜€: ๐Ÿฎ (meds for induction/augmentation only, no epidural nor instrumental assistance)
๐Ÿ”ธ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: ๐Ÿฐ
๐Ÿ”ธ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ
๐ŸŒธ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ: ๐Ÿฎ

(So, all things considered, I'm happy with how things went!๐Ÿค— And anyway, the Lord provides ~ I supported the mamas that I needed to support.)

๐ŸŒ€ Are you expecting a baby this year?
๐ŸŒผ Do you want in on the Doula Jenn B fun? ๐Ÿ˜
๐Ÿ’œ Drop me a line, let's chat! ๐Ÿค—

๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ

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๐Ÿฅ Forceps โœ‚๏ธForceps came about because of a desire to save lives.They were good! They were quite ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ life-savers.T...
11/28/2025

๐Ÿฅ Forceps โœ‚๏ธ

Forceps came about because of a desire to save lives.

They were good! They were quite ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ life-savers.

Then.......

Over time, things went a little pear-shaped. ๐Ÿโคต๏ธ๐ŸซŸ

The rate of instrumental (forceps + vacuum) births in Canada in 2019 was over 16% -- ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, in one study.

So what?

One analysis found that 1 in 4 forceps-assisted births resulted in physical injury to the mother, never mind the emotional scarring,....

๐Ÿ’ก ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ-๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†: ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ & ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ & ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜‚๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ! โœจ

[๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง: ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช.๐˜ฎ๐˜ค๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.๐˜ค๐˜ข & ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ข.๐˜ค๐˜ข]

๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ

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Yes! You've got this, mamas. VBAC power!
11/13/2025

Yes! You've got this, mamas. VBAC power!

๐ŸŸฃ BLOG POST
Back by popular demand. I've revised, updated and republished my VBAC blog post so you can all stop messaging me about it ๐Ÿ˜†
"A VBAC is simply a birth. The most likely outcome of going into spontaneous labour after a previous c-section is the vaginal birth of a healthy baby. If we stop making a mountain out of a molehill, and instead nurture self-trust and support physiology, more women will experience VBAC as a healing and empowering rite of passage."
https://www.rachelreed.website/blog/vbac

10/26/2025

โฑ๏ธ What's up with Inductions? ๐Ÿค”

It seems to me that there is an obsession with getting babies out of their mamas bellies before something terrible happens. Fair enough, don't get me wrong, I don't want anything terrible to happen, either!! ---But what happened to trusting the process? What happened to letting women's bodies and their babies determine when labour should start?

Major points (if you want it word for word, watch the video! ๐Ÿ˜‰):
๐Ÿ”ธconcern about increased risk of stillbirth
๐Ÿ”ธ*relative* risk vs *absolute* risk
๐Ÿ”ธ inductions & planned caesareans at 39 weeks
๐Ÿ”ธby and large: WAY TOO MANY INDUCTIONS & CAESAREANS
๐Ÿ”ธ risks of waiting vs risks associated with induction & caesarean birth [๐˜Œ๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜ ๐˜›๐˜๐˜๐˜•๐˜Ž ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฌ; ๐˜ช๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฌ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ'๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ]
๐Ÿ”ธlabour is *SO* tremendously beneficial for both baby AND mom, even when ends up in caesarean
๐Ÿ”ธinduced labour processed WAY differently by a woman's body than going into labour spontaneously
๐Ÿ”ธdue dates: how calculated, how accurate (*or inaccurate!) they can be

Short story long: except in occasional, extenuating circumstances, SPONTANEOUS LABOUR IS THE WAY TO GO, full stop.
.If you think so, too, and want some support to achieve these ideals, reach out & grab yourself a doula today! ๐Ÿ˜

๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ

Learn more about Doula Jenn B at www.induetime.ca ๐Ÿ’œ

Parenting is hard! (Heck, adulting is hard. BEING can be hard, at any age!) Join Emma & Eleanor for a free three-day Kid...
10/16/2025

Parenting is hard! (Heck, adulting is hard. BEING can be hard, at any age!) Join Emma & Eleanor for a free three-day Kids Nervous System Reset workshop for tips on how to help your youngster (and undoubtedly some tips to help yourself, too!) ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป Check out their page for details.
[๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ'๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข (..๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ?..), ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜บ ....๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด!!๐Ÿซ  ....๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ'๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ต, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ!]

[I am not affiliated with The Reconnected in any way; their stuff just looks really helpful! -I couldn't not share it with you, in case it can help just one family.๐Ÿ’œ]

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Learn more about Doula Jenn B at www.induetime.ca ๐Ÿ’œ

๐Ÿ’”Are you grieving the loss of a baby, born or unborn?๐Ÿ’ฆ is offering a free online class to help you better understand you...
08/25/2025

๐Ÿ’”Are you grieving the loss of a baby, born or unborn?๐Ÿ’ฆ

is offering a free online class to help you better understand your grief, find validation in your emotions and gain tools to navigate life after loss.๐Ÿ’”

((See slides for more details))

Link is in the bio. ๐Ÿ’œ

๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ

Learn more about Doula Jenn B at www.induetime.ca ๐Ÿ’œ

Ahhh, the passing of an iconic man. God bless him for all he's done for women, babies, families & birth! Thank you, dear...
08/25/2025

Ahhh, the passing of an iconic man. God bless him for all he's done for women, babies, families & birth! Thank you, dear sir. ๐Ÿ’œ

We are saddened to hear news of the passing of Michel Odent, whose vision and writing reshaped the way we understand human birth.

Michel Odent reminded us that birth is not a medical procedure to be controlled, but a primal rythm to be respected. He advocated for home-like maternity units, warm water births, protecting the birthing woman's privacy and honouring her instincts, undisturbed contact between mother and newborn; he was among the first to discuss the importance of the microbiome, and question many of the practices that had (and have) become normalised in overmedicalised maternity systems globally.

Michel Odent's legacy lives on in every dimmed, quiet birthing room, and in every midwife his words and work inspired to join our profession.

Thank you, Michel, for your passion, vision and committment to women and newborns.

Photo: Xavier Carรฉ / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA

โœจ Convergence recordings pre-sale ends soon!โœจIf you can't make it to the Convergence in person, the next best thing is t...
08/08/2025

โœจ Convergence recordings pre-sale ends soon!โœจ

If you can't make it to the Convergence in person, the next best thing is to watch the recordings >> and why only watch the recordings of ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด year's Convergence when you can watch ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต year's too -- at no extra cost?!

That's 30+ talks for less than $360CAD.

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿต:๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿต๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต!
[Toronto time]

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿปlink is in the bio! ๐Ÿ˜Ž

๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ

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Happy World Breastfeeding Month! ๐Ÿ˜
08/06/2025

Happy World Breastfeeding Month! ๐Ÿ˜

๐ŸŒธ Happy World Breastfeeding Week! ๐ŸŒธThere are LOTS of reasons to breastfeed, benefiting both the baby and the mama -- fro...
08/02/2025

๐ŸŒธ Happy World Breastfeeding Week! ๐ŸŒธ

There are LOTS of reasons to breastfeed, benefiting both the baby and the mama -- from disease protection to increased confidence and heaps of other stuff in-between.

Enjoy these precious bubba-mama pics while reading all about it! ๐Ÿ˜

*I'm not here to bottle shame; I want to make sure that you realise just how beneficial breastfeeding is, so that you can make an intentional, i๐งf๐จr๐ฆe๐ decision.
...๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต, ๐˜'๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜บ; ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ. ๐Ÿ’”
. . . . . .
๐Ÿ“ท unsplash, pexels & pixabay
๐ŸŒ www.canada.ca, www.hopkinsmedicine.org, www.acog.org
๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ

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