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Megan Jennings birth worker serving throughout Kitsap County, Wa. https://linktr.ee/meganmoonriver Hello!

I'm on a journey to learn and become more experienced in all things birth and the perinatal season. I am a trauma informed CAPPA Certified Labor Doula (CLD), TRICARE approved provider (in their Childbirth and Breastfeeding Demonstration), trained Full Spectrum Doula (BADT), Emotional Support Doula (NWAAF), and a Peer Group Facilitator here in Kitsap County, WA. I support families in their reproductive journeys specializing in labor, birth, PMADs, and abortion throughout Western Washington and beyond. My education and trainings are;

Klahowya Secondary School, Silverdale WA- High School Diploma- 2001

Maine State Guide, Bingham, ME- Whitewater- 2003

Unity College, Unity, ME- Bachelor of Science- Environmental Policy- 2005

Washington State Medical Assistant, Silverdale, WA-Phlebotomy- 2010

Birthed my first and only child via Homebirth Cesarean, Tacoma, WA- Sept 2015

MotherWoman Group Support Facilitator, Bothell, WA- 2015

Kitsap HOPE Circle Facilitator, Bremerton, WA- 2015

Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Poulsbo, WA- skills cardholder 2016

Birth Assistant Training, Gig Harbor, WA- 2016

DONA international In-person Birth Doula workshop, Bothell, WA- 2017

GPS (Group Peer Support) Facilitator Training- 2017

Started my Doula Business and attending births, Bremerton, WA- Jan 2018

B.R.A.S. for Doula, Chest/Breastfeeding workshop, Seattle, WA- 2018

Kitsap Cesarean and VBAC Support Group Facilitator, Silverdale, WA- 2018

Spinning Babies Workshop-Gail Tully, Tacoma, WA- October 2018

Spinning Babies Workshop- Kelly Dungan, Seattle, WA- October 2019

Living Liver Donor- I donated a piece of my liver to my niece. Univ of Wa, Seattle, WA- April 2020

Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings (BADT)- Full Spectrum Doula Training- June 2020

American Heart Association BLS (Basic Life Support) CPR & First Aid, Bremerton, WA- September 2020- present

Moderna Covid Vaccine, 1st Jan 2021, 2nd Feb 2021, Booster #1 Dec 2021, Booster #2 Dec 2022

Pandemic Response Doula Training- April 2021

Supported my 65 yr old Mother in end of life hospice after battling multiple myeloma cancer. She passed away at home- February 12th, 2022

NWAAF On-call/Volunteer Abortion Doula- May 2022

BADT Birth & Disability CE Course- May 2022

BADT Abortion Doula CE Course- May 2022

CAPPA CLD Certification training- August 2022

American Heart Association BLS (Basic Life Support) Provider CPR & First Aid- Bremerton, WA- January 2023- Current

CAPPA CLD Certified- March 2023

TRICARE-approved provider in the Childbirth and Breastfeeding Demonstration- April 2023

03/12/2025

Save the date! This 📅 Saturday, December 6th

⏰ 8:00–10:00 a.m. (Silent Auction 8:00-9:30 a.m.)

📍 Applebee’s Grill + Bar, 3138 NW Randall Way, Silverdale

🎟️ Tickets: $12 per person (Pick up at the door when you arrive for breakfast!)

🌙 I have donated my Birth Doula Services in the New Mama Comfort Basket that you can bid on! See below:

Our Flapjack Fundraiser & Silent Auction is nearly here and we’re excited to share more about what makes this event special — our silent auction baskets!

This year’s auction features 24 specialty baskets with gift certificates, unique experiences and artisan goods generously donated by local businesses and community members. Our teachers and students have also made three beautiful collaborative works of art to capture the spirit of the holiday season. Whether you’re looking for holiday gifts, deals on special services, or something fun to enjoy with your family, there’s truly something for everyone.

The auction will run from 8:00-9:30 a.m. A few of the themed baskets you’ll see at our breakfast include:

💆 The Santa Self Care Package with spa goodies and a 60-minute customized massage from Isella Aesthetics,

☕ The Morning Brew Basket featuring a Hydro Flask tumbler, coffee beans and syrups from All Star Espresso;

🍿 The Movie Buff Kit with snacks, popcorn and 8 movie passes to SEEfilm Cinema;

🎤Karaoke For Kids featuring a bluetooth microphone and a karaoke party for up to 12 guests from Beyond Karaoke;

🧺The Board & Bread Basket with a charcuterie spread a handmade premium Hawaiian Koa wood charcuterie board from Hawaiian Koa Company; and

🤰The New Mama Comfort Basket featuring doula services from Moon River Birth- Megan Jennings and lactation and postpartum care items from Nurturing Expressions Poulsbo!!!

Your admission includes a pancake breakfast, and during your meal you can browse the auction items, bid, and visit with Santa AND Ms. Claus! You can buy tickets or sign up to volunteer all at the same link: https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/10C0A4FA9AE23A7F9C07-60513420-pancake

Remember that all proceeds from the silent auction support field trips, outdoor learning, and Montessori classroom materials for our students.

Our Fundraising Chair and our entire Central Kitsap Montessori Parents Association (CKMPA) Central Kitsap Montessori Parents Association Board have planned for months to make this silent auction a fun and memorable experience for the whole family. We can’t wait to share in this wonderful event with you!

01/12/2025

Conclusion:
Doula care was associated with more vaginal births after cesarean delivery, improved attendance of postpartum office visits, improved breastfeeding rates, and fewer preterm deliveries. The effect of doula care was consistent across race and insurance status.

Quantifying the association between doula care and maternal and neonatal outcomes https://ow.ly/8rmW50XzJNO

18/11/2025

The Suquamish Tribe to acquire Kitsap OBGYN in January 2026. Suquamish, Wash. — The Suquamish Tribe and Kitsap OBGYN are pleased to announce that they are joining forces in the […]

11/11/2025

Great local breastfeeding workshop!

Breast pumps through insurance, corporate lactation programs, lactation consultations, chest/ breastfeeding, and compression.

23/09/2025

Repost Come say hi! I'll be there

🎉 Grand Opening Alert! 🎉
Nurturing Expressions Poulsbo! We moved into this location in May but any reason to throw a party, am I right? 😁 Come celebrate with us and let us show you all we offer! On September 27 from 11 AM – 2 PM!

📍 19410 8th Ave NE, Suite 103, Poulsbo

Enjoy a fun-filled day with:
✨ Free carseat checks
✨ Face & belly painting
✨ Meet & greets with pregnancy & postpartum doulas
✨ Free bra fittings
✨ Snacks, giveaways, and more!

We can’t wait to welcome you to our new space and share all the ways we support you through pregnancy and beyond! 💙

17/01/2025

Apple Health's launch of their Birth Doula Services program includes any pregnant Tribal Member as the IHS is a part of Provider One. As a participating Doula I can bill Provider One directly! I have immediate availability and would love to hear about how I can support you. Let's Connect:

MoonRiverBirth.com

08/01/2025

✨ **2024 Year-End Review: A Year of Beautiful Beginnings!** ✨

As we say goodbye to 2024, I’m reflecting on an incredible year being trusted in your birth spaces. Here's a snapshot of the magic we created together:

🌟 **Birth Stats**
- Total Births: **32**
- Repeat Clients: **4**
- First-Time Parents: **13**
- Pro Bono Births: **1**
- Tricare Families Served: **19**

🌕 **Lunar Cycles**
- **Most Popular:** Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous, & Waning Crescent
- **Least Popular:** Waxing Crescent

👶 **Babies**
- **Boys:** 20 (including twin boys!)
- **Girls:** 13
- **Biggest Baby:** 9 lb 14 oz
- **Smallest Baby:** 4 lb 2 oz
- **Longest Baby:** 22 in
- **Shortest Baby:** 17 in

🏥 **Birth Experiences**
- Vaginal Births: **25** (including 3 VBACs!!!)
- Cesareans: **7**
- Inductions: **7**
- Epidurals: **21**

- **Locations:**
- Hospitals: **28**
- Birth Centers: **2**
- Homes: **2**
- Transfers: **6**
- Most Visited Facility: **St. Michaels**

💖 This year, I was honored to support **primiparous birthers (13)** and **multiparous birthers (19)**, and even one set of **twins**!

Thank you to all the families who trusted me with your journeys. Every birth story is unique, and I’m humbled to have been a part of each one. Here’s to even more beautiful beginnings in 2025!

If you're expecting in the new year, my books are open! Let’s create a positive and empowering experience together. 💕

Megan A Jennings

03/01/2025

Are you or your partner expecting a baby in 2025? Do you have WA State Medicaid Apple Health? Apple Health is now covering Birth Doulas services! Under this benefit you can hire a participating doula to have:

✨ An initial intake visit
✨Your birth event
✨ A postpartum visit
✨And 18.5 hours of support (to be used either before or after the birth)

All covered by Apple Health. No cost, copay or deductible to you.

I am a participating doula and am currently taking 2025 clients!! Reach out and let me know if you're interested in using your insurance benefits!! (360) 440-0383

23/10/2024

**100 | ONE HUNDRED**

I’m incredibly honored to be trusted in your birth space and to walk alongside you through your reproductive journey. Over 100 births, brand new babies, and miraculous moments. 💓

What do these three photos have in common? Each of these special moments took place at St. Michael's Medical Center (well Harrison back in 2015)! Plus, the 50th and 100th births were for a repeat client. 🥰✨

I’ve supported births in homes, hospitals and freestanding birth centers across the PNW (and one unforgettable birth in Japan). I’ve witnessed the strength of parents welcoming their first baby, rainbow babies, births after trauma, and even babies born in the same room where their parent was born. From Vaginal births, VBAC, CBAC, HBAC, Primary Cesareans each experience is unique—some welcomed into their Dad's hands, others into their birther's hands, with or without family present. Birth and how it unfolds is never the same and I am genuinely humbled with each experience.

Thank you for allowing me to be part of your journey and allowing me to live my passion.

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My Doula Story

Hello! I'm a Birth Doula in Kitsap County here to support families in their birthing journeys throughout Western Washington and beyond. Providing Pregnancy, Labor and Birth Support. My Birth Doula package includes a minimum of 2 prenatal appointments, continuous support during labor and 1 postnatal appointment, though we can meet as little or as much as you’d like. Also how we communicate is up to you. If you prefer in person meetings, text, email or skype I am open to what best serves you. I am currently working towards my DONA international certification. My education and trainings are;

Klahowya Secondary School, Silverdale WA- High School Diploma- 2001

Maine State Guide, Bingham, ME- Whitewater- 2003

Unity College, Unity, ME- Bachelor of Science- Environmental Policy- 2005

Washington State Medical Assistant, Silverdale, WA-Phlebotomy- 2010

MotherWoman Group Support Facilitator, Bothell, WA- 2015

Kitsap HOPE Circle Facilitator, Bremerton, WA- 2015

Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Poulsbo, WA- skills cardholder 2016

Birth Assistant Training, Gig Harbor, WA- 2016

DONA international In-person Birth Doula workshop, Bothell, WA- 2017

B.R.A.S. for Doula, Chest/Breastfeeding workshop, Seattle, WA- 2018

Kitsap Cesarean and VBAC Support Group Facilitator, Silverdale, WA- 2018

Spinning Babies Workshop, Tacoma, WA- October 2018

I want to meet you where you’re at, and help you get to where you’d like to be in your birthing journey. Whatever and however that takes shape. Every birthing family is completely unique and I’d like to honor you. Traditional, Non Traditional, Religious, LGTBQ+, planned belly births, home births, VBACs, HBAC, multiples, history of miscarriages or previous loss, hospitals, still birthday, whatever your journey looks like, everyone deserves love and support and I’d like to be there for you.

Colin Michael Danger’s Homebirth Cesarean

In 2013, my Husband and I decided to start a family and after taking some time to prepare my body for a pregnancy (weaning off birth control and a high blood pressure medication) as well as some weight loss, we were lucky to become pregnant at the end of the year, with a EDD of September 2014. I was very excited and knew from the beginning that I would hire a Midwife and stay out of the hospital if I could. I planned a homebirth and hired a Midwife around 10 weeks pregnant. We decided to have DNA testing done, and found out early that we’d be having a boy (genetically male sex/socially gendered boy) . My pregnancy was fairly comfortable without complication. I felt as if I’d have my son early, and so left work (Puget Sound Blood Center) at 36 weeks. 38....39....40....41....weeks came, and left. I was beyond done. At my 41 weeks Midwife appointment we decided to start natural induction methods (castor oil and homeopathy) and also had a ultrasound to verify that everything was still going well. That very day I went into the ultrasound, and after coming home received a call from my Midwife. She was no longer comfortable serving me as a Midwife at a homebirth due to my ultrasound diagnosing with Oligohydramnios- low amniotic fluid. Using AFI- I was at 2 cm and the minimum was 5cm. My Midwife highly recommended I immediately transfer care to Dr. Baghdadi who was at Tacoma General that evening. I did. My family went from having dinner (Panda Inn Chinese take out) to packing for a hospital induction and birth. We got the call at 1730 and were at the hospital at 1930. After exam, they started me on Cervidal that evening. Over the next 3 days I was put on cytotec than pitocin. It wasn’t until the evening of the 3rd day that I finally agreed to pain medications (narcotics), then an epidural. I had been medically induced, was completely dilated but Colin wasn’t descending and I wasn’t effacing. Later that evening I was brought in for a surgical birth. With a Bishop Score of Zero it makes complete sense that I ended up with a cesarean. I needed support. I needed information to help make informed decisions. I know now where I went wrong. I needed a Birth Doula. It would take me three years to come to the decision to be trained and now I am shadowing another established Doula. I feel that though no one should have to experience a labor and birth the way I did, it did light the path towards being there for other birthing families now. It is apart of who I am, it is my story.