Doula Jenny

10/13/2021

After 8 years and hundreds of clients here at Expecting the Best, it's time for an exciting update! Join me at HelloBirth where we are building a collaborative membership organization for hypnosis for birth practitioners. Thank you for all of your support and we'll see you there!

03/09/2021

❤️

Year after year, decade after decade, century after century...women have carried, birthed, and nurtured humanity.

During times of immense strive and intense fear...women have brought forth life so that despite all odds...we could carry on.

But women are more than the children they have (or don't have). We give birth. We operate in the OR. We lead countries. We touch the smallest lives in immeasurable ways. We write books. We lead congregations. We do wondrous, practical, magical, and powerful things. Happy International Women's Day. As always, I'm in awe of all we've done and all we continue to do.

04/28/2020

You are seen and your story matters. ❤️

To the parent who labored for days and ultimately decided a cesarean was best for them.
To the parent who was coerced into a cesarean and regrets the way their birth unfolded.
To the parent who confidently planned a cesarean because that was their most empowered birth.
To the parent who isn’t sure whether or not their cesarean was truly necessary and wonders if they could have made different choices and had a different outcome.
To the parent who has different feelings on different days about their cesarean birth experience.
To the parent who is still heartbroken years later that they never had the vaginal birth they so deeply yearned for.
To the parent whose cesarean birth was life-saving.
I know that so many people have assumed to know how you feel about your birth. But not enough people just ask you how you feel. Not enough people listen and empathize and meet you where you are. There’s no right or wrong way to feel about your cesarean birth. The entire range of emotions is valid. I hope that you can find even that one special person who stays curious, asks you to share your experience, and doesn’t hold any judgment for how you gave birth or how you feel about the way you birthed your baby. And if not, I hope these words bring you some comfort.
📸 of me and my first sweet babe after he was born by cesarean almost 10 years ago.

04/23/2020

Hypnobabies offers many stress reducing tools for pregnancy and birth. Birth partners who take Hypnobabies classes are ready to support in so many ways, even if you can't have a doula physically present with you right now. Link to register for the 6-week series is in my bio!

04/02/2020

Doulas are good at figuring stuff out.

Virtual doula support? That's the latest buzz word since COVID-19, when hospitals began restricting visitors. Kudos to the doulas everywhere who've been getting creative about what our role looks like these days and recognizing the value of our knowledge and support even if we can't be physically pr...

03/27/2020

Thanks, Jessica Diggs. Your support this week has been amazing!

At DTI, our team has been hosting community calls to gather data and resources on what doulas are experiencing during this pandemic. And what we’ve seen, across states and in different communities, is that we are all navigating the nuances of today’s particular moment. In some cases, we are grap...

03/24/2020

Here we go! Let's do this.

Virtual Doula Support Interested in having a doula as a part of your team but not sure what that looks like in these uncertain times? We got this! Virtual doula support is $750 and includes the following: Unlimited phone and text support as needed Two virtual planning sessions (1 hour each) On call....

02/15/2020

🌹are red, violets are 💙, never met anyone as sweet as you. Valentine's Day 💘 birthing time complete with roses, chocolate and candlelight turns into early morning February 15 birthday 🎂 Happy birthday, new baby!

11/17/2019

These doulas are going to nail their interviews! Such powerful stories. @ Washington D.C.

11/16/2019

So much fun and learning in this space! These doulas are absolute naturals. And even babies have fun at our trainings 😍