Testimonials
Real families, real births
The same words come up again and again: relaxed, knowledgeable, confident, grounded. Here is what it is like to have Jenn beside you.
Testimonials
The same words come up again and again: relaxed, knowledgeable, confident, grounded. Here is what it is like to have Jenn beside you.
“I LOVED having Jenn as my doula! Jenn is the counter pressure queen! After experiencing my first labor without a doula, then having her there for my second, it made a WORLD of a difference. She was so encouraging, kept me in the right headspace, and so knowledgeable about positions to advance labor. She's the best, and now I tell everyone to get a doula!”
“She was so relaxed, knowledgeable, confident and grounded. I could look to her for reassurance and hear her gentle but firm cues when I got caught up in the peaks. I ended up having the most beautiful VBAC, and I am forever grateful Jenn was a part of it. We loved her so much we had her for our third baby too.”
“Jenn gently entered into my birthing world and guided me with a steady confidence and boldness to bring me through. Labor and birth is such an intimate experience. You won't regret inviting Jenn into it.”
In their words
“Relaxed, knowledgeable, confident and grounded.”
“Gentle but firm cues.”
“Counter pressure queen.”
“Kept me in the right headspace.”
“Knowledgeable about positions to advance labor.”
A featured story
“After a complicated delivery with my first born, I knew I needed a different kind of support going into a VBAC. All the fear and anxiety I had developed surrounding labor was creeping up as my due date approached. A friend recommended Jenn, so we met up at the park while her kids played with their homeschool group. I knew right away that the vibe was right. She was so relaxed, knowledgeable, confident and grounded.
As a doula myself, I chose someone for my first baby who was just going to hold space for me. All of that went out the window when I was in the thick of labor. This time around, I knew I needed someone who was not afraid to gently enter into my birthing world and guide me with steady confidence to bring me through. Jenn was a perfect match. I could look to her for reassurance and hear her gentle but firm cues when I got caught up in the peaks.
I ended up having the most beautiful VBAC, and I am forever grateful Jenn was a part of it. We loved her so much we had her for our third baby too. She is a treasure as a friend and a true gift as a doula. She is also a very talented photographer, and she captured some of our most precious moments as a growing family. Labor and birth is such an intimate experience. You will not regret inviting Jenn into it.”
A VBAC mother & fellow doula, Orange County
Every word on this page comes from a family Jenn has actually stood beside, in a hospital room, a birth center, or a home somewhere across Orange County. Nothing here is embellished. What comes up again and again is not a technique or a credential; it is a feeling. Families describe walking into their birth calmer than they expected, staying present through the hard parts, and looking back on the day with pride instead of regret. That steadiness is the whole point of the work, and it is the best measure of whether it is worth doing.
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The person beside you
Mother of five, birth photographer, and your calm, experienced guide through pregnancy, birth, and the first days with baby. Nearly sixteen years beside Orange County families, and I would love to be beside yours.