Jessica

    • 2-3 prenatal sessions

    • 1 prenatal yoga movement session (1hr)

    • Birth Support

    • 2 postpartum check-ins

    • Generous phone, text, email support throughout

    • Certified Birth Doula

    • Certified Body Ready Method Pro®

    • Certified Pre and Postnatal Yoga Instructor

    • Certified Infant CPR

    • VBAC

    • Single parents

    • LGBTQ families

    • Home births

    • Preemies

    • Unmedicated birth

    • High risk families

    • People with mood disorders

Jessica is a certified birth doula, integrative lactation feeding specialist (currently certifying), prenatal/postnatal yoga teacher specializing and certified Body Ready Method Pro®. Her ultimate goal as a birth worker is to provide the birthing person with an abundance of support, nourishment, and evidence-based resources throughout their pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum periods. Mindfulness and trauma-informed practices greatly inform her approach to both birth work, and brings an inclusive, non judgemental approach. Jessica is here to celebrate you—your instincts, your choices, your power. She brings humor, emotional awareness, and a calm, grounding presence to every moment shared with her clients. 

Jessica loves blending holistic and medical perspectives to create a balanced, empowering experience for every family. As she likes to say, she has “one foot in woo, one foot in medicine”, in that she understands that no two births are the same. She supports hospital births, unmedicated hospital births, home births, VBACs, high risk pregnancies, inductions, unplanned cesareans and planned cesareans. Jessica feels honored to be sharing the birth space with families as they transition into the world of parenthood. She is based in Brooklyn and supports families in the New York City area.

I believe that every birthing person should have access to a doula. Therefore, I offer sliding scale community support in the following situations: homebirths, single parents, teen parents, both parents who are unemployed or underemployed, and members of the BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ community. When you pay my standard fees, you are supporting a fair, living wage aligned with my level of experience and education. When you pay a sliding scale, you are allowing your community to hold and support you. I am also happy to work out a payment plan. Both are acceptable ways of participating and I am honored to be a part of your journey. Everyone deserves a doula’s support and care.

  • "We opted to do some prenatal yoga sessions with Jess at my home. The sessions were enlightening, made me feel more connected with my body, and helped me feel prepared for all phases of labor and birth. Jess is easy to talk to and has so much insight into the body and pregnancy. What a game changer! I gave birth in a hospital and labored at home with my husband and Jess for hours before we arrived. She helped me through the hardest contractions with loving touch and a focus on my breath. She brought me so much comfort and strength and made me feel unstoppable."

  • “Working with Jessica made my birth and postpartum experience so wonderful. She was exactly what I needed during the birth- a calm and steady presence who encouraged me to keep going and to know that I was taken care of and safe. I couldn’t have done it without her! I had severe postpartum anxiety after my first son, and with this pregnancy I wanted to set myself up for success with support. Jessica was my postpartum doula as well, and her weekly visits nourished me on so many different levels. Having her support allowed me to navigate the postpartum period with confidence knowing I was being taken care of and supported so well. Everyone needs a Jessica!!!! Thank you so much for bringing your deep care and support to my family. Thank you.”

  • “We were absolutely thrilled with the level of service and support that Jessica provided us. As first time parents, we were nervous about the childbirth and labor experience. We connected immediately at our zoom meeting with her easy-going nature asking us lots of important questions. At our first in-person meeting, Jessica went above and beyond to lead a personal childbirth class, explaining the stages of labor, different pain management techniques and postpartum care as well. We were impressed with her professionalism and all the skills she brought to the labor room. She checked in daily during the last over due week of pregnancy and after my midwife appointments, sending me tips on how to induce naturally. She showed up to the hospital earlier than expected when my contractions became intense. During those painful harrowing hours, Jessica used many of the pain management tools and tricks she brought with her. She fulfilled my request, taking the initiative to be hands-on as she tried various pressure point, massage, and other soothing techniques during my contractions. She worked well with my fiancé. It was a total team effort and her contributions were priceless. We are beyond pleased that we chose to work with Jessica and have her share in welcoming our daughter.”

  • "Jess is an amazing doula! I hopped on phone calls with her several times during pregnancy and early labor and felt more confident and at ease after speaking with her. My labor and delivery room was so peaceful thanks to her presence and bag of doula goodies. Even the nurses commented on how great my room felt! Jess's calm demeanor was exactly what I needed during labor. Not only did she care for me, she made sure my husband had eaten and was resting when possible. At my postpartum visit, Jess brought me bone broth and helped both my husband and me process the birth experience. Cannot recommend her enough!"

    Annie, NYC Birth Village Client

  • "We were stuck in triage, unmedicated, for 6 hours, going from 4 to 9.5 cm, and without Jessica’s steadfastly calm presence, we definitely would have been in a complete panic. Instead, she was reassuring and helped us focus on simply getting to the next moment. When our baby emerged, Jess captured the most incredible pictures, which we will treasure for the rest of our lives. And then, when we were starving and exhausted three days after getting home from the hospital, Jess came over and made us an incredible breakfast and did our dishes. We truly could not feel luckier or be more grateful."

    Tess, NYC Birth Village Client

  • "If like us, you found the pregnancy and childbirth learning curves overwhelming and peppered with judgment, please do yourself a favor and hire Jessica as your doula. She is a fount of knowledge, calm, and pragmatism and brings so much warmth, kindness, and organization to support you through the process. From the very first meeting we felt listened to and understood with zero judgment, including when we were undecided on things like pain management. Jessica brought clarity with regular check-ins, lots of helpful recommendations, and when d-day came, she was indispensable helping to identify active labor and when to get to the hospital. She also kept the nervous Lyft driver calm and focused on the road. Our birth was relatively quick and completely spontaneous without any interventions, made possible in large part by Jessica's focus on the breath and steady coaching through the contractions and pushing. We still consult her postpartum resources today! She's that wonderful and we would not hesitate to work with her again.”

    Sunni

  • "Jessica was a terrific doula in every way! Her personable and warm demeanor made her very approachable and easy to get along with every step of the way. She was consistently communicative, and always provided great recommendations for a long list of things relevant to prenatal, labor & delivery, and postpartum care. Her presence during labor was very calming and helped provide peace of mind. She used a large base of knowledge and experience to support us, and took lots of amazing photos during labor that we didn't expect her to. Such a great experience and we're so grateful for it!"

    Vic