Jessica is also a Professional Labor Doula as well as Post partum Doula.
She also teaches Childbirth classes in Group and private settings.
See Below for additional details.
Birth Doula services:  ~ * ~ Pregnant??? You deserve a DOULA!!! ~ * ~

Jessica has been a Childbirth Educator and Doula (helping women labor and deliver in a professional capacity )

since moving to Arizona in April of 2000.

She has attended over 100 births as a doula in the last four years.

She has been a childbirth advocate for as long as she can remember.

She has attended numerous births as well as experiencing a variety of outcomes for her own births:

including a hospital induction, a home birth, an emergency cesarean and a VBAC!

Jessica believes that Knowledge is Power and that Education is the Key to achieving the birth you desire.

She respects that every woman labors and births differently and believes that EVERY woman deserves to feel

strong and beautiful at these most powerful, amazing moments of her life.

She has been empowering, teaching and reminding women how to have babies for the last eight years.

Cost: $800

** NOTE!:  Jessica is offering a $100 discount to all new clients and a $150 discount for RETURNING clients through December of 2009!

Post partum Doula services;

Being a mother of five children of my own has been my best training to support brand new mothers and fathers in their journey

to self discovery with their new infant.

Most of the time, post partum Doulas work at night, allowing the parents a night or two of sleep a week (this is INSTANT sanity! )

However, any contract can be created between the couple and the post partum Doula to fulfill any needs the parents have..

Cost: $500  (at the rate of $20 an hour) — contract required  - must be used in 5+ hour increments.

Advanced Labor Coping Skills

* Also known as the “DADDY is the DOULA” class *

If you are pregnant and are NOT hiring a Doula – And desire a non-medicated or low intervention birth – This is the class for you!!!

(I do request that you take a CBE class as a pre-requisite ~ this is Not Childbirth Education, but LABOR COPING skills!)

Class includes:

* 2  hours of education specifically for couples NOT planning on hiring a doula at their birth.

*Training on baby position clues and counter-pressure for back labor

*Tricks for mom to employ to assist in optimal fetal positioning to use BEFORE labor begins.

*Tools specifically for dad to support mom in labor

Cost ~ $70 per couple (+ travel fee to your home)

Childbirth classes Topics covered:

Infant care classes

Based on the principals found in the Videos “The Happiest Baby on the Block” and “Dunstan Baby Language”…

Jessica will help you learn how to calm your crying infant, help your baby sleep longer and how to listen to your baby’s cried for clues on how to best help him or her be happier.  This class also offers a great deal of tools to inspire confidence for BOTH mom and dad.

2 hour class. Cost $75 + travel fee to your home

Nutrition, exercise during pregnancy

Birth as a rite of Passage (Birth is…)

Patient vs. consumer of medical care

Stages /Phases of Labor

Normal, Physiologic birth

Signs/Symptoms of Labor /When to leave home

Hospital Policies/Valley Hospitals

Stages of Labor

Coping skills

Non-medical pain relief

Cesarean Birth

Practice contractions & intro to relaxation/breathing

Informed Consent

Pharmacological pain relief (risks and benefits)

Medical interventions

Unexpected outcomes

Birth Plan/Wish List

Packing your bag for labor / Birth / Post partum Breastfeeding

Normal newborn care

Importance of Emotional Support

Why every birthing woman deserves a Doula

Aromatherapy for pregnancy and Birth

Alternative Birthing

Cost: $150 for 5 hours of education (one class is 3 hours /  second class is 2 hours)  + travel fee to your home

* If you have a friend that is also needing a CBE class…I will do a semi-private class for $125 a couple when you share times!