BIRTH
Hello! I'm Jenna, a birth doula & anam cara serving the greater Waikato, NZ & beyond.
Let's wrap you & your family in nourishment, ceremony & support for the sacred birth & postpartum of your dreams.
Care, Ceremony & Community for Women & Birthing Families
Doula, birthkeeper, birth witness, birth support—there are a lot of names & roles for non-medical birthworkers these days but the one that resonates most for me is still doula. Perhaps because the ancient root of the word is 'to serve' and no one is called to service like a Virgo sun, 5/1 Generator!
For me birthkeeping is not a profession but something that belongs (& historically belonged) to all women equally; we are all keepers of the portal, wisdom & power of birth. I believe and have seen that women's power & wisdom can and does change the world. With mothers held & women thriving, everyone else rises too. I see myself as a space holder, a reminder & a guide to reawaken a world where all women are so powerful, connected & wise, there is no need for midwives or birthkeepers—we will all have the knowledge & skills to tend the portals of life & death for ourselves and our own communities.
Until then, I offer holistic support & alternative options to women & families who want to birth the way birth is designed to be: Sacred. Wild. Free.
& I hold circles & ceremonies to meet & support & expand your deeply soulful self in sisterhood with other women.
HOMEBIRTH • FREEBIRTH • SOVEREIGN BIRTH • SPIRITUAL SUPPORT • PREGNANCY • POSTPARTUM • SPIRIT BABIES • LOSS & RELEASE • CYCLES • RITES OF PASSAGE • CEREMONY
MY TEACHERS & TRAINING
Dr. Rachel Reed
2022-present | Reclaiming Childbirth Collective
2022 | Childbirth Physiology
Sophie Messager
2023 | Drumming for Birth
2022 | How to Run a Mother Blessing
2022 | Postnatal Rebozo Massage & Closing Rituals
Claire Eccleston
2022 | Spinning Babies®
2022 | Home Sweet Homebirth
Naoli Vinaver
2020-2022 | The Art of Birth Membership
Margo Blackstone & Maryn Green
2019 | Indie Birth Sacred Sisterhood Doula Training
Colin Hopkirk
2011-2012 | Jungian Psychological Type
Annette Ryan
2009 | The Human Element®
2007 | Mastering Your Emotional Intelligence®
2007 | Radical Collaboration®
Every family & baby I've been called to serve
—you are my first & greatest teachers, always.
BIRTH DOULA, VIRTUAL DOULA & POSTPARTUM CARE
The ancient magic of birth is largely lost to our culture, but your body & soul remember.
POWERFUL BIRTH
reclaims our selves, our families & our humanity.
SOVEREIGN BIRTH
owns that we—and our children—hold the change we need in our own hands.
INTUITIVE BIRTH
honours the forgotten feminine & centres women as the compass of their own journey & experience.
WISE BIRTH
knows that how we are born sings of who we will be; that birth is deep story medicine.
SACRED BIRTH
serves the call & soul path of our spirit babies—this is the way, their way.
WILD BIRTH
invites us to return to instinct & quantum-leap into greater consciousness.
FAMILY BIRTH
offers an intimate opportunity for expansion, communion and growth.
HEALING BIRTH
holds the hope, truth & power we need to make things better—for mothers and babies, and so for all of us.
RADICAL BIRTH
changes all our lives & the world.
Be witnessed, nourished & supported in your sacred rite of passage.
FREEBIRTH, HOMEBIRTH & FAMILY BIRTH
Birth is magic, first & always.
How best to meet such a holy, outrageous miracle?
The birth process holds the answer innately—it's love.
Love is what calls a baby into the body & floods us with the sweet pulse of oxytocin to push them out. Love creates the safest conditions for labour & the warmest of newborn welcomes. Love brings breath forth & makes milk flow. Love bonds everybody present with a newly-landed earthling & the mother that brought them here—forever.
So let's meet this holy, outrageous miracle with all the love in the universe. With singing. Ceremony. Beauty. Nature. Soul food & soul sisters. A partner fully held & prepared. You in primal power & all your bloody, swearing goddess glory.
May we be in reverence as we receive the blessing of all blessings.
Babies—& birth—deserve our deepest devotion.
Birth your baby your way.
Are you ready for the opportunity of birthing in your full power, authority & autonomy?
The opportunity to meet your baby in the unfettered instinct & intact intuition that keeps birth physiological, & therefore safest.
The opportunity to step into mothering grounded in the bone-deep certainty that only you know what's best for your child, & you will find your way through the hardest challenges together, because you already did.
The opportunity to weave—& take full responsibility for—the portal between life & death, because it is only yours to do (& live with).
The opportunity to heal what has been broken, taken or lost, for yourself, & for all our daughters to come.
I support freebirth, homebirth & sovereign birth because I've not seen these opportunities even arise—let alone be fully met & supported—if there is anybody present to pass responsibility onto (who will take it).
I do not believe women need saving from birth, the system, circumstances, each other or their own choices.
Instead, I believe in & trust you to believe in & trust yourself as you embark on your most sacred task; to fully own all the magic, medicine & mystery each birth offers you.
For that is the root of powerful birth & powerful mothers.
Powerful support creates powerful mothers.
"I will not rescue you for you are not powerless.
I will not fix you for you are not broken.
I will not heal you for I see you in your wholeness.
I will walk with you through your darkness as you remember your light."
MEDICINE WOMAN'S PRAYER
MOTHER BLESSING & CLOSING THE BONES
Celebrate & honour yourself as you open and close your birthing rite of passage.
Mother Blessing
A Mother Blessing brings your community together to support your body, mind, heart and spirit both in the final weeks of pregnancy and into postpartum. It honours the significance of becoming a mother and wraps you in love, encouragement, care & wisdom for the journey to come.
An alternative to a traditional baby shower, this ceremony offers a more personal and spiritual way to connect, share and feel ready for labour and birth.
Included in Birth Doula Package
Closing the Bones
Closing the Bones is a traditional warming & closing ceremony where we honour, heal, align, thank and ground the body, mind, heart & soul that brought life into the world. It is a way to tend, mend and renew yourself as a mother and person after the rending transition of birth.
The ceremony is often done during or at the end of the fourth trimester, but can be done at any time after the birth of a child or children, or to honour and heal from a loss, no matter how long ago.
Included in Birth Doula Package
Energy Clearing
Space Clearing For Homebirth
Birth brings its own strong, sacred energy. Prepare for and honour your upcoming homebirth with a ritual to energetically clear and bless your chosen birth space.
Personal Energy Clearing
Energy clearing is a gentle yet profound way to integrate and ground your energy and emotions, release what is ready to go, and leave you feeling clear, supported, centred and positive.
Included in Birth Doula Package
VIRTUAL DOULA & ONLINE SUPPORT
Would you love some encouragement & inspiration to prepare for your vision of sacred birth?
Would you welcome a witness & guide as you walk your medicine path?
Or do you find yourself daunted, undecided, anxious, overwhelmed, fearful and/or risked out of the care you crave?
A Soul Session helps you expand the possibilities, hear what your birth & baby are really asking of you & find your own answers within.
WOMEN'S CIRCLES & COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Women sitting in circle is a universal source of comfort, power & tribal wisdom, as ancient as the human race.
Women's circles are medicine for our times, an antidote to the relentless, competitive demands of most women's everyday lives. A sacred & nourishing space for women to gather, connect with each other, and drop deeper into themselves...if only for a few hours!
Women's circles hold space for our emotional and spiritual expression & growth. We share, learn, laugh, cry & heal. Together we can reclaim our lost knowledge, wise ways & sacred purpose—eventually!
Women gathering is the heartbeat of a healthy community. Let's move away from gathering with "like-minded women" and include all women in our sisterhood. The magic we need is in coming together across age, background, perspective & experience to see & be seen in all our radiant diversity.
Come to a Waikato-based women's circle, or gather the women in your community & I'll help you seed a womens' circle of your own.
MOTHER MEDICINE
DAY RETREAT
Is your mama heart craving a cosy day of women's wisdom & medicine? A sacred space to show up for yourself, connect with other mothers & fill your cup?
We invite you to be deeply nourished & honoured as a mother, witnessed & treasured in your birth story, & held as you access the medicine of birth & mothering in your life.
Let's pass the sacred salt bowl in ceremony, unlock our truth & voice, & bask in the support & power of being together.
For more info & to book:
BIRTH TALK
BIRTH EDUCATION EVENINGS
Monthly sovereign birth topics & Q&A for parents-to-be.
Learn how blending the sacred with the scientific leads to the safe, powerful birth that best supports your baby's future & your success as parents.
Bring your partner & all your burning questions!
EVERY MONTH
2nd Monday
6-7PM
FREE
Email to join the contact list:
FLOW
KNOW YOUR CYCLE,
KNOW YOURSELF
Women are wild, cyclical creatures. Discover how remembering, reclaiming & honouring your natural menstrual cycle is a radical and important act of self love & healing.
As women, bleeding is our native spirituality, offering—should we accept it—a sacred place for body, mind, heart & soul to collide & guide our life.
Wombs of all ages and stages welcome.
Coming soon
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PODCAST PLAYLISTS TO PREPARE FOR BIRTH
My collection of the best-of-the-best podcast episodes on pregnancy, birth, postpartum & parenting to validate your choices, inform your intuition & expand your vision of a powerful, sacred birth.
BIRTH KNOW
Birth 101 - what you need to know to make informed decisions.
BIRTH GROW
Extra perspectives to expand your choices and empower your intuition.
BIRTH FLOW
Beautiful birth stories & songs to support your vision of birth.
BIRTH BRO
For the Dads! How to prepare for the birth portal & fatherhood.
FREE E-BOOKS & RESOURCES
All About Birth Doulas
E-Book
A comprehensive answer to the question 'what is a doula' & other common FAQs.
Maternity Care Options
Guide
Compare the care & cost of midwives, doulas, doctors or just doing it yourself.
Nausea - Things to Try
A well-researched list of everything that is known to relieve pregnancy nausea.
Sleep for New Parents
E-Book
7 Sleep Strategies for New Parents - with extra tips & advice from other wise, well-rested mamas.
If you have found value here & have the means, please consider a small exchange in reciprocation. Thank you!
I feel so incredibly grateful and blessed to have had Jenna as my doula through the whole journey and beyond and I know without her this incredible soul and heart moving experience would never have happened. Her wealth of knowledge, ability to hold space and open mindedness was a real gift and our boy has been blessed to come into this world in such a sacred and special way.
It was more than the water birth I had always dreamed of - it was something out of this world - sacred, connected, loving & wonderful. Truly wonderful. I loved it!
I am forever changed from this experience and I am forever grateful to Jenna for giving this to me and my family.
TALIA | Omokoroa
I contacted Jenna when a shortage of midwives in my area left me with only one choice who I didn't feel aligned with my own values and beliefs. I am so glad I did. I am a mature mumma having had my first and only child at age 46. Immediately Jenna was so supportive of my situation and birth wishes and was totally aligned with the natural homebirth vision we had for our baby. She is a total "birth nerd" and a wealth of information about pregnancy, birth and postpartum. Anytime I wanted more balanced information on any aspect, she was able to provide it or would soon hunt it out. She offers her opinion without being pushy and is supportive of any decision made.
We are eternally grateful we had Jenna by our side on this journey. She really does go the extra mile and beyond to selflessly support the new mumma. I have no doubt she will continue to be a part our family's lives. Thank you Jenna.
Charlene | Coromandel
