Jennifer Gann-Dudgeon
 

My family and I moved to Wisconsin from Colorado in 2008, and I have been a doula since 2005. My husband and I love raising our two little boys; one was born in a hospital and one was born here in WI at our home.

As a DONA certified doula, I have supported mothers and partners through natural, medicated, and cesarean section births as well as attempted VBACs. I believe that through education, parents will be empowered with enough information to make healthy choices for themselves and their baby's birth. Giving birth is a time like no other; our bodies take over and guide us through the remarkable experience of childbirth. I believe that all women with the right surroundings are able to birth their baby with little intervention. The miracle of birth is a one-time event between mother and child, and therefore should be a positively memorable experience.
Women who feel empowered through their birthing experience have an easier time transitioning into the wonderful world of motherhood. My goal is to lend educational, physical and emotional support to whatever decisions a woman and her partner envision for their birth.
My services include the following:
* Prenatally meetings (usually 3-4)
* Unlimited phone and email contact throughout your pregnancy
* At home labor support before you go the hospital
* Continual Labor support for home and hospital births
* Photographs of your labor/delivery (if you are interested)
* Continued support post delivery (usually 1-2 hours)
* One home visit postpartum

Contact me at supportingmothers@gmail.com


Jenny was the doula for the birth of both of my sons. She was both me and my husband's calming light during each experience. For my first birth, I expected this sensual, sweet experience...the gift of life...and then after about 7 hours of light, easy contractions- the real ones "kicked" in. Jenny was essential in helping me maintain my sanity, while the reality of laboring bulldozed over me.

Farah Holburn