Fertile Ground Integrated Wellness Center

Jennifer has worked with women and families for the last five years providing support as a doula and childbirth educator and breastfeeding counselor. Inspired to help other women after the 2004 birth of her son she sought certification through ALACE/tolabor. A program she chose because she felt it was the most thorough of all of the doula certifications available. In 2005 she began volunteering at the DC Developing Families Center in Washington DC. Working with Certified Nurse Midwives at Washington Hospital Center she provided women and families labor and breastfeeding support. During this time she also began her own practice, attending births in Maryland, Virginia and DC, in hospitals, homes and Birth Centers. Jennifer feels fortunate to have had the opportunity to support women in a variety of settings and with many different care providers, from Obstetricians to Traditional Midwives.

In 2008 she moved from the Washington, DC area to Colorado and enrolled in The Healing Arts Institute in Ft. Collins. She graduated as a certified massage therapist in 2009. Jennifer resumed her practice as a doula in 2010 and divides her time between Northern Colorado and the Denver Metro Area. She works as a massage therapist, breastfeeding counselor, childbirth educator and doula at Fertile Ground Integrated Wellness Center in Washington Park. In June of 2010 she accepted a position at Colorado State University as a breastfeeding counselor, hours she will apply to becoming an IBCLC.

In her free time Jennifer is working towards certification as a Birthing from Within Mentor and Attachment Parenting Leader and additional certifications in prenatal massage. She enjoys reading about anthropology, nutrition, peaceful parenting and of course anything birth related. She is an occasional gardener, kitchen chemist, and chicken farmer. She is the mother of two amazing children, the ultimate spiritual teachers who inspire her every endeavor.