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Mom of 18, Doula
Jenn spent 12 years as a birth assistant, lactation consultant, and CBE trainer in The Bradley Method and Birthing From Within, and ran LaLeche League meetings with a passion for supporting women who have become Moms.
She's now a Certified Birth Doula for all "happy" births regardless of where and how you deliver. She's also a Bereavement Doula® helping families struggling with grief and loss, as well as an Adoption & Surrogacy Doula and Breastfeeding Counselor. She was the first doula to license with Medicaid in the state of Nevada, giving low-income and minority demographics an opportunity to have a doula.
In addition to Doula training, she has 30+ years in the trenches on her own journey as a Mama. She is Mom Of 18 (yes - 18 kids!). Jenn has written the blog - Mom’s Running It since 2011, is a published author of a self-help memoir in 2016, and host of the Becoming Parents Podcast since May of 2017.
Jenn is a Speaker and has 15+ years of experience in the foster care sector as both a parent and a trainer. She has received targeted training on topics such as crisis intervention, drug & alcohol addiction, surviving trauma, and suicide prevention, which has equipped me with a solid understanding of how to serve others experiencing trauma.
Jenn's story is about a young girl growing up surrounded by and experiencing abuse, poverty, and addiction, and later as a woman, struggling through traumatic losses including infertility, miscarriage, the loss of her adult son as well as some family …