Seven Hearts Doula Services
Serving Northeast Ohio for Cleveland/Akron area hospital births
“No one else will ever know the strength of my love for you. After all, you’re the only one who knows what my heart sounds like from the inside.”
— Unknown
Welcome to Your Birth Doula Support Journey
Having a doula has been shown to decrease the likelihood of:
having a cesarean section
requiring pitocin to speed up labor
needing pain medication
having a negative birth experience
About Me
I am Jess, I am a birth doula
She/Her
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DONA International defines a doula as “a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to their client before, during and shortly after childbirth to help them achieve the healthiest, most satisfying experience possible.”
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I have found that the journey to parenthood can often be eased by having the right support and the right people in your circle. Many people, unfortunately, do not receive this support or even know where to look for it. Over the years I have discovered ways to help provide this support to many pregnant people and those in their inner most circle. It truly does take a village, and I would be honored to be a part of yours!
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I have always been very maternal, always knowing that I myself wanted to be a mom and being referred to as the “mom” of my friend group for as long as I can remember. I have always felt a longing to care for others, a love for babies and a strong calling to birth work. This lead me to a career in nursing, with a particular interest in obstetrics and I was blessed to serve families as a labor and delivery nurse for over 9 years before transitioning to a more routine OBGYN office position. I have now spent more than a decade in the birthing world, both in and out of the delivery room, helping assist and support birthers and their partners in a variety of ways. I look forward to helping you and your family as you embark on this exciting adventure!
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As a doula, I am very passionate about helping to support the building of families in whatever way that may look! Whether you are a cis-gender straight couple, a pregnant member of the LGBTQ+ community, a couple who is adopting, a birther who is choosing adoption for their child, an interracial couple, an intercultural couple, a single mom/birther, persons using a surrogate, someone who is different abled, someone who is neurodiverse, or someone who identifies in a way not above mentioned; I would love the opportunity to be a member of your support team!
I am also extremely passionate about providing Bereavement Doula services to those birthers and their partner(s), who may be faced with circumstances requiring additional support, during an unimaginably difficult time. Whether it be miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth, fetal anomalies, etc.
Please see “Bereavement” link for more information regarding these services. My heart is with you and your family during this difficult time.
I am a true believer that EVERY birthing person deserves that added support a doula can provide!
TRAINED
What’s in a name?
I wanted the name of my business to mean something, both to my clients and to myself. “Seven Hearts” is significant to me as I have carried a total of seven hearts within my body during my lifetime. Besides my own, the other six belonging to those of the babies I have carried, my 3 living children and the 3 that I have lost to miscarriage. I want other pregnant/birthing persons and their families to know that they are not alone and that their babies, births and stories matter. Whether the heart of your baby beats on for years and years to come, or whether you never had the opportunity to see/hear it beat at all, they matter and always will, and they will continue to hold a place in yours!
Birth Doula Support
My birth support services are designed to prepare you for a positive and empowering hospital birth experience. I do not work for your OB care provider or the facility that you are giving birth at, I work for and with you (and your partner) to provide you with support and assistance through your birthing experience. We will work together to come up with a plan that you and those on your support team will use to help you stay grounded during those early stages of labor; techniques that myself and your loved ones will use to help you cope through active labor and personalized methods to help assist you bring new life into the world as the amazing superhuman that you are!
What to expect:
How about setting up an Interview?
The interview will be our initial 1 hour (either virtual or in-person) meeting in which we discuss your main personal pregnancy and birth preferences, needs and expectations for your labor and delivery experience; what you are looking for in your doula; and whether I am the doula for you!
If after the interview, you are interested in proceeding with my services, we will discuss the contract!
*Setting up your interview does require a non-refundable $75 (virtual)/$100 (in-person) interview fee, to be paid at the time of scheduling. However, if you do proceed to sign a contract for my services, this amount will be applied to your account and deducted from the total balance owed.
