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About Jamie

From the time I was little, I was always the kid insisting on holding everyone’s babies. I loved to help out in any way I could and always dreamed of being a mom. To my dismay, I was told I would have trouble conceiving. My then boyfriend, now husband, has two beautiful children that I love incredibly deeply, but I always wanted to experience pregnancy and birth. Imagine my surprise to find out several months later that I was 14 weeks pregnant! Just days before I had gotten engaged and adopted our rescue pup, Sailor. I had absolutely no idea! Lucky for us, my sweet girl was healthy and growing well. My pregnancy was nothing too crazy, I was very swollen and uncomfortable, but then again who isn’t!? My due date came and went, and after a ton of curb walking, raspberry leaf tea, and yoga ball bouncing, I was sent in for an induction. Long story short, my low intervention, unmedicated birth dreams turned into an unplanned cesarean. The recovery was brutal, and I was not prepared. I was determined to breastfeed, and after days of bleeding, cracked nipples, and a million youtube videos, I finally started to figure things out and began the process of healing both physically and mentally from my birth.

I had never heard of a postpartum doula at the time and the idea of a lactation consultant intimidated me. Why? I have no idea. I just thought that you were supposed to push forward and figure it out yourself.

When my daughter was 11 months, I became pregnant again. Then COVID happened and shook the world. We lived in a bubble until her birth in October 2020. It was at this time I started hearing about postpartum doulas. During our late night nursing sessions, I began researching about how to become a postpartum doula. I would keep notes in my phones for ideas of social media posts, potential business names, and ways I could help people. I thought about it often but did not think I could make it a reality. Almost a year later, I spoke with my husband and explained that birth work was my calling and that we needed to find a way to make it happen. Another six months of preparation, and I quit my job in the legal field and jumped full force into what is now, The Doting Doula. My whole life I could never figure out what I wanted to be “when I grew up”.

Well, I finally found it.