Midwife Assistant for Amish, Doula, Infertility Specialist, Author, Epigenetics, & Functional Medicine - Jaclyn Downs

Becoming Parents Podcast · May 17, 2024 · 34m

*Most people get into birth work because they had a very negative birth experience. That's not my story. I became a doula in 2001, long before it was a common term.

*Then, from about ages 24-29, I apprenticed with a home birth midwife, mostly to the Amish community.

*It was during this time that I became aware of just how common fertility challenges and miscarriages are.

*I took my nutrition education/experience and coupled it with my career in birth work (doula, prenatal/postpartum yoga instructor, placenta encapsulation specialist, founder of a doula collective that gave workshops on topics…