Welcome and Congratulations on your Pregnancy and Upcoming birth! You are about to take on one of life’s greatest adventures…the miracle of childbirth and the wonderful joyous experience of parenthood! My name is Jacki Glattfelder and I’m a DONA international trained birth doula. It would be my honor and privilege to assist you and your partner during this extra special time in your life.

I will assist you and your partner for the carrying out of your plans for birth. During your labor and delivery I will stay by your side and provide physical comfort measures, emotional support, and an objective viewpoint. I will always assist you and your partner in getting any and all information the two of you need to make informed decisions. I will also facilitate communication between you as the expecting family and your clinical care providers.

I trust that a women’s body knows how to give birth. I believe the miracle of birth to be a natural, normal, non-medicated process that unfolds best when left undisturbed. I recognize the value of pain when it comes to labor and childbirth. I do not associate labor pain with suffering. I believe that each pain is pain with a purpose and that each contraction brings you closer to the birth of your baby…the baby you have waiting for all this time. I do, however, also believe that each women has her own specific needs and experiences pain differently. I support birthing mothers regardless of how they plan to give birth and how their birth experience unfolds. Without doubt, birth is a key life experience a woman will remember for the rest of her life. As your doula, I will work to nurture and protect that experience by encouraging you to give birth in your own unique way.