About Me
Jennifer Knapp of
Swaddled in Love Doula Services
My name is Jennifer Knapp and I'm a Birth Arts trained Birth Doula..
I was 21 when I had my first son and it transformed me. Before he was born I had no clue about birthing, breastfeeding and parenting. I just went with the flow and successfully gave birth naturally and have raised a wonderful boy.
When I became pregnant with my daughter I decided that I needed and wanted more education about breastfeeding and natural birthing. Again I was successful at having a natural birth and this time successful at breastfeeding. Unfortunately though I kept hearing of women who didn't have the same luck as I did. This is when my passion for birthing and breastfeeding was really sparked. I felt like there needs to be a change and I wanted to help be that change.
Shortly after becoming pregnant with my 3rd child I attended a good friends home birth. After her birth and being with the midwives I knew I had to be part of the birthing community. I felt so drawn to it unlike any thing else I had tried to do. My own home birth sealed the deal for me. It was empowering and beautiful.
I started by attending a casual midwives assistant class taught by one of the midwifes I had birthed with. A group of women met monthly for about a year to soak in all she had to teach us. Soon after that ended a local doula offered a Birth Arts birth doula class in the area and I jumped at the chance to finally become a doula. I know that this is what I am supposed to be doing.
I love using my professional training and experience as a mother of 3 to help a new mother birth the way she wants to and is supposed to. This is what I am meant to do.
I was 21 when I had my first son and it transformed me. Before he was born I had no clue about birthing, breastfeeding and parenting. I just went with the flow and successfully gave birth naturally and have raised a wonderful boy.
When I became pregnant with my daughter I decided that I needed and wanted more education about breastfeeding and natural birthing. Again I was successful at having a natural birth and this time successful at breastfeeding. Unfortunately though I kept hearing of women who didn't have the same luck as I did. This is when my passion for birthing and breastfeeding was really sparked. I felt like there needs to be a change and I wanted to help be that change.
Shortly after becoming pregnant with my 3rd child I attended a good friends home birth. After her birth and being with the midwives I knew I had to be part of the birthing community. I felt so drawn to it unlike any thing else I had tried to do. My own home birth sealed the deal for me. It was empowering and beautiful.
I started by attending a casual midwives assistant class taught by one of the midwifes I had birthed with. A group of women met monthly for about a year to soak in all she had to teach us. Soon after that ended a local doula offered a Birth Arts birth doula class in the area and I jumped at the chance to finally become a doula. I know that this is what I am supposed to be doing.
I love using my professional training and experience as a mother of 3 to help a new mother birth the way she wants to and is supposed to. This is what I am meant to do.
My Current Availability
Swaddled in Love Doula Services assists hospital birthing families in Northern Dutchess, Vassar Brothers Medical Center, and Kingston Hospital. I serve home birthing families in (but not limited to) Kingston, Saugerties, Stone Ridge, Marbletown, Accord, Woodstock, Olivebridge, Port Ewen, Highland, West Park, Red Hook, Tivili, Rhinebeck, Rhinecliff, Hyde Park, Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, and Wappingers Falls.
