Jessica Apfel
Jessica brings a sense of humor, grounding presence, attentiveness, and emotional awareness to each of her clients. Her ultimate goal as a doula is to provide the birthing person with an abundance of support, nourishment, and resources throughout their journey to parenthood as well as help her clients navigate choices to best fit their needs. Mindfulness and trauma-informed practices greatly inform her approach to both her birth work and her work as a prenatal yoga teacher.
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Certified Birth Doula, Prenatal Yoga Teacher, Certified Body Ready Method Pro®, ILFS/Integrative Lactation & Feeding Specialist (certifying)
Jessica is a certified birth doula, yoga teacher, and trained in lactation support who is based in Brooklyn. She has a great understanding of the NYC birth environment and access to resources to support your pregnancy and postpartum journey. Jessica has experience in supporting homebirths, hospital births, unmediated births, medicated births, VBACs (VBA3C), high risk pregnancies, cesareans, people with mood disorders, single parents, LGBTQ+ and BIPOC families. Mindfulness and trauma-informed practices greatly inform her approach to both birth work and yoga as well as bringing a sense of joy and humor into the space.
In addition to birth work, Jessica also specializes in prenatal and postnatal yoga which gives her an in-depth knowledge about the pregnant and postpartum body, how to prepare for labor, and the pelvic floor which she also brings to her doula practice. She also teaches trauma-informed yoga with a non-profit that supports survivors of sexual trauma and domestic abuse. Outside of her work, she loves travel adventures, foodie adventures, park hangs and rooting for her Detroit Lions and Tigers. Prior to birth work, she worked in the hospitality industry (known for her fabulous margaritas) and as a marketing and graphic design coordinator. Jessica feels honored to be on this journey of supporting new parents.
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