2025 A Grateful Year of Birth Work
As I rest & reflect on this year, my heart is overflowing with gratitude. In 2025, I had the incredible honor of serving 20 families, and I remain in awe of the strength, wisdom, and power within each woman’s ability to birth her baby.
To every family who trusted me in such a sacred space-whether for the first time or again-THANK YOU. Being invited back to serve repeat families and stay connected with former families is one of the greatest gifts of this work. Pregnancy, birth, and postpartum are deeply intimate and holy moments, and I never take that trust lightly.
I am SO grateful for the birth workers I collaborated with this year-amazing doulas now in my circle of trust, along with compassionate midwives and OBs who showed up with care and respect. Community in the birth space matters, and I am thankful for mine.
My heart continues to be drawn toward supporting families as they prepare for birth-helping them become informed, confident advocates, work through fears or past trauma, and understand the beauty of physiological, intuitive birth.
I am excited to welcome a new year filled with life, healing, growth, partnerships, and more positive birth experiences. As always, I trust that God will connect me with each family I am meant to serve in 2026. Thank you for being part of this journey.
2025 AJB Birth Services Statistics:
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*Families Served: 20
*Male: 8
*Female: 12
*Midwife led prenatal care: 13 (6 home, 7 hospital)
*6 home births
*14 hospital births
*2 birth preparation support only
*1 backup/partner attended birth
*19 vaginal births
*1 cesarean birth
*Doula Services: 17
*Film: 6
*Photography: 17
*Episiotomy: 1
*Shoulder Dystocia: 4 (2 home, 2 hospital)
*1st time pregnancy: 8
*Multip pregnancy: 12
*1 surrogacy
*1 Prodromal labor-3 days
*6 Natural Physiological unmedicated birth in hospital (4 OB led care & 2 Midwife led care)
*6 Natural Physiological unmedicated birth at home (midwife led care)
*8 medicated births (hospital, 4 midwife led care & 4 OB led care)
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With so much gratitude,
Jen
🤍A Joyful Blessing Birth Services🤍