About Jayne
Hi, I’m Jayne.
I’m a wife, a mama to four incredible little humans, and a certified birth, postpartum, and pregnancy and infant loss doula.
When I’m not supporting families, I spend my days homeschooling our older two (usually with our honorary child, the neighbour girl, in tow), cooking, playing, getting outside for nature walks, and embracing the general fullness of family life.
I love knitting, New Girl, feeding people, and any weather that requires a sweater.
But the reason I became a doula began with my own births.
I learned first hand what a difference good care could make.
My first birth and postpartum experience was traumatic, even though from the outside, everything appeared to have gone “by the book.”
I felt unheard, uninformed, and deeply unsupported.
My husband and mom were wonderful, but they didn’t know what they didn’t know. What I needed was someone who understood birth, who could help me understand what was happening, and who knew how to support me through it.
With my second baby, I was fortunate to have a midwife—and the contrast was profound.
Many of the same things happened during both births. But the second time, I was informed. I was listened to. I was included in my care. I understood what was happening and why.
I felt like I was part of the equation.
That experience changed everything for me.
Soon after, I began my training with Doula Canada. I became certified in 2020 and have spent the past seven years supporting families through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, feeding, and the transition into parenthood.
Four births taught me to hold plans gently.
My third and fourth births gave me two more very different lessons.
One unfolded almost exactly as I had hoped. The other taught me that sometimes very little goes according to plan.
Together, my births have shaped one of the most important beliefs I bring to this work:
Birth doesn’t have to go according to plan to be a beautiful birth.
Birth asks us to hold two things at once.
To prepare thoughtfully, understand our options, ask questions, and make informed decisions—and also to recognize that we cannot control every part of the process.
Surrendering to birth does not mean surrendering your voice.
It means meeting the birth that is actually happening while remaining an informed and active part of your own care.
That balance is at the heart of how I support families.
Experience matters. So does how you feel in someone’s care.
My approach is calm, informed, attentive, and deeply non-judgmental.
Alongside seven years of doula work, my training includes birth and postpartum support, pregnancy and infant loss, trauma-informed care through When Survivors Give Birth, supporting diverse families, first aid, and food safety.
I love witnessing the beautiful moments of birth, but I also love the hard ones—the moments that require a steady hand, a grounding presence, and someone who can remain calm when everything feels uncertain.
I love watching partners witness the incredible strength of the women they love.
And I love reminding mothers, especially in the moments when they have forgotten it themselves, just how capable they are.
And I especially love postpartum.
Because once the baby arrives, almost everything begins to revolve around them.
Meanwhile, a mother is healing, learning, feeding, adjusting, and giving an extraordinary amount of herself.
I don’t believe mothers are meant to do that depleted.
Mothering is profoundly important work. I want the women I support to be cared for generously enough that they have the space to recover, find their confidence, and show up for their families from a place of being supported themselves.
Sometimes that means breastfeeding or pumping support. Sometimes it means answering the question that has been sitting in the back of your mind all day. Sometimes it’s reassurance, practical help, or simply giving you permission to rest.
And very often, it means feeding you.
Food has always been one of the ways I care for people. I come from a long line of exceptional cooks and learned alongside the women in my family. I spent three years cooking professionally and many more years cooking for my own family and others, developing recipes that are nourishing, comforting, and made to be shared.
You deserve to be nourished while you nourish your baby.
This is why I do this work.
I love helping mothers move from simply surviving those early weeks to feeling supported, confident, and well cared for within them.
I love watching a family find its footing.
I love bearing witness to birth—and after all these years, I am still in awe every single time.
It is an extraordinary privilege to be invited into some of the most vulnerable, transformative days of a family’s life.
And when I am, my hope is simple:
That you feel informed. That you feel heard. That you feel supported. And that you never feel like you have to do all of this alone.