The Bowling Green Doula has now become the Bowling Green Midwife. Visit www.BowlingGreenMidwife.com for more information on home birth and water birth with a Certified Professional Midwife in Bowling Green, KY and the surrounding areas.
Jennifer West is the mother of 5 and a DONA trained doula, specializing in VBAC support. In 2012 she organized the Bowling Green, KY chapter of ICAN which she co-led for 3 years, working with local women to prevent unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting Vaginal Births After Cesarean (VBAC). Currently, she is an administrator for a VBAC and Cesarean support group that serves the Bowling Green area. She is also a regional liaison for the Kentucky Home Birth Coalition. Jennifer has been married to her husband, Adam, for 14 years. Adam is a professor at WKU and teaches Family Studies classes in the department of Applied Human Sciences.
Jennifer's vastly different personal birth experiences bring her a wealth of knowledge and empathy during pregnancy and childbirth. Her first birth was a Cesarean birth followed by a medicated hospital VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean). Her third child was born at a freestanding birth center attended by a CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife). Her last two babies were born at home (both water births) and attended by a CPM (Certified Professional Midwife).
One of Jennifer's long-term goals in the birth community includes becoming a midwife. In 2017 she began her studies at the Midwives College of Utah, while continuing to serve families locally in the Bowling Green area as a doula and student midwife. As of June 2020 Jennifer has completed all of her requirements to sit for the national accreditation exam to become a Certified Professional Midwife. She plans to sit for the exam in early August and will then begin taking clients for births in 2021.
Jennifer holds a bachelor's degree from The University of Texas.
I have experience with:
~ Hospital Birth
~ Home Birth
~ Birth Center Birth
~ Water Birth
~ Induction
~ Cesarean Section (C-section) Birth
~Planned Repeat Cesarean Birth (Family Centered Cesarean)
~ VBAC (vaginal birth after Cesarean)
~ HBAC (home birth after Cesarean)
~Lamaze birth
~Bradley birth
~Teen pregnancy
I am certified in Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) through the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics), hold CPR certification through the American Heart Association, and have completed a Spinning Babies workshop. My most recent continuing education credits (CEUs) have been through attending the 2018 Beautiful Midwifery conference and seminars hosted by Evidence Based Birth ("PROM, GBS, and Common Newborn Procedures"), Birth Monopoly ("The Legal Rights of Childbearing Families"), & Luna Lactation and Wellness ("Current Issues in Lactation"). I have also recently attended the full series of classes for both Lamaze childbirth education and the Bradley Method of natural childbirth education.
Jennifer's vastly different personal birth experiences bring her a wealth of knowledge and empathy during pregnancy and childbirth. Her first birth was a Cesarean birth followed by a medicated hospital VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean). Her third child was born at a freestanding birth center attended by a CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife). Her last two babies were born at home (both water births) and attended by a CPM (Certified Professional Midwife).
One of Jennifer's long-term goals in the birth community includes becoming a midwife. In 2017 she began her studies at the Midwives College of Utah, while continuing to serve families locally in the Bowling Green area as a doula and student midwife. As of June 2020 Jennifer has completed all of her requirements to sit for the national accreditation exam to become a Certified Professional Midwife. She plans to sit for the exam in early August and will then begin taking clients for births in 2021.
Jennifer holds a bachelor's degree from The University of Texas.
I have experience with:
~ Hospital Birth
~ Home Birth
~ Birth Center Birth
~ Water Birth
~ Induction
~ Cesarean Section (C-section) Birth
~Planned Repeat Cesarean Birth (Family Centered Cesarean)
~ VBAC (vaginal birth after Cesarean)
~ HBAC (home birth after Cesarean)
~Lamaze birth
~Bradley birth
~Teen pregnancy
I am certified in Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) through the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics), hold CPR certification through the American Heart Association, and have completed a Spinning Babies workshop. My most recent continuing education credits (CEUs) have been through attending the 2018 Beautiful Midwifery conference and seminars hosted by Evidence Based Birth ("PROM, GBS, and Common Newborn Procedures"), Birth Monopoly ("The Legal Rights of Childbearing Families"), & Luna Lactation and Wellness ("Current Issues in Lactation"). I have also recently attended the full series of classes for both Lamaze childbirth education and the Bradley Method of natural childbirth education.
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