Owner of Lone Star Birth Christian Doula Network
Cypress, TX Service range 50 miles A Travel Fee may apply for long distances depending on the location.
Birth Fee
$1600
Postpartum Rate
$35 to $55
Availability Remarks: Availability is limited. Please contact me for a free consultation and to book your services as early as possible.
Birth Fee
$1600
Postpartum Rate
$35 to $55
13 years and 100 births attended
18 years and 100 families served
Type of practice: Partnership with 2 or more doulas
Clients per month: 2 to 4 births and 1 to 2 postpartum families
Attends hospital births? All Hospitals
About 50% of the births I attend are at Hospitals. I am familiar with the policies and procedures at most Houston area hospitals and comfortable working in any hospital. My focus within hospitals is to bring down the rate of uneccesary interventions and reduce c-section risk whenever possible. I attend both natural, and medicated births.
Attends birth center births? All Birth Centers
I attend about 25% of my births in birth centers. I am familiar with the policies and procedures at most Houston Area Birth Centers
Attends home births? Any Home Birth
I attend about 25% of my births in home with a high success rate.
I am the founder of Lone Star Birth, which is a Christian Midwifery and Doula Network serving the greater Houston Area. I am an active volunteer in the community through my church, refugee outreach, veterans, and foster/adoption services. I set aside a portion of my time to support low income families with pro-bono doula services.
Birth packages range from $1600-$2200 with personalized childbirth education and newborn care/breastfeeding classes. More information can be found on my website www.LoneStarBirth.com or you can email me directly at jen@lonestarbirth.com
Cypress, TX Service range 50 miles A Travel Fee may apply for long distances depending on the location.
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11/9/2024
I want to thank Jennifer for her superb care for me and my husband during our pregnancy journey. I had originally reached out to her to take a labor and delivery class, and it was packed with great information and personal time with my family, answering all the questions we had. My husband and I were so impressed with Jennifer, that we asked if she could be our doula for the hospital induction. We're so grateful for her on that day, as our OB/GYN was busy on call and the hospital nurses were swamped. Jennifer stayed with us the whole time, until a few hours after our baby was delivered. During the 15+hrs we were at the hospital, the nurse had to step out many times, sometimes for extended periods of time, because there were other emergencies and rooms to attend. Being our first pregnancy, if it wasn't for Jennifer being with us the whole time, recommending exercises to do and helping me relax, we would have been very anxious and not knowing what to do during our time of waiting. Jennifer is patient, gentle, reassuring, and encouraging. I had wanted to give up towards the end as the experience got really overwhelming and hectic, but Jennifer's guidance and help really got me through. My husband and I are so thankful for her and cannot recommend her more! She is very attentive and reachable even way after birth, giving me wonderful wisdom for gas, breastfeeding, etc. Jennifer, thank you SO MUCH!
8/2/2024
We had an amazing experience working with Jennifer! We purchased a deluxe Doula service package and were happy with everything. Jennifer came to our home to teach private classes on childbirth and newborn care. As first-time parents, my husband and I learned a lot of new information. On labor day, Jennifer was very supportive and helped to make decisions during the labor process. I felt fortunate to have Jennifer by my side during the first stage of labor at home and then in the hospital. I also wanted to mention that I could contact Jennifer anytime during pregnancy and receive a response within a few minutes. My labor started at 5 am, and I wasn’t sure what to do. Jennifer replied to my message in 2 minutes. I’m grateful to have a chance to work with Jennifer. It was my first pregnancy, and I had a lot of fears and doubts about the delivery day, especially about delivering a baby in a hospital. Jennifer made that experience positive. As looking back to my birth plan, I realized that everything was followed according to my wishes. We will be happy to work with Jennifer again during our next pregnancy.
6/21/2024
Jennifer is truly amazing. She is calm, knowledgeable and so caring. She was there for me in so many ways during a stressful few weeks and a stressful birth. She is so kind and brought so much peace to me and my husband during some stressful moments. I felt like I had another family member in the room with me who had my best interest truly at heart. She worked so well with my doctor and nurses too- and stayed long hours to help me get to the finish line. I will always be so thankful for her and would highly recommend her!
3/28/2024
When you’re newly pregnant for the first time it feels like there are about 10,478 decisions to make all at once. Let me say right off the bat, hiring Jennifer as our doula was one of the best decisions we made! From the beginning she made it clear we were going to be made a priority and made us feel like all our concerns were valid and went above and beyond to explain things to us. I did a deep dive into pregnancy/labor/delivery and ultimately switched to a birth center for delivery in my third trimester — Jennifer was present throughout all of my questions and gave me a ton of resources to help me make the best educated decision for myself and my baby. The childbirth class was also incredibly helpful and really taught us what to expect for labor. Fast forward to delivery.. Jennifer was immediately available via phone when my contractions started. Things progressed pretty rapidly and Jennifer came to our home where she helped determine it was time to head to the birth center. In no time at all our baby was here and her presence throughout was so impactful. She was calm, encouraging, and confident! She stayed after for several hours to help with breastfeeding and remain as a support person. My husband and I are so grateful for Jennifer and would 10/10 have her be our doula again for another baby!
10/5/2023
Jennifer was the reason I had such a good birth experience. She provided support and knowledge that was invaluable to me and my husband. Having her with us was the absolute best and I can't imagine what it would have been like without her! She went above and beyond for us - checking in with me while it was her anniversary because I was in early labor. My husband I both agree that she was the best investment we made for the birth of our child. Her prenatal and child care classes were great as well.
8/15/2023
We had a wonderful experience with Jennifer! The classes she did with us leading up to the birth of our son were extremely helpeful and informative. I felt confident and prepared going into labor, and my husband felt like he had tools in order to help support me. During labor, Jennifer had a very calming presence. She allowed my husband to act as my primary support person, but she gave us lots of different things to try to help labor progress and to help with pain management. She encouraged me and helped me advocate for the birth experience that I wanted even when things weren't going exactly according to plan. I appreciated her following up with me after the birth to process my experience and to make sure we were all doing okay. Overall, I would highly recommend Jennifer and look forward to hopefully working with her again in the future!
5/11/2023
Jennifer is a very professional doula. We booked her for night doula service after our son was born. She always arrived on time. She was very patient to answer all our questions and took very good care of our newborn son in the evenings. She gave me a lot of postpartum recovery advice which was very helpful. I was able to get good night's sleep with her taking care of our baby. Thanks Jennifer for your service!
4/20/2023
Jennifer is amazing and truly has a passion/ gift for what she does. She has such a calming presence about her. She is extremely helpful and does whatever is needed without even being asked. I trust her completely with our babies and love working with her!
4/8/2023
We had a wonderful experience with Jennifer as our birth and postpartum doula. She went above and beyond to help our family through the natural hospital birth I wanted and supported us postpartum. She took care of me, my new baby, my toddler, and our home as we recovered and adjusted to our new life. She also has a wealthy of knowledge about birth and babies! Her many years of experience just can't be beat. I would HIGHLY recommend her services.
4/4/2023
I hired Jennifer as my postpartum doula after I had my second baby, and wish I had hired her with my first! She helped me so much with things around the house (so much laundry!) which gave me more time to rest and cuddle with my baby. She was even knowledgeable about cloth diapers and prepped some that I hadn't gotten around to doing before my daughter arrived. And before I used cloth on my baby, she helped me bathe her when a disposable diaper didn't quite do its job of holding in the contents! Jennifer also helped with my 4 y.o. She played with him and helped make sure he put up his toys when he was done with them. She warmed up my food and made sure I always had water (which I drink a ton of!). She even mopped my bathroom floor because I had dripped breastmilk on it after getting out of the shower. That especially helped me feel better because it's hard to juggle a newborn, a 4 y.o., and taking care of myself let alone mop!
It was also so nice to have another mom there to talk about postpartum and childcare things!
Jennifer really helped me out during a delicate time period, and I am so grateful for her!
7/18/2022
Jennifer was a night doula for our family in October 2021. I found her through a mutual acquatance, and I was impressed with her at our first meeting. She is very friendly and personable. She took the time to understand my needs and worked with me to find a schedule that fit my budget, as I had not originally planned to hire a night doula - I didn’t even know they existed! When my husband had to work a night shift for a few weeks, I knew I needed help with our then 4 month old son, and Jennifer was amazing.
Another consideration for us is that as part of the adoption process for our son, before the adoption is finalized, there are so many extra legal requirements for caregivers in the home. It was extra time on her part to comply with all these requirements, which she did right away. She was incredibly proactive about making sure all the paperwork was submitted and filed, even calling the adoption agency to follow up when they were slow to respond. If she had not been so proactive, the paperwork would likely not have been filed by the time I needed help.
She was always early and didn’t rush out when the night was over. She was good with Matteo, she has a calming presence. She helped me with tips for how to help my son sleep longer stretches, for those nights when I didn’t have her over. He was sleeping though the night by the end of her time with us. She even had advice non-sleep baby things that I worried about. I am thankful for her advice and encouragement. Even after she was no longer our doula, she would text to check in and see how I was doing.
I am so thankful for Jennifer and I would highly recommend her to anyone!
7/16/2022
I hired Jennifer as a post-partum doula and she started with us upon arrival at home with the baby. During the first week she came during days to walk us through basics of infant care supporting me while I recovered from c-section. Then she worked with us during the nights for about 2 1/2 months. She really helped us with the never ending baby related home tasks, guided us with the infinite questions we had, took care of the baby and supported me during night feedings by getting the baby ready to eat and then sleep so I only had to get up for 20 min. She gave bottles when I chose not to breastfeed so I could have a larger block of time to sleep. She was extremely professional and wonderful with the baby. Our baby barely cried when she was around, she could anticipate his needs and comforted him effectively. I would hire her again without any hesitation!
7/15/2022
Jennifer is just awesome . She is a very kind and humble personality. It was soo easy and comfortable and safe for me to let her take care of my new born twins. She made the process so easy and smooth. I would definitely recommend her. It's was our best decision to hire Jennifer for my new born twin girls . I am so thankful that Jennifer could be with us for more than 6 months . We wish her good luck !
7/14/2022
Jennifer truly is as good as it gets. She provided full time care for our infant twins and we couldn't dream of a better nanny. She is everything you'd want her to be - kind, caring, honest, punctual, organized, an excellent communicator, goes above and beyond. She helped with every aspect of our household - laundry, meal prep, cleaning, organizing, you name it. But most important was the exceptional care she provided for our boys. She is patient, kind, cheerful, and taught them so much as they grew. She cared for them with the love of a parent, provided stimulating activities for them, and adapted to their needs (and ours) with ease. She helped us sleep train, develop a schedule, and begin solid foods. She fit seamlessly into our family and is a joy to be around. She supported my journey as a breastfeeding mom and helped me navigate every aspect of being a new parent. She provided unparalleled support for our family. I only wish I had found her sooner and could keep her forever!
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