JENNIFER BARR, CPM
Boulder Home Birth Midwife
As your homebirth midwife, I believe labor works best when undisturbed.
My role as your midwife is to honor the uniqueness of your experience while offering evidence based care.
Creating safety, trust and warmth in your birthing space is paramount to supporting the natural birth you wish to experience.
Helping you thrive in pregnancy.
Jennifer strives to build a groundwork for an ease filled labor during the prenatal appointments by bringing a grounding and un-rushed attitude. It is important to have plenty of time to have all of your questions answered and concerns addressed.
Throughout the prenatal course, and with the help of regular craniosacral sessions, we will build the muscle of a slow-paced and regulated nervous system, which supports the labor, the postpartum and the parenting beyond.
Labor is best when undisturbed.
To allow things to progress with as few disturbances as possible will support the labor to proceed organically. This philosophy of physiologic birth, also called biodynamic birth, speaks to a desire for a calm, quiet, dark environment where a woman and her family will feel safe and supported.
Laboring in warm water can be a wonderful tool for helping to manage the intensity of labor. I lend my clients a birth tub to use in labor or at the moment of birth if they so choose.
Babies are aware.
Babies are sentient and aware when they are born and the process of birth and becoming an air-breather is a tremendous experience for any baby. We strive to interact with baby in a respectful and gentle manner, whether in the newborn exam, resolving a shoulder dystocia or weighing your wee one. We take into account the baby’s experience and strive to treat them as the aware wee humans that they are.
"When I found out I was pregnant with my third child I knew right away that I wanted to do a homebirth. As a midwife myself, I knew the importance of finding someone who I could feel connected to and also confident in to attend my birth.
I loved all my prenatal visits and really felt she took the time to individualize my care. Jennifer guided me through pregnancy not just physically but also mentally and spiritually. During labor her presence gave me confidence and I felt so seen and cared for. I loved getting to be tucked into my own bed after my baby was born and just felt so nurtured through my postpartum care. I feel so full of gratitude to have had Jennifer by my side."
Gina Grove CNM and mama of Aletta, Leona, and Sylvie
"Jennifer is immaculately knowledgeable in the physiology of the mother-baby dyad. She offers superb prenatal and postpartum care, along with lactation support, which allowed me to feel safe and assured during my most vulnerable days.
Her diligence in counseling and crafting herbal support was imperative for my mental and physical health. In addition, her practice of deep listening coupled with the emotional and energetic support through craniosacral therapy provided me with intergenerational repair and modeled the way of the compassionate mother. The births of my children have been my most sacred moments to date, and I feel beyond grateful I had Jennifer as a care provider, friend, wise woman, and fellow mother on the parenting path."
Ashley Glowiak, Mother, Wife, MA, PhD-C, LMFT
"There is something about being able to feel as though you have an authentic relationship with the one person that will help you bring your baby earth side and our relationship with Jennifer was exactly that. I looked forward to every appointment, her office was welcoming and cozy and she was constantly educating my husband and I on each step of the birthing journey and process.
During my homebirth, Jennifer was the wise, calm, comforting rock I needed. Her presence was so wonderful, never too much yet always there when me or our baby might have needed her attention. She never left my side through a 22-hour birth and I felt so safe throughout the entire process. She guided me, alongside our birth doula, to fearlessly birth our baby in our home and looking back, I don't know that I could have done it with anyone else."
Brooke Cates, Mama to Leven and CEO/FOUNDER, The Bloom Method
Supporting Connection through Craniosacral Therapy.
Supporting connections - with your partner and baby, as well as with the birth team - helps to create a resonant field. A resonant or coherent field can be further supported with craniosacral therapy as well as verbal resonance exercises during prenatal appointments. Through growing awareness of the nervous system, including resourced and activated states, one can better settle into being present in the moment and connected to the people around them.