Jessica Smith, Owner, Nurse, IBCLC, Birth-Postpartum Doula

Hello there, I’m Jessica, a nurse, and skilled IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant), Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula, and Certified Breastfeeding Educator. I’m also most importantly, a rural momma of four littles living on our little farm in the Palouse region of eastern Washington.

I started Blomma Momma (Blomma in Swedish means bloom or flower) to provide support for the community with a passion for whole body health and wellness especially surrounding Prenatal and Perinatal times in life. I believe motherhood is a vital time in our life that shapes us or in other words causes us to “bloom” in ways we maybe never expected. Fast forward to today, I’ve had the privilege to walk beside over 300 mommas and babies over the years and counting!

As a momma, I experienced birth trauma and postpartum anxiety & depression. I struggled to find balance and healing again after each baby. I came across Julia Jones Newborn Mother’s Collective, Ayurveda Postpartum care and found the missing link in my postpartum experience. Through the wisdom of ancient traditions and scientific role of Oxytocin, I learned what we have missed in our culture. While there’s much from ancient traditions and culture, we can’t apply to our modern lifestyle there are two culturally universal things we can do, provide warm support to the new mother and nutrient dense, warm prepared meals.  I want to help fill this gap for mommas, with transformative nurturing support!

I have a passion for looking at the whole body from an integrated and functional approach. By addressing both momma and baby through bodywork techniques, gut health, nutrition, and more I can to assist with feeding challenges it just makes sense from an ancient cultural aspect and physical oxytocin standpoint.

Let’s work together to figure out what is going on!

I am currently servicing the following towns and areas Moscow, ID, Pullman, WA, Lewiston, ID, Clarkston, WA, Spokane, WA, Couer’d Alene, ID, Orfino, ID, etc.

Special Trainings

• • Midwife Assistant Training | 2009
  • Lewis-Clark State College, Nursing Graduate | 2011
  • Postpartum Doula Training, Newborn Mother’s Collective | 2015
  • Certified Birth Doula | 2017
  • Certified Lactation Educator, Evergreen Perinatal Education | 2016
  • Intuitive Birth for Birth-Workers | 2019
  • Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Workshop, Perinatal Support Washington | 2020
  • University of San Diego Extension, Lactation Consultant Didactic and Internship | 2021
  • Steamy Chick, Peri-Steam Facilitator | 2021
  • Tongue Tie, A Comprehensive Approach to Assessment and Care, Melissa Cole, MS, IBCLC | 2022
  • International Board Certified Lactation Consultant | 2022
  • Plugged Ducts & Mastitis: A Holistic Approach to Care  and K-taping| Jennifer Tow, IBCLC | 2021
  • Therapeutic Ultrasound for Plugged Ducts| UCSD extension |2023
  • Sucking Dysfunction and the role of Bodywork| Gold Learning |2023
  • Placental Encapsulation Training| 2023
  • Infant and Prenatal CST Protocols and Techniques |2024

Hailey Scheinder, RN, Birth-Postpartum Doula

My passion is in providing evidence-based information to allow families to feel confident in the choices they make for themselves throughout the transition into motherhood, whether it is their first baby or third. As a birth doula, I want families to be prepared and ask the right questions, know their options, and be active participants in their care. Providing physical and emotional support during the birth is only a small part of what I do, as I spend a lot of time with families prior to the birth getting to know what is important to them and preparing them for the many different ways birth can go. But my care does not stop there-postpartum is as important, if not more than the birth. It is a time where mothers feel vulnerable and need a lot of support, whether it’s through listening to their experiences, providing resources, education, meals, basic housework, or whatever else the mother may need in the moment.

• Washington State University, BSN-RN
• Postpartum Training, Newborn Mothers Collective
• Bastyr Childbirth Education; in progress