Mindful Sprouts Family Services
Founded by Leah Jackson, an Independent Birth Doula, Birth Photographer, & Mindfulness Teacher
Providing Professional Childbirth Support Since 2014
Leah has had the unique privilege to work in over 500 homes supporting new parents in pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and the early years! With a vision of mindful care, informed consent, and mothering the mother, Leah’s premium care services last a lifetime.
A Mindful Approach
The support Leah provides is holistic, non-medical, emotional, physical, and educational. Believing that medicine and nature can work in harmony to best support families and babies, Leah has a balanced approach which draws on elements of mindfulness such as non-judgement, acceptance, and self-compassion.
We support homebirth and hospital birth, a change of plans, high-risk medical births and waterbirth. Leah offers doula support in Toronto, Collingwood, Barrie, Muskoka, and Orangeville! As a specialized travel doula, Leah is the primary provider and calls in back-up doulas on occasion if needed.
We are passionate about facilitating better birth; in home and in hospital.
We believe in access to mindful and informed care for infants and families.
We care about helping families improve their wellness in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Now offering complementary birth photography for all birth doula clients!
Our added touch is professional & film-style photography. Whether you’d like a private maternity photoshoot, moments from labour, or photos during the golden hours after birth, we are here to capture the beauty of it all!
More About
Mindful Sprouts
— formerly Toronto Birth Doula, Mindful Sprouts Family Services is the result of a 10 years + of perinatal continuing education, a desire to improve birth experiences for Ontario families, and a rich portfolio of family support and birth photography.
Leah originally trained as a Doula with CAPPA. From there, Leah has trained at The Farm Midwifery Centre in Tennessee (former home of Ina May Gaskin) in Midwifery Assistance; with ProDoula as a Certified Childbirth Educator; with Power Yoga Canada as a Mindfulness Meditation Teacher; with waterbirth expert Barbara Harper; as a Death Doula; and more !
Serving families as a Birth & Postpartum Doula for over a decade, Leah travels to provide doula support, birth pool rentals, birth photography, and postpartum night support in Toronto, Collingwood, Barrie, Stayner, Orangeville, and Muskoka. Her services are niche and customized to each families needs, whether it be VBAC support, stillbirth grief support, twin night doula services, or renting a birthing pool!
Leah’s intimate hope to increase peace in a small way by reducing trauma in birth, supporting secure attachment between infant & parent, and shaping positive memories of the first moments of life through her custom doula support services in Ontario.
