Meet Your Wilmington Doula & Childbirth Educator!

Jillian Freeland

Birth Boot Camp Doula
Birth Boot Camp Childbirth Educator 
Placenta Encapsulation Specialist
I have served in other communities, such as Virginia and Alabama, so you may find that some of my content was specific to those locations. I have also been known as Shenandoah Births and Alabama Births. 
Hi, my name is Jillian Freeland and I have been married to my amazing husband for seventeen years. Together, we have four precious daughters and just had our fifth baby - it's a boy this time! We have experienced quite a few different birth scenarios, from birth center births, epidurals, cesarean, to natural birth,  and it was after the birth of my third baby that I desired to see families have better support. It wasn't until after I experienced the support of a doula at my fourth birth, that I put action to my desire and became a doula. 

I am a Birth Boot Camp Certified Doula. I have a passion for supporting women on their journey to becoming a mother. I feel so passionate about women having amazing support during their births that I served as a Birth Boot Camp Doula Trainer and Childbirth Educator Trainer.

I am also a certified Birth Boot Camp Instructor. Birth Boot Camp is a childbirth education program designed for families desiring an amazing childbirth. While I specialize in natural childbirth, I believe every woman can benefit from educating themselves about their options in pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. 

As your doula or childbirth educator, my goal is to assist you emotionally as well as physically throughout this wonderful and powerful time in your life. I will provide informational support when your questions arise. I hope to help you and your partner feel confident and secure in your choices before, during, and after the birth of your child. For a woman to experience the best birth possible, I believe it is important for her to be in a place where she feels safe and comfortable; therefore, I support and have experience with both in hospital and out of hospital births.

I am a doula because it is an amazing privilege to spend my life helping other women; because I believe birth is beautiful; because I know what it is like to birth without a doula and with one. Trust me, it is much easier with one!

When I am not working as a doula, I love snuggling up with a good book while taking a hot bath - possibly my favorite place on the planet! I also love playing my piano and listening to my girls making up songs. I also love family bike rides!
Trainings I have Attended...
  • Spinning Babies Workshop (2020)
  • Birth Boot Camp Instructor Trainers Training (2018)
  • Birth Boot Camp Doulas Trainers Training (2017)
  • StillBirthday Doula Training (2017)
  • Servsafe Food Handlers Certification  (2017)
  • ​Biologic Solutions Bloodborne Pathogens for Doulas and Placenta Encapsulation Specialists (2017)
  • International Placenta & Postpartum Association (2016)
  • Birth Boot Camp Doula Training (2016)
  • OSHA Blood Born Pathogens Certificate (2016)
  • Birth Boot Camp Instructor Training (2016)
  • ToLabor Doula Training (2015)
I would love to connect with you and hear about your hopes and desires for this birth!