Hello there! Iβm Kristian.
Birth Doula + Childbirth Educator + Placenta Encapsulation Specialist
MORE ABOUT KRISTIAN
KRISTIAN W. JORDAN, TD(DONA) is the owner & Founder of
Holistic Heritage birth Services
Iβm so glad youβre here. Let me tell you a little bit about myself! I was born and raised in Burlington, North Carolina (and still live here!), and my family heritage spans back many generations in this area. Iβm a southern girl at heart who was saved by Jesusβ grace when I was 10 years old. I am blessed to be married to my better half and sweetheart, Paul, whom Iβve loved since I was 17 years old. We have journeyed through happiness and heartache together; military trainings and deployment, selling one home and building another, births and funerals, illnesses and surgeries, family vacations, and more. We have three beautiful children, Rafe, Lorelai, and Ella Mae, who bring laughter and joy to our home. The Lord also uses them to refine our faith and prayer lives. My life is built upon my foundation in Christ alone. I will not compromise my beliefs for anotherβs comfort. I believe in truthfulness and extending grace to one another.
When my husband and I became pregnant with our first baby, we took Bradley Birthing Method classes with our doula and though I had planned a home birth, my labor ended up being induced in a hospital at 35 weeks gestation due to pre-eclampsia. My birth experience was not how I had envisioned it, but having the phenomenal support of my doula and husband made a world of difference and thanks to their help, many of my birth goals were accomplished when my son was born. Fast forward to when I gave birth to our second baby; I planned another home birth and worked very hard to maintain my health during pregnancy, and did not develop pre-eclampsia again, praise Jesus! I delivered our daughter in a birth pool in our bedroom at home, surrounded by the most amazing support team of my midwife, doulas, and family - I will be forever grateful for such a redemptive, healing birth experience which also created a much more joyful postpartum experience, too. Most recently, our third baby was also born in the comfort of our bedroom with many of the same women who were with me for my first home birth.
I became a birth doula in 2018 after the birth of my son. My doula had impacted my pregnancy and birth experience so much; feeling completely supported and informed of my options even when my home birth turned hospital birth, her influence gave me confidence and awareness. Because of this, I felt The Lord calling me to serve other families through birth work in the same way. I trained and certified through DONA International and hit the ground running. I worked with a large doula group for a while which was such a wonderful opportunity to shadow under very experienced doulas. After a few years, I felt called to start my own business and did so in November 2021 after much prayer and consideration. Iβve attended over 100 births in a variety of settings at hospitals, birth centers, and homes.
I have supported births that are natural, medicated, induction, cesarean, VBACs, water birth, and more. I have worked with single mothers, trauma survivors, families with NICU stays, mothers whose husbands were deployed during birth, stillbirth, and more.
I believe that no matter what her birth goals are, women and their families all deserve continuous and unconditional encouragement, education, and support throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. I want you to feel loved and cared for as you welcome a new member into your family and home. I believe that birth is not something to be feared, but rather embraced and viewed as extraordinary. Birth is a divine, sacred experience that transcends the physical world into the spiritual.
My own journey of motherhood has seen its fair share of joys and challenges, and itβs only just beginning. I know what itβs like to make a birth plan and experience a different one. I know what itβs like to be separated from your newborn when he goes to the NICU. I have survived three pregnancies with Hyperemesis Gravidarum. I have experienced two challenging postpartum experiences filled with postpartum PTSD and postpartum anxiety, as well as one smooth and blissful postpartum experience. I have celebrated milestones of those two pink lines, birthdays, first words, first steps, and I continue to remain in awe of the love that I have given and received. All of these experiences, among others, are part of my desire to support families as they journey into parenthood.
I would be honored to serve your family as you celebrate the milestones in your life. I would love to be a source of strength, reassurance, and comfort by providing physical, emotional, spiritual, and informational support. I will commit myself to pray for your during your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey. I will encourage you to think for yourself, trust the parental intuition that The Lord gifted you, ask the difficult questions, and stand firm in your convictions. I value your God-given ability to make decisions for your home, family, and body that honor The Lord and serve Him before anyone else. I want you to be confident in your decisions because you are informed. I will advocate for your right to make decisions because I believe in and value medical freedom.
My prayer is that your birth experience would be positive, filled with joyful memories to last a lifetime, and that you would feel the love of The Savior surrounding you in this season.
More about meβ¦
my interests outside of birth:
Cooking, baking, music, reading, holidays, + date nights
My go-to coffee order:
Hot pumpkin latte (or any seasonal latte)
My favorite comfort tv show:
Itβs a tie between Gilmore Girls + This Is Us
My doula partners describe me as:
Dependable, Hospitable, Empathetic, Gracious