About The Nomadic Doula, Jessica Ruscetta

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Welcome to The Nomadic Doula!

My name is Jessica Ruscetta and I am a doula, lactation & childbirth educator, wife, mother and adventure traveler. I ​founded the doula co-op Two Hands Birth Services, located in southern New Jersey. I love to work with families during one of the most wonderful, crazy, life-changing times in their lives, when they are expecting a new baby! I also love mentoring new doulas and hearing all about people's journey to birth work.

Road to Birthwork
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In 2008 I gave birth to my first child and it was not the experience I had hoped for, from the pregnancy to the birth to the postpartum it was disappointing. Of course I had a healthy baby and I was physically healthy but was mentally and emotionally unhealthy. When I became pregnant again in 2011 I was not going to let history repeat itself and I armed myself with more information and support during my pregnancy and the birth of my second​child. The difference was life changing! I knew that if first time mothers had the support, information, education and guidance that they could have a better outcome than I did with my first child. I wanted to help these families so I began to research becoming a childbirth educator and with that the Pandora's box of birthwork was opened!
In 2008 I gave birth to my first child and it was not the experience I had hoped for, from the pregnancy to the birth to the postpartum it was disappointing. Of course I had a healthy baby and I was physically healthy but was mentally and emotionally unhealthy. When I became pregnant again in 2011 I was not going to let history repeat itself and I armed myself with more information and support during my pregnancy and the birth of my second​child. The difference was life changing! I knew that if first time mothers had the support, information, education and guidance that they could have a better outcome than I did with my first child. I wanted to help these families so I began to research becoming a childbirth educator and with that the Pandora's box of birthwork was opened!
With very supportive family and friends behind me I began my training in January of 2013 to become a birth doula, reading everything I could get my hands on, studying, and attending education and doula training workshops.  I became certified by DONA in July of 2015. Two Hands Birth Services was born in 2013 in southern New Jersey as I felt with my two hands I could make a difference in the lives of the families I served. My hunger for more knowledge continued and I soon also became a certified postpartum doula and certified lactation counselor as well. I wanted to be of as much service to families that called on me as possible.

During my experiences supporting families through pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period I also developed wonderful, supportive relationships with other birth workers. I found that these sisters in birth work were essential to the services I was trying to provide. I enjoyed hearing their stories into birth work just as much as the stories of the families I supported through birth. In the summer of 2017 I transitioned my solo practice into a doula co-op and think its one of the best decisions I ever made. We now  share our passion for maternity care with each other and support each others work and lives.

The Nomadic Journey
In the fall of 2017, in a time of transition both personally and as a family my husband and I decided to do something radical. On a long drive to a client I had an epiphany about how to merge my calling as a birth worker and our family's dream to tour the country in a converted bus. The Nomadic Doula was born! ​I could continue to do birthwork both in person and virtually to families all over the United States. I hope that this adventure will give me more knowledge and understanding so I can be of better service to the families who I am honored to support and my doula sisters who lean on me as I lean on them.

The combination of traveling with my family and showing my children a different way of life, connecting with nature, minimalism, serving others, nourishing my wanderlust and developing relationships with birthworkers from all over the United States is a harmonious union of all of my passions and I look forward to sharing them with you.
If you would like to contact me to chat, for teaching, doula mentoring, or anything else I would love to hear from you. 

My Training & Experience

Certified Birth Doula
Certified Postpartum Doula
Lactation Counselor Training
Certified Lactation Counselor

​Workshops, Conferences, and more
TND provides doula support, doula mentoring, and family education throughout the US and Canada as well as online offerings accessible anywhere in the world.
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