My Co-Doula

Jessilyn Dolan

RN, CLD, CMT, CBBBE, SANE, ADS, CIMI, HBCE

Has been working with birthing families for twenty years

Jessilyn is a labor and postpartum doula, becoming a labor doula trainer for CAPPA in 2011. She is a certified massage therapist, body and energy worker, and yoga instructor. She previously owned and operated a family wellness center teaching HypnoBirthing childbirth education, infant massage and CPR and first aid classes. She is a Birth Behind Bars educator and maternal child health tobacco prevention trainer.

Jessilyn worked as a labor and delivery nurse at both Copley Birth Center and Central Vermont Medical Center. Jessilyn co-founded the University of Vermont Medical Centers Volunteer labor doula program, and was the trainer for the program’s first two years. Jessilyn managed the Lund Family Center for five years, a residential and community treatment facility specializing in substance and opioid use disorders and mental health comorbidities in pregnancy, parenting, and infancy withdrawal. She is a sexual assault forensic nurse examiner. Jessilyn currently works at the University of Vermont’s College of Medicine in clinical research. She is an herbalist, cannabis consultant and cultivating caregiver, and hemp farmer with NurseGrown Organics.

How We Work Together

Life happens, and THAT'S why we are a team.

If I am ill, injured, or have two families in labor (knock on wood), Jessilyn can step up in my place to support families.

During our prenatal appointments, you will have the option to meet Jessilyn and ask her questions. Jessilyn and I are in constant contact regarding the families I support, so she is aware of everyone’s individual needs and birth intentions.