About Jalina, CBP(TBIB)

Light Seeker. Keeper of Birth and Memories


You're here (like right here on this page) because you value making informed decisions. I value that for you too, so here's a little about me:


I'm an X-ray Tech turned homeschooling, cloth-diapering, breastfeeding, baby-wearing stay-at-home mom of 6 children living in rural Upstate NY (like WAY Upstate). I’ve been married to Anthony since 2011, and together we’ve endured 7 miscarriages and 3 years of male factor infertility (prior to our firstborn). 


My 6 years of trauma center experience mean I know how to be calm and efficient during sensitive situations - like labor - without drawing attention. Years of fertility challenges have given me the utmost appreciation for the miracles that are your baby's life and birth. My Birth Photography Certification means I am dedicated to serving you well and am an expert in the ethical, technical, and creative elements of birth photography.


I married my Marine when we were 20 and supported him through 3 deployments.


My first 5 children are all rainbow babies, so I'm all over the rainbow trend!


Due to a lack of maternity care options in my area and a precipitous almost-car-birth with my 3rd baby (complete with a 5-car police chase), I decided to freebirth my 4th and 5th babies.


Podcasts over social media any day.


Despite moving about 25 times in my life and contending with ADHD that wasn't diagnosed until age 32, I was a straight-A student and am always researching a new topic.


Now that you know a little about me, what can I do for you?

Birth Photography


Birth photography is a photojournalistic style of photography that documents you, your baby, and your birth support team throughout labor, birth, and immediate postpartum.

Birth Doula Support


A Birth Doula provides informational, emotional, and practical support throught pregnancy, labor, and immediate postpartum.

Family Photojournalism


This 4-hour, in-home family photography session documents you with the people you value most, doing the activities you value most. No travel, special outfits, or aesthetic home necessary.

Bereavement Support Call


These support calls are cover topics such as information on what to expect emotionally and physically, grieving in a healthy way, personalized resource list, and pregnancy after loss support. You can talk to either Jalina or Anthony.

Baby Remembrance Photgraphy


A no-cost, 1-hour session documenting the details of your precious little one as soon after birth as possible, complete with a custom wooden keepsake and 4x6 prints of every photo in your gallery

Testimonials

Birth Photography & Doula Client

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"Hiring Jalina is not just hiring a birth photographer and doula. It’s hiring an educator and advocate — one who empowers you to make your own informed decisions. It’s hiring a guide — one who has been there before and will walk along side you every step of the way. It’s hiring a calming presence — one who gently and quietly enters into the birth experience with you. It’s hiring an encourager — one who gets you through those tough moments."

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About Anthony

Bereavement Coach and daddy doula


I’m a Marine Corps veteran and have been married to Jalina since 2011. Together with my wife, we have endured 7 miscarriages and welcomed 6 beautiful children into our home. I appreciate the crucial need for mothers to bond with their babies. A strong bond makes breastfeeding easier, helps babies sleep better and cry less, and makes Mom less irritable. It’s true what they say; happy wife, happy life!


Grief is an expression of love, and it is the love I have for my wife and children that makes pregnancy loss so devastating. Experiencing pregnancy loss myself has taught me how to be sensitive to the emotional and physical needs of my wife.


As a veteran, I have a unique approach to handling grief and loss. In the military, we have traditions to remember and honor the lives of our loved ones. I understand how to mourn death while celebrating life, as opposed to the civilian approach of entirely ignoring grief and expecting it to pass.


I genuinely care about feelings fathers have and I care about changing the social norm that men are tough guys without feelings.


If you need bereavement coaching for dads, contact me.

Areas Served

I offer birth photography, family photography, and doula services anywhere in New York and Vermont that is within 2 hours of Rouses Point, NY.


New York

Champlain - Plattsburgh - Malone - Potsdam - Massena - Tupper Lake - Saranac Lake - Lake Placid - Ticonderoga - Lake George


Vermont

St. Albans - Burlington - Stowe - Barre - Middlebury - Montpelier - Newport


Lake Champlain. North Country. Adirondacks.