Jackie Klefsaas

Name: Jackie Klefsaas (she/her) ~ Jackie Klefsaas Postpartum Support LLC

Training/Certification: M.Ed., CBS
DONA International Postpartum Doula Workshop August 2020
Certified Breastfeeding Specialist – Lactation Education Resources March 2021
Bachelor of Arts in Education and Minor in Spanish – Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
Masters of Education – Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD

Experience: Since August 2020, Jackie has had several postpartum doula clients to support as they welcome their newborn into the family. Jackie guides parents through a process to help create their postpartum plan (like a birth plan) and this has been tremendously helpful to these clients who are first time parents to think of questions and prepare for pieces they had not thought of yet. Jackie has been offering lactation support since March 2021 and has several clients feel supported in navigating pumping, milk supply, formula feeding, bottle refusal and more.  

Special Interests in: empowering women to trust their inner knowing when it comes to taking care of their body, baby & business, whole foods and food sensitivities, all things airway + optimal oral function (tension, tongue ties, colic, snoring, open mouth breathing and more), board games, astrology and human design, reading, nature and continuously learning

Additional services: Jackie provides lactation education, virtual and in-home lactation consultations, hosts a Postpartum Thrive community and postpartum planning sessions.

Contact Information: 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackieklefsaas
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jackieklefsaas.postpartumsupport
Phone: 218-230-3183
Website: https://jackieklefsaas.com
Email: jackieklefsaas@gmail.com

About Jackie: Jackie is passionate about education, airways/tongue ties/optimal oral function and providing support for infant feeding whether it’s breast/chest, bottle, combo or donor milk. Jackie continues to be humbled and learn so much from her two children. Postpartum life was a shock for Jackie because breastfeeding was really painful, no family lived near and she was completing her Masters of Education. 6 years later she realized she should have hired help, but didn’t know POSTPARTUM doulas were a thing! After getting postpartum anxiety again with her second child and finally learning about tongue & lip ties, Jackie made the shift from teaching in the Spanish Immersion classroom to being part of the change in postpartum care of birthers in the US (one appt at 6 weeks is NOT enough). She is also excited to be educating about and supporting optimal oral function of infants.