JENNIFER KOENIG, FOUNDER

Apprentice Homebirth Midwife, Birth Doula, Lactation Counselor, CranioSacral Therapist

Hi! My name is Jen- I am the founder of Sacred Space Birth Services, born in 2015. I am a Wife, Mother, Sister, Daughter, Creator, Dreamer, Christ follower, Apprentice Homebirth Midwife & wanna-be large scale homesteader... We live on a little lot of land- our holistic homestead, known as The One Acre Homestead Co. I have big dreams to fill our one acre with as many practical and bountiful things to really embrace this miraculous earth and live Joyfully in simple things. When I’m not at a birth or by another families side, you can find me in the kitchen cooking, baking sourdough or making herbal remedies (making a mess), decorating the house (cleaning the mess, -again), homeschooling the boys, or outside with the animals and kids and gardens. Or at the cabin, we try to run away there as much as possible. We are grateful to have grown up in those Minnesota summer cabin families.

I experienced radical and life changing healing on a quest to take back my mind, body and spirit and have since re-written and surrendered my whole professional career to cater to the deep and profound need for others to feel safe, well, and supported on their life journeys and road to freedom and wholeness- body, soul & Spirit. I believe and am blessed to have experienced Grace and Healing and walk out what the human soul-body possesses as a remarkable innate, inborn ability to heal. This healing is ready and waiting to be set free in each and every one of us. I'm here to remind you, you can have yours too!

I believe that every woman is made perfectly to bring new life into this world through birth. My role as I am by your side is to support the birth experience you desire emotionally, spiritually and physically, and to smooth the bumps in the road that accompany this unpredictable, yet incredible journey. 

I have always had a strong connection and love for families and their babies. When my husband and I found out we were expecting our first child, I read every book and every blog, and I fell deeply in love with the pregnancy and birth process. It was my own home birth that inspired me to pursue my dream to start my very own doula practice. The immense support I experienced from my birth team showed me the true value of labor and postpartum support. Now, I have had the blessing of birthing all three of my babies in the comfort of our own home, safely, with amazing and skilled birth teams.

Now having had the honor of witnessing over 500 families as they prepare and welcome their babies into this world, alongside all providers in hospital, birth center and at home. Thanks to this immense amount of experience, it has allowed me to really lean into my God given gifts and serve mothers and their loved ones well. These years of doula support also provided me great insight about birth outcomes, physiological birth and how easily disturbed the natural process can be during this intimate time.

Thanks to my many years attending birth alongside Minnesota homebirth providers, I have the privilege to be in apprenticeship on a traditional path of becoming a home birth midwife, working alongside a few of our dearly loved local homebirth midwives known for their incredible birth outcomes and relationships in our state, supporting low risk families in their physiological birth inside the safety of their home.

As a doula mentor, I have had the honor of teaching, instructing, encouraging and providing experience to 8 women [with a current, lovely group of aspiring young birth attendants for the 2025 year], since 2017 with the desire to do the same. Many of which still work alongside me in collaboration within the Twin Cities metro area.

I recognize the importance of the whole spectrum of the perinatal period, and with a true passion for health, wellness, and natural living.

I respect your individual religious and medical freedoms, and I cannot wait to assist your family through pregnancy to birth, and beyond! 

Jen 

Trainings and Certifications:

  • Stillbirthday - Birth and Bereavement Doula Training

  • Hypnobabies - Hypno-Doula Certification

  • University of California San Diego - Certificated Lactation Educator Counselor

  • Safe Kids Worldwide - National Child Passenger Safety Certification

  • Lori Hendrickson - Infant Craniosacral Therapy Certificate

  • Lori Hendrickson - Prenatal Craniosacral Therapy Certificate

  • Lying-In, with Heng Ou: Postpartum Planning, The First Forty Days Workshop

  • Holistic Health and Herbal Education Workshop, MN

  • American Academy of Pediatrics - Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP) *current, exp: 8/2025

  • Jennie Hoglund, Classical Homepath - Homeopathy 101 Workshop

  • Bloom Into Balance LLC Laura Hanstad - Craniosacral Therapy and Myofascial Unwinding for Birth Certificate

  • Spinning Babies Workshop - Certificate of Attendance with Gail Tully

  • MicroBirth School - Breastmilk Scientific, Microbiome Course Certificate

  • Jennie Hoglund, Classical Homeopath - Coming Home to Homeopathy Workshop

  • Reiki Level One Practitioner Certificate *no longer practicing

  • RYT-200, Registered Yoga Teacher *no longer practicing

  • Dr. Carol J Phillips - CranioSacral Therapy Dynamic Body Balancing, Levels 1,4 Certificates 40 hours

  • Traditional Homebirth BREECH & MULTIPLES Conference, Rebecca Walker, Dr. Stuart Fischbein, Dr. David Hayes

  • Apprentice Homebirth Midwife with a Traditional Homebirth Midwife, LM, CPM, current: Geneabirth Midwifery, Sarah Kelly & Hayley Duke www.geneabirth.com