Justine O'Rourke - Full Spectrum Doula
12+
Years in
Healthcare

Justine O'Rourke

Full-Spectrum Doula Β· Pennsylvania

I'm someone who has lived this.

I don't just understand fertility, pregnancy, loss, and postpartum from textbooks β€” I understand it from being in it. From the waiting, the hoping, the heartbreak, and the trying again.

When I support you, I'm not standing above your experience. I'm right there with you.

Our Journey

Before all of this, our path to becoming parents wasn't simple.

7+
Failed IUIs
2
Egg Retrievals
3
Embryo Transfers

Each time holding onto hope. Each time learning how to start over again.

Infertility changes you in ways people don't always see. It teaches you how to carry both grief and hope at the same time. And that stays with you.

✦  Why I Do This

My path into this work is rooted in the loss of my son, Danny.

I experienced a high-risk pregnancy complicated by a chronic placental abruption, and he passed away in the NICU at just 9 days old.

There's no way to fully explain what that does to you. But I remember so clearly the moments in between β€” the questions, the fear, the silence, the feeling of "what do we do now?"

And what stood out the most… was how much of it we had to carry alone. Not because people didn't care β€” but because there just wasn't enough support for the in-between parts.

That's why I do this. Because no one should have to walk through moments like that feeling unsupported, unseen, or like they have to hold it all together.

"I wanted to be the kind of support that I needed β€” someone who doesn't just show up for the happy ending, but for the messy, in-between parts too."

Still On My Journey

Now, I'm in a place where I'm still on my journey.

Still hoping. Still healing. Still growing.

And I think that matters. Because when I support you, I'm not standing above your experience β€” I'm right there with you.

What I Bring

12+ years as a medical assistant β€” I understand the clinical side, the systems, the language
Evidence-based support rooted in current research and training
Deeply intuitive, heart-centered care
Lived experience across fertility, loss, and postpartum
A non-judgmental, trauma-informed presence
LGBTQ+ affirming support for all families

You Are Welcome Here

You don't have to filter yourself here.

You don't have to "be strong" here.

You just get to be.

You are not too much.

Your story is not too complicated.

You are allowed to hold grief and hope at the same time.

And you don't have to do it alone.

Fertility Pregnancy Birth Postpartum Loss

The parts people talk about β€” and the parts they don't.