Hi there, mama!
My name is Jordan Tomkinson, and I’m so excited to be part of your birth team!
My photography journey began with my mother’s point-and-shoot camera in the early 2000’s. I took photography classes in school, and bought my first professional camera in 2012. I bought a better camera in 2022, and have been taking occasional clients for portrait photography, and enjoying landscape photography, some of which I share on Instagram at @jordanleigh.photos. You can also find my birth photography account at @etherealbirthphoto.
When I’m not behind the camera, I keep myself busy with knitting, crochet, listening to music, getting about 20 hugs a day from my youngest, taking our kids on spontaneous overnight adventure road trips, and helping my husband Chris with his Twitch and YouTube live streams, where he speedruns retro video games and holds a few world records for Super Metroid. Chris is a Cyber Security professional, and is lucky enough to be working from home full time. He’s extremely supportive of me following my dreams and attending births, and is happy to take my place in the school pickup line, in the kitchen, and at bedtime, if I’m busy at your birth.
I envisioned myself working in Labor & Delivery in a hospital setting. I went through certification to become a Certified Nurse Assistant in my senior year of high school, with the intent to work at a hospital while becoming a Registered Nurse, and I dreamed of being in Labor & Delivery, helping families bring their little ones into the world. Plans changed, I got married, had 3 incredible children, and decided to hold off on college. I also took a Victim Advocate class from the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault in 2021.
One of my wonderful sisters-in-law became a doula, and then a midwife, with Utah Birth Suites. Another sister-in-law took their Birth Worker class, and they’ve worked closely together for a while now. I really wanted to take the Birth Worker class too, and finally did in Summer 2024. They taught us many great skills to assist midwives at births, like medical charting, preparing medications, tools, and supplies, placenta examination, newborn exams, cleaning and sterilizing the birth space, assisting with complications, activating Emergency Response Teams, and certifying us as Neonatal Resuscitation Program Advanced Providers. I’m hoping to take a doula course in 2025, and considering midwifery when my children are a bit older.
