Meet Humm Parenting
From as early as I can remember, I envisioned my life as a mom. I remember dreaming about how I would one day get to hold a baby in my arms and know that I was entrusted to care for the baby, to provide it with nurture and love.
What I didn’t envision were the unknowns that would come with trying to become a parent, navigating pregnancy and postpartum, and learning how to parent young children. When I had my two children, I didn’t anticipate feeling loneliness and a lack of support and knowledge in nearly every stage of the parenting journey—despite trying to increase my access to information by doomscrolling for resources, and answers, often in the middle of the night.
I know now that I’m not alone.
According to a recent national survey of parents, 4 in 5 would value a way to connect with other parents outside of work and home. Nearly 70% of parents surveyed felt the demands of parenthood sometimes or frequently left them feeling isolated and lonely, and nearly half felt they had no one to support them in their parenting role. Two-thirds of moms and half the dads reported they felt burned out by their responsibilities as parents.
Parenting today has also been declared a state of mental health crisis, with the former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issuing an advisory citing 33% of parents report high levels of stress compared to 20% of other adults. Likewise, 48% of parents say that most days their stress is completely overwhelming compared to 26% among other adults.
As a human resources professional and executive, I built my career around what I care about most: people.
I’ve dedicated my career to coaching corporate professionals and leading innovative people strategies to help people thrive in the workplace. After I returned to work after parental leave with my daughter, I felt a shift in my career focus. I was still committed to my career and driven—more so than ever, but I felt an immense curiosity about my ability to do more. I knew I had the potential to do more than coaching corporate professionals and innovating and leading people strategies and my own parenthood journey had me thinking about how I could use my skills to support other parents. To satiate my curiosity, I completed postpartum doula training.
I began to noodle on what my own parenting experience could have looked like if I had the care and support of a dedicated coach throughout my entire journey. From the early days of trying to conceive, experiencing pregnancies and a loss, to navigating my own fourth trimester and helping increase my confidence in parenting my beautiful and yet very different children.
Would I have become more confident in myself as a parent with the support of an expert coach at each junction of my parenthood journey?
How transformative would it have been to be connected to other parents who were at a similar stage in their parenthood journeys in helping me feel more uplifted and less isolated?
And how fantastic would it be for me to have access to a network of experts 24/7 to help during sleepless nights and get trusted reliable answers that didn’t send me in an unnecessary spiral?
I knew there were problems to be solved to help parents everywhere better thrive throughout their parenting journey with confidence and community. I also knew that my training as a postpartum doula coupled with decades of coaching experience served me well to apply my skills to help parents thrive.
With that, Humm Parenting was conceived.
Our Mission
A symbol of infinite joy, resilience, and energy, hummingbirds may be tiny, but their message is huge—you have the flexibility and stamina to do far more than you think.
The journey to and throughout parenthood requires resiliency and endurance. If your parenting journey has been anything like mine, you may feel like you’re quite literally “flying” backward, forward, and hovering mid-air, like a hummingbird!
Humm Parenting was born to empower parents to soar throughout the parenthood journey with confidence and community. Humm provides an unparalleled level of quality coaching, connectivity, care, and support to parents that is more accessible and affordable than traditional coaching models—all through a simple platform.
Humm parents are empowered and soar as they become more confident, calm, connected, and curious because they are cared for. Curated “flight paths” for specific stages of the parent journey includes access to coaches, peer groups, and content you can trust. In an age of content overload and amidst the constant buzz of distractions, our nectar is simple, we care for you.
Why Humm Coaching?
Normalizes the ups and downs of the parenthood journey: Coaching provides tailored guidance, tips and tools, which fosters resilience and self-esteem and decreases the likelihood of burnout.
Boosts confidence: By providing 1:1 support, coaching increases parents’ confidence in their ability to navigate their current stage in the parenthood journey and make informed decisions.
Enhances emotional regulation: Parents learn techniques to manage their own stress and emotions, which can positively impact their mental health and the entire family’s emotional well-being.
Builds resilience: Parents who receive coaching model increased self-awareness to their family unit; they are able to better manage demands in their life; and in turn create more resilient families.
Our Flight Paths
Trying to Conceive
My husband and I got married in 2016. I remember thinking we would stop using contraceptives and we would get pregnant immediately—so there was no rush. When we finally decided to start “trying,” it was so exciting. Little did we know that one month would turn into two years of trying to conceive and that we would be told we had a 1% chance of conceiving a child without not only assisted fertility treatment, but rather IVF.
We were incredibly surprised and over the moon to welcome our son in 2020 and our daughter in 2022, while also unfortunately suffering a loss in between. On reflection, what I found was that trying to conceive was far more difficult than I’d ever imagined—and I know now I wasn’t alone in my fertility struggles.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 1 in 6 people worldwide are affected by infertility. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) cites 19% of married women aged 15 to 49 with no prior births are unable to get pregnant after one year of trying. While there are plenty of known causes of infertility—like PCOS, endometriosis, fibroids, lack of proper ovarian function, fallopian tube obstruction, and more—about 10–30% of couples who seek fertility treatment have unexplained infertility. Fertility challenges can be also lonely and stressful, with one study citing the stress of infertility is comparable to that of cancer patients.
How Humm can help
Regardless of where you are in your conception journey - whether you are just starting out or if you are experiencing fertility challenges, Humm serves as an emotional and proactive support system to help better ground you in your conception journey.
While not a substitute for clinical care, Humm Fertility Coaches offer personalized guidance, whether you're exploring natural methods, assisted reproductive technology, or adoption.
With Humm Glimmer Groups, you can find community and connection with other parents who are in a similar stage to help manage stress and increase positivity.
In our Humm Nectar workshops, you can also gain expert insights on reproductive health, fertility cycles, and lifestyle factors to make informed decisions with confidence.
And if you find yourself curious about a fertility-related question you can text it to HummQ and you’ll receive a highly vetted, trusted answer as quickly as a hummingbird can jet from flower to flower.
Pregnancy
My pregnancies were uniquely different and beautiful—and both challenging (hello gestational diabetes, prodromal labor, and immense physical discomfort). While we felt very confident in our physician care team, we had so many questions and at times felt rushed during our care visits or underprepared for the recommended procedures.
How Humm can help
With Humm Pregnancy Coaches, you gain access to expert-backed strategies for every trimester to navigate each stage with confidence.
Similarly, Humm Glimmer Groups provide you with the emotional, mental, and physical support you need to ease stress and build community with those in a similar stage of life.
You can also take a Nectar Workshop to better learn what to expect in each trimester, explore birthing options, and discover the knowledge you’ll need to support you and your baby.
When you find yourself eager to get an answer to a pressing pregnancy-related question, you can ask HummQ your question and know that you’ll receive a trusted answer vetted by an expert at any hour, any day.
Postpartum
My postpartum experiences with both our children were also uniquely very different. Being a first-time parent during the pandemic was exceptionally challenging and isolating. Navigating feeding, sleeping, returning to work, experiencing undiagnosed perinatal mental health challenges, and getting a grasp on childcare—all without regular connectivity or support from family and friends—was incredibly hard. We were armed with more confidence as “experienced” parents during my postpartum period with our daughter, but we were unprepared for the transition to parenting a toddler and a newborn.
How Humm can help
The postpartum period is anything but a breeze. New research shows that more than one-third of women experience lasting health problems after childbirth, according to The World Health Organization. The postpartum period is filled with countless questions and too many internet answers that you may still question credibility and reliability.
With Humm Postpartum Coaches, you gain access to expert coaches to help guide you as you navigate the fourth trimester.
Join a Humm Glimmer Group to connect with fellow new parents for emotional support, shared experiences, and stress relief during this transformative time.
Take a Nectar Workshop to get expert insight on postpartum recovery, self-care, and newborn wellness to feel more confident and prepared. Ask HummQ a question to an expert for those urgent questions that often when you least expect it.
Early Childhood Parenting
Navigating early childhood parenting to two littles has been so joyful and also extremely humbling. My husband and I have spent a lot of time honing our parenting styles and adjusting them to best support our two kiddos. We try our hardest each day to show up as our authentic best parenting selves, but in reality, some days and some situations are far harder than others.
What do you do when your kid somersaults out of the crib in the middle of the night? Or how do you maintain your patience when your kids decide to throw dinner on the floor with glee? Or how do you let your kids express their feelings in the middle of a Target aisle authentically while also preventing them from knocking down a row of home good items? I’ve been there. A lot of us have: nearly half of parents say their stress is often completely overwhelming. Early childhood parenting is so loving, filled with the snuggles and dance parties, and also for me, filled with a ton of questions.
How Humm can help
With Humm, work one-on-one with expert Parent Coaches to help you navigate all that early childhood throws at you with increased confidence and clarity, gain valuable tools, and get a better understanding of your parenting style.
Through Humm Glimmer Groups with other parents of similar-aged children, you’ll reduce fears that the challenges you may be experiencing are only applicable to your family and increase a sense of connectivity to other parents.
Through Humm’s Nectar Workshops, you’ll get access to a wide variety of parenting topics, including big transitions, new childhood development milestones, and more.
For those middle-of-the-night situations or stressful moments, you can text a frantic question to HummingQ where an expert will respond with a trusted, reliable answer, 24/7.
A Lasting Impact
Humm is named in honor of my grandmother, “Honey” who loved hummingbirds, gave the warmest hugs, and encouraged me to flutter and explore at my own pace, with support close by. Humm aims to emulate and share that same nurturing care for all parents. I am honored to take flight alongside you throughout your parenthood journey.
With love, Jacqueline
