by Ashli Crew Rodriguez | Apr 10, 2026 | Labor, Personal Stories
There are moments in birth where things don’t unfold the way someone imagined. Not all at once, and not always in a way that’s easy to name in the moment. Sometimes it’s subtle. Sometimes it’s after hours of labor, or quiet conversations, or a growing awareness that...
by Ashli Crew Rodriguez | Mar 18, 2026 | Care Providers
World Doula Week invites us to pause and recognize a role that has quietly existed for generations—one rooted in presence, trust, and support. A doula is often described in simple terms: someone who provides emotional, physical, and informational support during...
by Ashli Crew Rodriguez | Mar 10, 2026 | Pregnancy
Women’s History Month often invites us to look back—to recognize the women who came before us, the paths they cleared, the wisdom they carried forward. But it can also be a time to look inward and notice the ways we are still becoming. For many people, pregnancy is...
by Ashli Crew Rodriguez | Feb 20, 2026 | Labor, Postpartum, Pregnancy
In my last pregnancy, there was a clear moment when I realized my body was asking for something different. What I could do easily in the second trimester—the movement, the pace, the keeping up—I simply couldn’t sustain in the later weeks. And instead of pushing...
by Ashli Crew Rodriguez | Feb 13, 2026 | Labor, Pregnancy
We never stop learning in birth work. Every family, every labor, every conversation teaches us something new. Research evolves. Language shifts. Our understanding deepens. And still, in the middle of all that learning, there are moments when it’s comforting to fall...
