by Ashli Crew Rodriguez | Jun 26, 2026 | Caring for Baby, Parenting, Personal Stories, Postpartum
Parenthood Doesn’t Always Go According to Plan When people talk about perseverance, they often picture extraordinary moments. But as a parent, I’ve learned that resilience in parenthood usually looks much quieter. It looks like getting out of bed after...
by Ashli Crew Rodriguez | Jun 10, 2026 | Labor, Parenting, Personal Stories, Postpartum, Pregnancy
Pregnancy Changes More Than Your Body You are not the same person you were before you became pregnant. That’s not a metaphor. Your brain is rewiring. Your body is reorganizing itself at the cellular level. Your nervous system is recalibrating, preparing for a...
by Ashli Crew Rodriguez | May 29, 2026 | Labor, Parenting, Personal Stories, Postpartum, Pregnancy
Why Processing Your Birth Experience Matters Birth doesn’t always end when the baby is born. For many people, there’s a period afterward where the mind keeps returning to moments from labor and delivery—replaying conversations, sensations, decisions, or emotions while...
by Ashli Crew Rodriguez | Apr 27, 2026 | Labor, Personal Stories, Postpartum, Pregnancy
The Journey Begins Before Pregnancy There is a stretch of time in a person’s life that doesn’t always get named for what it truly is. It begins, for some, with the thought of becoming—with fertility, with trying, with waiting, with wondering, with questions that don’t...
by Ashli Crew Rodriguez | Apr 10, 2026 | Labor, Personal Stories
When Birth Doesn’t Go According to Plan 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...
by Ashli Crew Rodriguez | Jan 21, 2026 | Care Providers, Labor, Personal Stories
Who Can You Turn To During Pregnancy? At some point in pregnancy — usually after the excitement settles — a quieter question shows up. Who can I really turn to through all of this? Not just when labor starts, but now. When your body is changing in ways you didn’t...
