Author Archives: Ashley

Drug Abuse and Pregnancy and Birth

September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery month. For birth activists, this is more important than you may think. First, we need to have an idea of how to identify and help pregnant women who are struggling with alcohol … Continue reading

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Chapters

I write this post not as a lactation professional, or a lactivist, or even a breastfeeding supporter. I write it as a mom. A mom who has spent the last two years of her life watching her child grow healthy … Continue reading

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Midwife vs. Medwife

I attended a birth this weekend in the role of doula. This was for a client in a city where I am not familiar with the practitioners, so I directed the family towards several midwives and asked them to make … Continue reading

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