Ashley shares her fascinating and eye-opening book review on Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth by Professors Julia Chinyere Oparah and Alicia D. Bonaparte which reveals the harsh realities of how disempowerment, patriarchy, medical racism, and systemic neglect deprive Black women and their babies of safe, adequate care at the most vulnerable times of their lives …

You might have seen from a few social posts, that I recently took off to Portugal for a 10-day Birth Into Being Immersion & Facilitator Training; which in a word was IMMENSE. So I want to share a bit about my experience with you because it has helped me move from feeling really stuck and unsure to feeling really clear and able to move forward again; and I think we all feel like that at times …