Hope Birth & Beyond LLC

05/28/2026

For generations, women learned about birth from other women. They witnessed it. Supported it. Trusted it.

Now, many women reach adulthood having never seen an undisturbed physiological birth once in their lives.

Instead, birth is often introduced through fear, emergency storylines, hospital dramas, timelines, interventions, and the message that women’s bodies are unpredictable problems waiting to happen.

So of course home birth sounds “extreme” to many people. What’s actually unfamiliar is physiological birth itself.

And that doesn’t mean every woman should birth at home. It means women deserve to know what physiological birth is before they’re taught to fear it.

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Midwifery care filled with grace.
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05/16/2026

Baby toes

05/01/2026

04/22/2026

Do you follow policy?

Have you heard of twilight birth? Did your grandparents, great grandparents, experience this?

Once upon a time, THIS was normal. Intially, preferred by some women because the ability to birth without pain is appealing. However, the reality wasn't actually birthing without pain, it was birthing without memory.

What was once celebrated as an advancement, shifted to a fight for autonomy in birth.

For those with positive experiences, they simply had no memory of the birth. For others, they woke with marks on their wrists from being restrained. Restraining garments like the one pictured were used to keep women from harming themselves and staff.

Twilight birth wasn't a calm pain free birth. Twilight birth was being restrained because women were blacked out while still moving, having no way to consciously find ways to cope with labor.

Twilight birth meant restraint. It meant no support people. It meant no personal comfort, support or autonomy. Forceps, episiotomies, etc., became necessary and impacted obstetrical practices long after twilight birth ended.

Morphine and scopolamine were used to induce a state of semiconscious, amnesic labor as late as the 1960s.

What does this mean for birthing people today? It's a reminder that it is not just okay but important to ask questions. It's okay to not accept policy or status quo. It is about asking for EVIDENCE-BASED care and practices.

Autonomy in birth matters.

02/21/2026

No delivering for this midwife 🙂 I'm a baby catcher.....if you need me to be ❤

I will also drink your coffee, scavenge your cabinets for a PBJ (if its a long labor) and curl up under your dining room table to nap (if you live in a tiny house

02/04/2026

Jumping on the trend. P.s. I want a coffee mug that says boss witch

02/01/2026

Lots of BIRTHday parties happen here at Hope Birth & Beyond. Now it’s time to celebrate my own this month !!!

01/28/2026

This a reminder to slow down, show patience, and remember that kids are learning how to navigate life just like we are.

Much love,
Ashley

01/13/2026

party on mama 🤣🥳🤱🏼