01/06/2026
Our birth community has experienced a profound loss.
We lost a birth worker. A woman whose hands brought life into the world. A woman whose work nurtured families, protected life, and strengthened community.
Even though this did not happen today, the impact is still very real.
This work is sacred, but it is also heavy.
Birth workers pour endlessly. We carry joy, trauma, responsibility, expectation, and often silence. We show up for families at their most vulnerable moments, and too often no one asks who is holding us.
This loss is a reminder that caring for mothers, babies, and families must also include caring for the people who do the caring.
Check on your doulas. Check on your midwives. Check on your nurses. Check on your birth workers.
Rest is not weakness. Asking for help is not failure. Stepping back does not erase your calling.
To her family, her clients, and everyone she served: your grief matters. Her legacy matters. Her work mattered.
May we honor her not just with words, but by building a birth community that protects its workers as fiercely as we protect our birthing people.
Please sit with this. Please love on each other.
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