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There is no rule book when it comes to parenting.\xa0I remember when I was pregnant with my first child, a friend who\u2019d just had her baby said to me at my shower, \u201cYour one job is just make sure the baby stays alive.\u201d And I thought to myself\u2026that\u2019s it? That\u2019s an interesting standard. And you know what, I now totally understand where she was coming from.

On today\u2019s show we\u2019re talking to guest Ashley Brichter, founder and CEO of Birthsmarter, a community and digital platform providing practical wisdom and guidance to the next generation of families. Ashley is an educator, speaker, and health and wellness advocate with over a decade of experience as a doula, birth educator, solo-entrepreneur, and mom of two. With over a decade of experience supporting new parents, Ashley provides one-on-one support, group classes, lectures, and distance learning for the perinatal population and the professionals who serve them. Together we discuss the features in our health care system\u2026issues only exacerbated by Covid, the inequities faced by Black and brown pregnant women an how families can get affordable support before and after birth.