North Texas Black-owned birth center provides alternative for pregnant women
Midwife Krystal Brown said ‘informed decision making’ builds trust between care provider and patient
Ashleah Green photographed with her her son, A ri, at home on Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Frisco. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
When Ashleah Green told her obstetrician that she wanted to have a natural birth, the doctor said, “We’ll see.”
This was Green’s second pregnancy. The first ended in a cesarean section, which she wanted to avoid again if possible. Her doctor, she said, didn’t give her much information.