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.