Peachey Pregnancy Co Newsletter

Peachey Pregnancy Co. Newsletter

Occasional emails with thoughts, research, and personal stories about work and life.

New Town, Same Mission: We've Landed at Fort Rucker

New town. New grocery store where I still don't know which aisle has the thing I need (ha. let's be honest, Jason does the grocery shopping). New group of families who have no idea I used to be "the doula from El Paso." We moved to the Fort Rucker, Enterprise, and Dothan area this month. And alth...

Aug 26, 2026

"But What Do I Do With My Hands?"

HEY BIRTH PARTNERS! LISTEN UPPPPPP! Yes, you. Here is a moment I have watched play out more times than I can count as a birth doula. Contraction hits, she grabs the doorframe, the counter, your hand, your shirt collar, whatever is closest. And you, a fully grown adult who can parallel park and a...

Aug 19, 2026

"You haven't started pumping yet?!"

Somewhere around week 30 of pregnancy, someone in your life (your mother, a coworker, a stranger in Target) is going to ask you "so are you pumping yet?" in a tone that implies you are already behind. Let's get one thing clear: You are not behind. So how about we talk about this properly. There i...

Aug 12, 2026

Preparing for a Redemptive Birth (After One That Wasn't)

There's a specific kind of pregnant that I don't think gets talked about enough. It's not the glowing, excited, "we finally get to do this again" pregnant. It's the kind where you're excited AND your whole nervous system is bracing, like you're walking back into a room where something bad happene...

Aug 05, 2026

El Paso, I Wasn't Ready for You

I've started this letter about ten times. Deleted it about ten times. Because how do you sum up four and a half years in a place you never planned to love? We came here for two years. That's what the orders said: Fort Bliss, El Paso, two years, and then we'd be somewhere else, some other dot on ...

Jul 29, 2026

What "support during birth" actually means

When you Google "how to be supported during birth," you get roughly 400 versions of the same three answers: Hire a doula. Bring your partner. Talk to your provider. Cool. Very helpful. Now what does that ACTUALLY look like at 4am when you've been in labor for 14 hours and someone just suggested...

Jul 22, 2026

Up to 1 in 4 new moms are anemic postpartum

Postpartum nutrition is not a "nice to have." It's not a wellness trend, it's not some bullshit lactation cookies, and it's not something you'll get to once you're feeling better. It's part of how you actually get better. Here's a stat that should be on every hospital discharge paperwork but is n...

Jul 15, 2026

A Doula Is Basically a Human Filter (And I Mean That As a Compliment).

Here's something nobody tells you about pregnancy: you are about to become the proud owner of more information than any human brain was built to hold. Group chats. Reddit threads. Your aunt who had four kids in the 80s and will be sharing her opinion on your birth plan. TikTok "doulas" who are ve...

Jul 08, 2026

Is 16 weeks too early to prepare for birth?

I get a version of this message all the time: "I'm only 16 weeks... is it too early to start preparing for birth?" And every time, I want to gently take that person by the hands and say: friend, you are asking me if it's too early to prepare for the single most physically and emotionally inten...

Jul 02, 2026

Your OBGYN Works For You

Hi Friend, Before I became a doula, I had no idea how anyone picked their OBGYN. I figured you googled who was in-network and called it good. YIKES. Big mistake. I see it constantly: clients stuck with a provider who doesn't support what they want, appointments filled with anxiety, dismissed qu...

Jun 10, 2026

But "It's Hospital Policy"

Nobody puts this in your hospital welcome packet. Hospital policies are not laws. They are not medical requirements. They are not things your provider is legally obligated to enforce on your body. They are guidelines, internal documents, procedures a hospital has decided to follow for efficiency ...

May 27, 2026

10 Ways Your Partner Can Actually Help You Postpartum (And No, "Holding the Baby While You Shower" Doesn't Count.)

You're three days postpartum. You haven't slept more than 90 consecutive minutes. Your body is doing approximately 47 things at once that no one warned you about, plus healing. And your partner is standing in the kitchen, coffee in hand, staring at you with the most well-intentioned, utterly hel...

May 20, 2026

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