Meet the Midwife

How I got here

Hello and welcome! I’m Ashley Hall. I have been serving women and families in birth work since 2021, and I have loved every minute of it. I was first introduced to my midwifery calling when I was in labor with my first child. It was a planned hospital birth, but a midwife who I had never met before was on call. Debbi Lowrance is her name, and her gentleness and kindess with young 19 year old me was something that left a huge impact on how I viewed pregnancy and birth. With my second child I saw that same midwife throughout pregnancy but had an unexpected move from Illinois to Kentucky at 32 weeks pregnant. Leaving my midwife was hard, but finding out “midwives cannot catch babies” from my local hospital was harder. This hospital birth left me feeling unheard, disrespected and traumatized. I knew I had to do something different with my next child. As soon as I knew I was pregnant with my third baby, I hired a midwife and was determined to birth at home. (Which I did, it was the best experience ever!!) My midwife made me feel safe, confident and heard. My fourth child was a planned unassisted home birth. Even though I loved my midwife prior, something in me had to experience birth in a new way. I knew birth was not a medical event, but I needed to confirm what I knew. The birth was pretty straightforward. Nothing out of the ordinary, but it left me wanting something more, like I was missing a huge part of my birth experience. I missed having a midwife. I craved being mothered, loved, held, seen and cared for. The midwives that changed my birth experiences didn’t do so by “saving my life” or using all the tools, keeping dopplers or blood pressure cuffs attached to me, or intervening. They simply walked beside me, rubbed my shoulders and told me “you can do this.”

I was able to see the love of Jesus through midwifery care, and that is how I am also called show the love of Jesus to any mothers He brings into my life. I vow to love, hear, respect and hold these extraordinary women and their babies, provding the best prenatal care, labor guidance and postpartum suport.

When I’m not running around doing prenatals, postpartum visits or sitting at a birth, you can find me at home keeping busy at all times. I homeschool my children, knit and crochet a variety of items anywhere from educational props to baby sweaters, and craft herbal remedies which you can find in my shop. I try to make items that will one day benefit the moms I serve. I have created a fun pregnancy journal and guide (on Amazon- Full Bloom by Ashley Rodgers) and I am currently working on a second edition. You might also catch me outside tending to my 13 chickensI I have a few dogs and an angora rabbit that I spoil almost as much as my own children. I love to read midwifery/birth books but also some fiction. At night I like to binge watch Call the Midwife, Friends or the Office.