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‍Welcome to the Spring/Summer 2026 issue of Everyday Birth Magazine. Every issue of Everyday Birth is centered on understanding — how we learn, how we prepare, and how we move through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum with greater clarity and care. Rather than offering a single narrative or ideal, these pages explore the many ways people experience birth, the systems they navigate, and the choices they make along the way.

Within this issue, you'll find an exclusive conversation with Mama Shafia Monroe on the cultural legacy of Black birth work and what it means to truly care for a new mother, the story of Victoria, a first-time mother who spent a year doing the inner work before she was ready, a trimester-by-trimester guide with practical grounding, and an intervention snapshot on breaking the bag of waters. Birth stories and photographs spanning home, birth center, and hospital settings. Educational features on estimated due dates and infant sleep written to cut through the noise of what's often told, and spotlights on two underappreciated nutritional pillars in perinatal health: dates and choline.

Below, you’ll find a full breakdown of the content — click each title to explore these stories and resources in depth.
As we release full articles and excerpts from the magazine online — use this digital table of contents to navigate easily between each feature.

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Thank you to this issues sponsors and advertisers: ToLabor, Baby Yams, The City of Richmond Office of Equity & Inclusion and Office of Children and Families, Kaely Harrod Doula Services, Ancient Art Midwifery’s Community Birth Schools, Roots Community Birth Center, Birthing Center Equity, and For Your Birth.

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