Episode 69: LaToshia Rouse on Birthwork that Matters and the NICU to National Voice Journey

Episode Summary

How do you go from spreadsheets to spinning babies and end up sitting on national perinatal boards? Hillary sits down with LaToshia Rouse for that exact story. LaToshia is a birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator, and speaker who brings her whole self, and sometimes her whole family, to the work of changing maternal care from the inside.

We talk about the journey from NICU mom into doula work and onto national stages, the flexibility this kind of career requires, and the boundaries she has had to set to make it sustainable across the demands of family and advocacy work. LaToshia is direct and generous in equal measure.

Useful for birth professionals balancing client work with advocacy, and for anyone wondering how to take their voice further without losing themselves.

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LaToshia Rouse, birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator

NICU parent experience into birth work

National perinatal advocacy