Midwife Aaushi, PLLC

08/19/2025

♥️ Now Booking 2026 Births in Metro-Detroit ♥️

If you’re dreaming of a calm, connected home birth grounded in respect, tradition, and personalized care, this is your moment.

I offer culturally affirming midwifery care that blends traditional practices with modern, evidence-based care. From in-home prenatal visits to holistic, individualized care, I create space for you to feel empowered, seen, and deeply honored.

The 2026 calendar is filling quickly. Schedule your consultation at midwifeaaushi.com.

08/06/2025

I believe it’s important to recognize that midwives are not just medical professionals. We are witnesses of transformation, vulnerability, and power. Birth stories are political stories because they are shaped by race, gender, class, immigration status, and access. I will focus on birth stories as radical acts, speaking to reclaiming autonomy through midwifery and narrative.

My session is for ALL birth workers and other reproductive justice advocates, encouraging them to collect, share, and protect birth stories; not as commodities but as instruments for change; emphasizing the importance of making space for community storytelling in clinics, classrooms, and legislative hearings. Come join us 🤍

🌼 Session Leader Spotlight 🌼

Meet Taccara Aaushi Dowdell, LM, CPM, the powerful guide behind our session "Midwifery as Resistance: Honoring Stories, Demanding Justice" at the Equity in Bloom Summit.

Taccara stands in the tradition of midwives who do more than catch babies. She walks with people through transformation and holds space for truth, power, and deep vulnerability.

Through storytelling and reflection, we will name what has been denied, uplift what has been hidden, and demand justice in every part of the birthing journey.

This is for anyone ready to listen deeply, speak boldly, and honor birth as a site of radical change.

08/06/2025

When doing the CCHD screening on newborns with melanated skin, the pulse oximeter readings are almost always inaccurate—because the sensor’s light calibration is programmed for white skin color. It’s not racism—it’s colorism embedded in the system, an example of how Black and Brown babies are under‑represented in medical device design.

This is why equity matters. The problem isn’t the people—it’s the system, and we should ALL be talking about it. True equity means designing equipment that works accurately for everyone. I am taking this moment to raise awareness and advocate for systemic change.

Questions to ask your provider:

Are the pulse oximeters used in the newborn or pediatric care units validated across a range of skin tones?

Does your hospital monitor the accuracy of pulse oximeter readings, specifically in infants with melanated skin?

Is there awareness of high rates of occult hypoxemia in darker‑skinned newborns?

What protocols exist to address possible misreadings?

Does your healthcare team use follow‑up measures if oxygen saturation readings conflict with clinical symptoms?

Mindfulness , awareness, and information are the most important tools we have 🤍

02/18/2025

Story time: Let me tell you how life always comes full circle. Four years ago I had a little girl that came and blew my whole entire world up. Dead slap in the middle of my midwifery journey AND COVID 🤦🏽‍♀️ I had the most amazing birth team, and of course my dear Janice Rex Weaver was there to keep me grounded. After I had that baby I instantly started shedding layers of myself. Before I knew it, I was just floating. I didn’t come out of the room for MONTHS. I clearly remember Jan checking in on me and said I feel like I’m dead. I kept saying i just wanted my old life back. She talked me off the ledge and said she would see me soon. I saw her about a month later at the birth center, because of course I tried to go right back to work 🙃 and she asked me how I was doing. I instantly replied, “Oh I’m fine but I’ve moved on. I’m done with midwifery.” I was so overwhelmed with how drastic my life had changed. I felt like i was living somebody elses life. She held both of my hands and said, “You’ve got this Aaushi. You are a midwife and don’t you ever forget it.” I’m like Janice is crazy 😂 Of course I couldn’t see what she was saying in that moment. I slowly started to bring myself closer and closer to birth and one day I made the decision that I wasnt gonna let ANYTHING stop me.

FAST FORWARD: Tonight I just attended the very last birth of my preceptorship. Guess who was there to witness my final catch? The joy it brought me to remember this and look up at her supporting her client, our client, and know that she in fact got to see that statement through. It’s top tier! I’m still not sure how i did it, but me and the O.G, G.O.D walked this bad boy down. It’s so wild to hear myself say, I graduated the midwifery program with high honors, I attended full time clinic for three years straight. I have completed my preceptorship (and apprenticed with 9 different midwives since 2020), and we are just waiting on that email and date to drop now y’all 🥳

02/08/2025

Today I attended the most beautiful birth. We sang worship songs. We laughed. We ebbed and flowed. And this all happened in the most precipitous way 😂 5 hours start to finish after water breaking. This child came and held his head up, looked me straight in the eyes like 🤨 Who sent you lady? 😂 Happy Birth Day sweet baby 🤍

01/30/2025

Whew!!! Long day. That’s it. That’s all I have to say 🤍

07/29/2024

When your clients husband is a Michelin Chef 😍 Home visits are like the crème de la crème of tastings, and who wouldn’t take noodles for breakfast right now.

Photo: Bacon Carbonara made with zucchini, bell pepper, red onion, fresh garlic, and campari tomatoes 🤍