Ashley Parker has covered some of the biggest political events of our time — but for years she’s been obsessed with a very different type of story: birth stories. In this episode, Ashley opens up about her own experiences with childbirth and pregnancy, raising three girls, and a mistake she made as a teenager involving a camera… and boobs. If you follow her work, this is a side of Ashley Parker you’ve never heard before!

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Recommendations from the archive

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Episode resources

• Ashley’s Atlantic essay about miscarriage (gift link expires 5/12/25)

• Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support

• March of Dimes

• The Miscarriage Association

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