After disasters, reproductive healthcare falls by the wayside. Yet babies continue to be born. When all infrastructure falls apart, when the hospitals and all their technological equipment are destroyed, midwives come in handy. They can help women give birth with or without electricity, running water, equipment - even shelter is optional. When babies are ready, they come.

I am just one of many many thousands of midwives, who are devoted to saving lives gently.

The amazing heroic women in labor, they are the truest inspiration, and when they push their babies into the light... I am astonished every time.

In a nutshell, I am a mom, a grandma, and a midwife.

My passion for maternal and child health led me to continue my studies and pursue the path of midwifery. And here I am now... still catching babies.

I became a passionate seeker of childbirth knowledge.

I had amazing midwives when I first became a teen-aged mom, and each of the five times I gave birth.