My sister and the baby she was carrying died in the United States of America. They died in the country that spends more money on pregnancy and birth technology than any other country in this world.

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

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.

As a midwife, I am immersed in Oxytocin day and night.

Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.

Statistically, the United States rates number 39 in maternal mortality. This means that it is safer to be pregnant and to give birth in 38 other countries than the USA... and less expensive too.

I became a fierce advocate for gentle birth as a solution for the most pressing problems of our times - a solution that begins at the source.