There is a largely-ignored healthcare calamity in the United States that sees between two and three women die every day during pregnancy and childbirth.

I became a passionate seeker of childbirth knowledge.

Gentle birth, protecting mother and baby, is a solution that I believe will result in positive change for our society.

The number of maternal deaths is significantly understated because of a lack of effective data collection both in the US and around the world.

I love to receive babies into this world, so crawling around on my knees in the birth room is my best place, and most often you can still find me there.

I cry when I work in the garden, because the Sun, the rain, the wind and the Earth all work together to make us food and flowers. It just blows me away.

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.