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.

Childbirth being one's most significant life passage, those close to us when we open to birth a baby will never be forgotten.

Like my sister, 981 women die every day on Earth from pregnancy and birth-related complications.

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

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

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

Oxytocin rocks the world.