My first experience of having a baby was about as natural as birth can be, and though I didn't know it at the time, it set my feet on a path that eventually led me to become a childbirth author and a midwife.

I sing, I clean house, I write poetry. I cry. And I tell everyone I can, "I Believe in YOU."

I get happy very easily and very often.

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

Every baby's first breath on Earth could be one of peace and love. Every mother should be healthy and strong. Every birth could be safe and loving. But our world is not there yet

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.

I get crazy upset when I feel mothers or babies are not getting the loving care they need.