As a midwife, I am immersed in Oxytocin day and night.
The number of maternal deaths is significantly understated because of a lack of effective data collection both in the US and around the world.
In a nutshell, I am a mom, a grandma, and a midwife.
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.
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.