Research points to the fact that being born without trauma is the foundation for having an intact capacity to love and trust.

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.

Research points to the fact that being born without trauma is the foundation for having an intact capacity to love and trust.

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.

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

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