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.

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.

Statistically, the United States rates number 39 in maternal mortality. This means that it is safer to be pregnant and to give birth in 38 other countries than the USA... and less expensive too.

Oxytocin is the hormone of love. We share it when we have a good conversation, we share it when we make love, and when we hug, and BIRTH is the biggest brightest time of rich oxytocin-sharing.

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.