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

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 happy very easily and very often.

I became a passionate seeker of childbirth knowledge.

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.

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

I learned that a healthy society is made up of loving, trusting individuals, and that these individuals in turn protect their environment, become stewards of our land, air and water, and they make peace, rather than war.