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

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.

Like my sister, 981 women die every day on Earth from pregnancy and birth-related complications.

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.

I get happy very easily and very often.

Oxytocin rocks the world.

Pregnant women who are at risk for suffering complications and even death are in the prime of their lives. The most affected populations are minorities, Native Americans, immigrants, and women living in poverty and who speak little or no English.