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.

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

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.

I became a fierce advocate for gentle birth as a solution for the most pressing problems of our times - a solution that begins at the source.

As a midwife, I am immersed in Oxytocin day and night.

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.

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.