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

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.

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

I am just one of many many thousands of midwives, who are devoted to saving lives gently.

My passion for maternal and child health led me to continue my studies and pursue the path of midwifery. And here I am now... still catching babies.

Childbirth being one's most significant life passage, those close to us when we open to birth a baby will never be forgotten.

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.