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.

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

My sister had health insurance; she should have been warned by her doctors that she was at risk. But she was a minority. The doctors took little interest in her as an individual, and she fell through the cracks. And died.

Gentle birth, protecting mother and baby, is a solution that I believe will result in positive change for our society.

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.

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.

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.