The number of maternal deaths is significantly understated because of a lack of effective data collection both in the US and around the world.

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

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

I became a passionate seeker of childbirth knowledge.

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.

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.

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.