Every baby's first breath on Earth could be one of peace and love. Every mother should be healthy and strong. Every birth could be safe and loving. But our world is not there yet
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.
Gentle birth, protecting mother and baby, is a solution that I believe will result in positive change for our society.
I get crazy upset when I feel mothers or babies are not getting the loving care they need.
Childbirth being one's most significant life passage, those close to us when we open to birth a baby will never be forgotten.
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.
After disasters, reproductive healthcare falls by the wayside. Yet babies continue to be born. When all infrastructure falls apart, when the hospitals and all their technological equipment are destroyed, midwives come in handy. They can help women give birth with or without electricity, running water, equipment - even shelter is optional. When babies are ready, they come.
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 sister and the baby she was carrying died in the United States of America. They died in the country that spends more money on pregnancy and birth technology than any other country in this world.
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.
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