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

Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.

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 imagine a world in which all humans are born with an intact capacity to love, and I am willing to devote my life to making it happen.

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

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

Women will always pay the price for love, that is why God makes us so much stronger than men.

I came to the conclusion that bringing Humans to earth with an intact ability to LOVE is essential if we are to survive as a species.

Oxytocin is the hormone of love. We share it when we have a good conversation, we share it when we make love, and when we hug, and BIRTH is the biggest brightest time of rich oxytocin-sharing.

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

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

Did God ever cry over his lost angel, I wonder?

In finding the courage and confidence to escape our cages and shine, we help others do the same.

Curiosity is more important than knowledge.

Without knowing failure how can we know success?

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.

What we do right now, today, matters.

I demand more from myself than anybody could ever expect.

As soon as someone I don’t respect tells me I can’t do something, it just makes me want to do it even more.

You don't have to have a disability to be different.

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You can start over any moment you choose.