I dreaded having a boring life when I grew up. And I certainly can't complain about being bored.

It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on the planet.

There is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ they would brag about it. So should we

We midwives and physicians have a lot to teach each other.

It's very rare to see an undisturbed birth in a modern U.S. teaching hospital, but when you see a woman who isn't frightened, who's giving birth without interference, you stand back in awe and realize how little needed you are except in the rare circumstance.

The best a health care system can do is to equip itself to meet the needs of each individual woman and birth. Those needs run the gamut from undisturbed home birth to planned cesarean section.