"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."...

I believe in breastfeeding both for the healthy growth of a child and the healthy growth of a mother. When a new mother breastfeeds she l...

This is Nora Lewis the certified nurse midwife who caught my son at Sierra Vista Hospital in 1990. That birth changed my life forever and ...

The story of midwifery in America is a classic power struggle for women’s rights, respect and choice; a tale of the clash of women’s cultu...

As Mother's Day has come and gone for another year I am confronted with the cold reality that most mothers around the world don't h...

Published in the SLO Tribune on Friday March 26, 2010 Hidden in the thousands of pages of the Health Care Bill that President Obama signed i...

Here is the e-mail I sent to Betsy Umhofer, Representative Capps' local Liaison and Congresswoman Capps' reply. Dear Ms. Umhofer, I ...

This just e-mailed to me from Childbirth Connection, another group that worked hard to get important items for women and babies included in ...

I just watched President Obama sign into law the health care bill. People may disagree about this bill and what it means for our future. I...

I am too busy to write but there has been lots of important news about birth lately in the news. Here is the latest as of this morning. . . ...

As is often the case things are not as simple as they may at first appear. I posted the article below immediately after reading an article f...

Below is a statement I read to Betsy Umhofer . Betsy is an aide to Congresswoman Lois Capps our local Representative. We were there as part...