Midwives attend over 70% of births in Europe and Japan. In the US, under 8%.

I just started the Business of Being Born, and I already love it. This is a love letter to midwifery. Which anyone who knows me knows is very near to my heart, and a possible future road I want to go down.

“It’s not just the making of babies, but the making of mothers that midwives see as the miracle of birth.” – Barbara Katz Rothman

I am crying at the incredible bravery and beauty of Ricki Lake sharing her own home birth with the world.