The International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative: 10 Steps to Optimal Maternity Services (IMBCI)  was launched on March 8^th  2008, on  International Women’s Day in Orlando, FL at the CIMS Mother-Friendly Childbirth Forum. 

It is time for all people to get involved to improve maternity care.  We must share our birth stories and discuss what constitutes quality, safe, satisfying care.  Maternity care effects women, babies, families and ultimately touches all in the community.

It was wonderful to see the recent articles about world-renowned midwife

Orgasmic Birth will provide viewers with an understanding of all that is possible in giving birth for women, babies and families.  I hope that as people understand what is available to them during childbirth, we will create a strong voice to advocate for optimal models of MotherBaby care. 

Stories and discussion about giving birth and home birth are hitting the media.   I look forward to having Orgasmic Birth add to the discussion soon as we await our release this spring.    Orgasmic Birth asks viewers to reexamine all you thought you knew about giving birth and the potential it holds in our lives.  As a childbirth educator for 25 years, I created Orgasmic Birth to address our culture of fear and the mis-information women have been told ab

Ob-gyn and midwife organizations in the UK are endorsing a new consensus report calling for action to increase rates of ‘normal birth’ where appropriate in order to minimize morbidity and complication rates.

http://www.rcog.org.uk/resources/public/pdf/normal_birth_consensus.pdf

I am back home after 6 weeks traveling and speaking in the Netherlands, Austria, UK , Portugal, and attending the Women Deliver conference on Safe Motherhood.

It's an exciting time for us as we are about to give our last pushes to birth/ finish our documentary Orgasmic Birth.  In anticipation we are applying to film festivals  in  2008 and preparing to update our web site and bring the film around the world.

 I have been giving talks about Orgasmic Birth.   I recently presented a talk at the DONA International Conference in St. Louis in July. Here are a few of the comments from participants: