Orgasmic Birth Team Volunteer

Rae Davies, BSH, CD(DONA), LCCE, IBCLC, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida    The birth of my first baby in 1968 became a segment in the groundbreaking film Childbirth for the Joy of It.  It wasn’t the film but the powerful impact of natural childbirth that launched a passion that is still deep within me.  I became the first “certified” Bradley instructor, attended hospital births, assisted at homebirths, counseled on breastfeeding, and became a doula and doula trainer. When the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative (MFCI) was written, I knew that I wanted to be involved in making this a national agenda.  In 1997 I became the first Executive Director for the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services, during that time the MFCI became an international agenda and the International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative was born.  As an Orgasmic Birth Team volunteer I work with people that make a difference, and Debra Pascali-Bonaro has created one of the most powerful messages that we have today in Orgasmic Birth - thank you Debra!