Cordelia S. Hanna-Cheruiyot, BA, CCE, CBA, Pasadena, California
I was so empowered by the midwife-attended births of my two children (born in 1989 and 1991), that I found my life’s calling in the field of maternity care. I am a health educator with a specialty in maternal and child health with a passion for improving the lives of women and adolescents. My mission is to facilitate positive childbirth experiences for women and to improve infant and maternal health. I became a Certified Childbirth Educator (CCE) and a Certified Birth Assistant (CBA) and for nearly two decades, I have worked to increase awareness of the midwifery model of care and improve access to midwifery and doula care for California’s citizens. As an activist I worked to ratify the National Organization for Women’s resolution to expand the definition of reproductive freedom to include choices in childbirth – including midwifery care and out of hospital birth.
What is 'Orgasmic'?
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Intense or unrestrained excitement or a similar point of intensity or emotional excitement.
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Expert Voices
“Orgasmic Birth is different than other birth films you’ve seen — it focuses on the sheer physical joys of birth. While we all hear more than enough about the pain of birth, and pain is a real part of birth, we too often forget about the joy, the sexual and sensual pleasures to be had in birth. This is a film about women, about women’s bodies; powerful, ecstatic, glorious, orgasmic bodies! Watch and celebrate!” Barbara Katz Rothman, Professor of Sociology, City University of New York
Co-author with Wendy Simonds of LABORING ON
