ELIZABETH MAZANEC CPM, CH, M.ED - please see director’s bio on inside front cover.

MOLLY CONNELLY CCE, M.ED is a homebirth midwife, with over 20 years experience, a childbirth educator, and a psychotherapist in private practice in Guilford, NH. She has a BS from the University of NH in counseling and health education and a M.Ed. in counseling. She is executive Director of the NH Childbirth Education Association and an international speaker.

ROBERTA DEVERS-SCOTT BS, CPM has been a homebirth midwife for over 12 years. She is past President of the Midwives Alliance of New York. She holds a BS in Maternal and Infant Health and is deeply involved in the political and educational debate surrounding midwifery.

JACQUELINE KELLEHER ICCE, CD(DONA) is a certified childbirth educator, doula, Dancing thru Pregnancy instructor and doula trainer. Jackie has been an active member of the birth community since 1993. She has a thriving doula practice in the Philadelphia area, and plans to do Ph.D. research in midwifery.

EMILY OSGOOD, CPM, LMT, has been a practicing homebirth midwife since 1992. She received her training at Maternidad La Luz in El Paso, TX, at the Birth Cottage in Taos, NM, and through the Global Maternal/Child Health Association in Russia. Emily has practiced massage therapy since 1984 with a focus on mothers and infants, and has taught massage to many expectant couples.

SUE SMITH CPM has been doing homebirths in central MA since 1982. She teaches OB/Gyn refresher courses for EMTs and Paramedics. She has experience as an EMT and crisis intervention counselor, and she runs a small herbal business on her 3 acres of organically managed gardens.

NANCY WAINER CPM, CCE is a homebirth midwife, certified childbirth educator, and certified labor assistant. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth after Cesarean. She is presently working on her 3rd book, Birthquake! A Childbirth Book for Strong Women and Women Who Want to be Strong.