This Website was established to provide women and their families with information regarding choices in pregnancy, childbirth, the post-partum period, and in parenting. The primary focus of this site is to encourage women to view pregnancy and birth as a normal, natural and healthy experience and to make informed decisions concerning their health during this period. As well, this website is intended to provide health care practitioners, childbirth activists, and midwives with an educational resource that is focused on maintaining or returning birth to the normal, woman-centred event that nature intended.

The author of this website, Gwen Scarbrough, is a Certified Professional Midwife (C.P.M.). The C.P.M. is a professional recognition awarded by the North American Registry of Midwives (N.A.R.M.) in the U.S.A. , and was established to recognise midwives who have followed a more traditional training route, as opposed to a formalized training programme within a medical institution.

Information in this website is purely for informational purposes, and is not intended to replace the care and/or advice of your professional health care provider. If you have questions concerning your health or are experiencing a health condition, please seek immediate consultation with an appropriate health care professional in your area. Use of the information on the website is solely to the discretion of the reader. The information provided in this site is based on the personal and professional experiences of the author as well as the experiences of other health care professionals and researchers. Some information provided on this website should be used only by trained healthcare professionals.