Kathy Tighe

Kathy brings a wonderful perspective to BirthWorks, as she has a long interest in women’s issues and education. As a child, she was intrigued with human rights and went on to study Anthropology and Women’s Studies at San Diego State University, as well as working on her Masters in Education. She gave birth to her …

Read more…

Jill Bergman

Jill is passionate about helping parents and their babies get the best start in life. She is an advocate, a voice for the newborn. She received her Teachers Diploma from the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 1983. She taught in Zimbabwe and South Africa and lectured at the teachers training college. She has …

Read more…

Liz O’Shea

Liz began her midwifery journey out of a deep desire to share the joy of birthing at home. She wanted all women to experience what it is like to feel the innate power within them to give birth. Following her first home birth in 1982, she began studying to be a birth assistant in Rahima …

Read more…

Dr. Horatio Daub, MD, MPH

Dr. Raysh Daub received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from M.I.T. He went on to receive his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and completed a residency in Family Medicine at Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJ. He later received a Master’s degree in public health at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He has …

Read more…

Suzanne Arms

Suzanne Arms is is a practical visionary for transformation. Through seven groundbreaking books including Immaculate Deception: A New Look at Women & Childbirth (1975) and Immaculate Deception II: Myth, Magic & Birth (1997), and her far-reaching video Giving Birth: Challenges & Choices, she inspires practitioners toward holistic care and empowers parents to chose their birthplace. …

Read more…

Cristin Tighe

Cristin certified as a BirthWorks Childbirth Educator in 2010 and later (in 2020) cross-certified as both a BirthWorks Birth Doula & Postpartum Doula. (She is also certified as a DONA Birth Doula and Postpartum Doula, as well as a Conscious Pregnancy Yoga Teacher and Health Moms Fitness Instructor). Cristin has mentored new BWI students and …

Read more…

Dr. Nils Bergman, MD

Dr. Bergman’s passion starts with “skin-to-skin” contact of mother and baby. He qualified in Cape Town, South Africa, then worked as a Manama Mission doctor in Zimbabwe. With midwife Agneta Jurisoo, he developed and implemented Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for premature babies. Since then, the ongoing research has been presented as keynote lectures at conferences …

Read more…

Cathy Daub

Cathy is a pediatric physical therapist who is founder, designer, and president of BirthWorks International. She is author of Birthing in the Spirit- a human values approach to childbirth, and Doulas of Love and is co-author of the BirthWorks Childbirth Educator Manual, and the Doula Journal Workbook. Cathy has taught childbirth education and doula workshops …

Read more…

Henci Goer

Henci Goer is an award-winning medical writer and internationally known speaker. An acknowledged expert on evidence-based maternity care, her first book, Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities, was a valued resource for childbirth professionals. Its successor, Optimal Care in Childbirth: The Case for a Physiologic Approach, has won the American College of Nurse-Midwives “Best Book of …

Read more…

Have a Question? Let’s Chat.

Please don’t hesitate to reach us, happy to be in touch.

Cristin Tighe
Executive Director & International Coordinator
info@birthworks.org
1-609-953-9380
1-202-276-3521 Mobile/WhatsApp