Norma Meras Swenson's own pregnancy and birthing experience set her on the path to become a global advocate for women’s health, asserting that women, not doctors, were the experts on their bodies.
She was a proponent of natural childbirth when she joined the group that produced a candid guide to women’s health. It became a cultural touchstone and a global best seller. By Penelope Green Norma ...
In the days and weeks after she gave birth to her first child, a healthy, much-loved baby named Hannah, Paula Doress-Worters found herself painfully, inexplicably depressed. “I felt terrible,” she ...