Description
The idea for this book took root not in a conference room or research lab, but in a quiet moment while observing a midwife kneel on the floor beside a woman in labor—in a home far from any hospital, with only candlelight and the sound of crickets outside. There was no machine humming, no monitors beeping. Just presence, skill, and compassion. It was there, in that ordinary yet sacred moment, that I realized something transformative: midwives are the most underrecognized leaders in our healthcare systems—and perhaps the most important ones to listen to when imagining new futures.
