Penny Simkin article

Great article about Penny Simkin (even if they do misspell her name in the title bar!)

Looking to nature, doula Penny Simpkin practices the art of delivery

Known as the mother of the doula movement, Simkin has trained thousands of these caregivers to provide physical and emotional support for women during birth — the only intervention scientifically shown to decrease time in labor (by 25 percent) as well as to reduce Cesarean-section rates by a third.

"Birth never changes," Simkin says. "But the way we manage it and the way we think of it has. Right now, we're in a culture of fear around birth."