About the author

Daphne Singingtree, CPM

Daphne started her path in midwifery in 1974, along the way she has attended over 1000 deliveries, trained hundreds of students, founded the Oregon School of Midwifery and Birthsong Midwifery School, started two birth centers, developed a distance learning program, organized conferences,  served on the board of the Midwifery Education and Accreditation Council, and the Oregon State Board of Direct Entry Midwifery, was the chair of the Education Committee for the Midwives Alliance of North America. She started Eagletree Press in 1984.

Mostly self educated, she apprenticed with her first husband, a physician that did home births, attended classes at the People's School of Midwifery in Arcata, California, and studied Natural Medicine at Instituto Naturista in Antigua, Guatemala. 

She is currently working on the second volume of the Birthsong Midwifery workbook which will include complications, as well as developing  online courses.

The mother of four grown children and two grandchildren both born at home with her in attendance.  She lives with her family in Eugene, Oregon