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.

She was apprentice trained, attended classes at the People's School of Midwifery in Arcata, California, and studied Natural Medicine at Instituto Naturista in Antigua, Guatemala.  She has a Bachelors Degree from Ashford University and is currently working on her Masters in Education with a concentration of Technology Leadership.

She currently is the Academic Director of Aviva Institute

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