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	ask the experts karen salt

Karen Salt is a childbirth educator and birth assistant (or doula) who has been actively assisting families as they embark on the parenting journey for over ten years.

She is proud to have been the President of a non-profit agency that was one of the first in the nation to administer and run a grant funded, community based doula project. For a number of years, Ms. Salt also conducted Cross Cultural Health seminars for hospitals, boards, non-profits, and maternal and child health professionals.

A former Co-Chair of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS), Ms. Salt is actively involved in assembling research on the immense benefits-physical, mental, and spiritual-of doulas, and the positive healing energy of birth.

She is the author of three books on pregnancy, birth, and parenting, including the recently released, A Holistic Guide to Embracing Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood: Wisdom and Advice from a Doula (Perseus Publishing).

A former faculty member teaching sociology, gender, and women and health, Ms. Salt considers herself privileged and honored to work in a field that offers a glimpse of the power of women, and the beauty of babies.

She lives in Indiana with her husband, three kids, and a flock of sheep.