Mothers everywhere need to trust their gut, know their options, and choose with conviction

INA MAY GASKIN with her Trust Your Gut WYSH shirt 

and WYSH FOUNDER LU HANESSIAN

RICKI LAKE, ABBY EPSTEIN (bottom photo)

Last night, on a foggy, wet New York evening, about a hundred people gathered at Citibabes in Soho to fete Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein on the occasion of their new book "Your Best Birth."

The midwife pioneer Ina May Gaskin flew in from Tennessee to be awarded a check for her work to ensure maternal health, safety and awareness in childbirth in "The Safe Motherhood Project."

What an emotional night! 

WYSH in the WORLD!

And...we're live! 

It has been a few years in the making, and WYSH is now a reality.

I have been working on this website with the brilliant team at Whitepenny (www.whitepenny.com), with whom this journey has been incredible. 

The gorgeous photos are shot by the amazing Lisa Trakis (www.lisatrakis.com)

mama to a beautiful little boy and new baby girl.

I can't wait to share these empowering and inspiring messages with you!

Tonight, I am going to Ricki Lake's and Abby Epstein's book party to celebrate their new book "Your Best Birth" in New York. I'll be giving them a WYSH "Trust your gut" T-shirt! Abby Epstein is the director of the powerful documentary film "The Business of Being Born" which Ricki exec. produced www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com.  

Legendary midwife pioneer Ina May Gaskin, author of "Spiritual Midwifery," will be there, and she'll be getting a TYG WYSH shirt too.

Ricki is matching $5 with every $5 donation to support Ina May in "The Safe Motherhood Project."  (www.rememberthemothers.net.com)

Ricki, Abby and Ina May are three amazing women who have trusted their guts and follow their voices.