Robin Elise Weiss, BA, CLC, ICCE-CPE, CD(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, is the author of The Complete Illustrated Pregnancy Companion, The Better Way to Care for Your Baby, The Better Way to Breastfeed, 150 Tips and Tricks for New Moms, The About.com Guide to Having a Baby, Guarantee the Sex of Your Baby, The About.com Guide to Baby Care, The Everything New Mother’s First Year, The Joy of Pregnant Sex, The Everything Pregnancy Fitness Book, The Everything Getting Pregnant Book and The Everything Guide to Raising Adolescent Boys. She is also the author of over 3,000 online articles, and her work has been featured in such publications as Newsweek; Working Mother; The New York Times; American Baby; Our Bodies, Ourselves; and Baby Talk. As a childbirth educator and certified doula, Robin has taught more than 1,000 expectant couples, assisted at over 500 births in locations ranging from hospitals to homes to birth centers around the country, and personally trained hundreds of women to be professional doulas (professional pregnancy and labor coaches) since 1989.

With her extensive personal and professional knowledge of labor and birth, Robin is uniquely qualified to discuss pregnancy, infusing her talks with her own distinctive style. A sought-after lecturer on pregnancy and childbirth, she regularly addresses audiences of doctors, midwives, nurses, childbirth educators, doulas and consumers at venues across the country. Being a dynamic educator is part of Robin’s passion, and so it is fitting that she is a childbirth education trainer for Passion for Birth, a Lamaze International-affiliated organization that trains new childbirth educators.

Robin’s professional recognitions include Lamaze International’s prestigious Elisabeth Bing Award for outstanding contributions to childbirth on a national level, the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) Forum Award, and the Lamaze International’s Presidents Award for her work with The Birth Survey. She also serves on the Birth Care Network’s board of directors, which Lamaze International honored with the Normal Birth Advocate Award. She is a member of the Lamaze International Normal Birth Institute and a past chairperson for the Lamaze International Birth Networks Committee; president of the board of directors for the Birth Care Network; past president and vice-president of the Louisville Mothers of Twins Club; and a past director of publications for the Kentucky Childbirth Education Association.

As the mother of eight children, Robin has both the personal and professional expertise that enables her to understand the important roles birth and parenting play in the lives of children. She also believes that her experience as both mother and a doula helps her stay in touch with the realities facing pregnant women and mothers today. She continues to write, addressing today’s relevant topics in an upcoming book about Caesarean rates in the United States.

If you would like to arrange for an interview Robin, please e-mail robin@robineliseweiss.com.