Jeannine Parvati Baker

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Jeannine Parvati Baker (June 1, 1949 - December 1, 2005) was a midwife, herbalist, author, homebirth, freebirth and anti-circumcision activist.

She was a pioneer in women's health care. Her first book on the subject, Prenatal Yoga & Natural Childbirth, was written after studying with Baba Hari Dass. She then wrote Hygieia: A Woman's Herbal as her Master's thesis in psychology at San Francisco State University.

She died at her home with her family present in Utah after battling Hepatitis C, contracted from a Rhogam injection she received before the birth of her first child.

[edit] Works

Parvati Baker, Jeannine (2001). Prenatal Yoga and Natural Childbirth. North Atlantic Books-Consumer Hlth; 2nd edition. ISBN 1-55643-382-4.
Parvati Baker, Jeannine (1986). Conscious Conception: Elemental Journey Through the Labyrinth of Sexuality. North Atlantic Books. ISBN 0-938190-83-0.
Parvati Baker, Jeannine (1979). Hygieia: A Woman's Herbal. Freestone Publishing Company. ISBN 0-913512-54-0.