Laura S JansonLaura S. Jansson is a puddle-stomping, tea-brewing, pen-chewing, dough-punching Orthodox Christian. For the past decade and a half, Laura has been supporting growing families as a doula and childbirth educator and has attended scores of births. Her bok, Fertile Ground: A Pilgrimage Through Pregnancy (AFP, 2019), is a spiritual guidebook for the journey to motherhood for women who want to spend their pregnancy growing in faith as well as in girth. She also contributed to Behold a Great Light (AFP, 2023). Laura was born in California and has lived in Fiji, Germany, and Serbia. She holds an MA in theology and philosophy from Oxford University and currently resides in the UK with her husband, four children, and an elderly mutt who thinks he is still a puppy. Read More Read Less