Jeanne Faulkner
Registered nurse and health writer
Jeanne Faulkner is a registered nurse and writer with a long career in labor and delivery and newborn care. She wrote Common Sense Pregnancy.
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About Jeanne Faulkner
Jeanne Faulkner is a registered nurse who has spent more than 25 years working in obstetrics, labor and delivery and neonatal care. She has written professionally since 2002, covering women's and maternal health, medicine, food, travel and other topics for magazines, newspapers and websites. She spent eight years writing the award-winning "Ask the Labor Nurse" blog for Fit Pregnancy. Her books include Common Sense Pregnancy, published in 2015, and The Complete Illustrated Birthing Companion, which she co-authored. Jeanne has also been Senior Writer for Every Mother Counts, a maternal health advocacy organization, and began working with the humanitarian group CARE in 2008 as a writer, speaker and legislative advocate. She is also a mother of four.