20 years of excellence

If you are a professional in the medical, educational or social service fields, call Birthways at (800) 882-3559
birthways@empathy belly.org

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Birthways, Inc.
A Non-Profit Corporation since 1980 providing childbirth education, counseling, seminars, professional labor coaching, film festivals and distribution of "The Empathy Belly" Pregnancy Simulator

Invented by Linda Ware, a perinatal educator of 20 years experience, and tested and endorsed by numerous physicians and perinatal experts, The Empathy Belly™ is the only patented pregnancy simulator in the world and is medically accurate in simulating over 20 symptoms of pregnancy!



All Empathy Bellies in the world
originate here!

Birthways, Inc. is the creator, manufacturer, and world wide distributor of "The Empathy Belly"™

To purchase an Empathy Belly, please visit our Order Page for more details.

If you have any questions, please call Birthways at (800) 882-3559

More About Birthways, Inc.
Over the last fifteen years our agency has distributed 20,000 Empathy Bellies to medical, education and social service professionals throughout the United States and in twelve foreign countries including Japan, Australia, South Africa, Brazil, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Venezuela, Germany, Guam, Scotland and England. We sell "the belly" as part of a comprehensive teaching module, and therefore ONLY to professionals and institutions such as doctors, nurses, hospitals, prenatal educators, medical and nursing schools, counselors, teachers of junior and senior high schools, museums, college and universities, social workers, public health clinics, family planning agencies and a variety of social service programs.

Executive Director
Linda Ware, BSW

Perinatal Educator/Counselor

Board of Directors
Randall Lewis, MD
Obstetrician/Gynecologist

Ida Laserson, CNM
Certified Nurse-Midwife

Rolan Nelson, MSW
Social Worker/Therapist

Pam Whyte, CPA
Certified Public Accountant

Paula Holtzendorf
Business Owner/Manager

Board of Advisors
Bruce Strimling, MD
Pediatrician

Patricia Wilkins, MBA
Washington State D.S.H.S.

Jan Griffin, RN
Maternity Health Educator

Patricia Jose, MA
Educational Consultant

Bill Huenefeld, MBA
Business Consultant

20 years of excellence
Healthy Living Awards 1995



Home | How to Order | About the Empathy Belly | Features | More Features
Medical Training | Expectant Fathers | Teenagers | Sources of Funding
Troubleshooting | About Us | The Empathy Lungs | New! Childbirth Classes

Warranty RegistrationInformed Consent FormDownloads



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