About Gail J. Dahl

Gail J. Dahl is a national bestselling author, childbirth researcher, educator and an advocate for safe, gentle childbirth. Dahl is the founder and Executive Director of the Canadian Childbirth Association. 

Dahl has recently released her second book, “Pregnancy & Childbirth Secrets” to international acclaim from medical doctors to powerful government administrators. Within thirty days her new book reached bestselling status and was distributed across North America. Her first book, “Pregnancy & Childbirth Tips” was also launched to the national bestseller list.

After the success of her first book, Dahl created the Canadian Childbirth Association to provide childbirth education to all women and men. She felt that it is a woman’s right to know how her body functions for childbirth and to know what she can do to help her baby during childbirth. Dahl believes that this information needs to be freely available in our society, to both young women and men, and that childbirth education needs to start at a junior age and years in advance of pregnancy, when the fear of childbirth is at its lowest level. These pre-parenting classes offered to a population where 95% will have some interaction with pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and newborn care can help to reduce health care costs and increase the future health of our mothers and babies.

She has created a “Pregnancy & Childbirth DVD Kit” that can be easily used by any health teacher at the junior high level of schooling to educate students with pre-parenting information including the topics of pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and newborn care. Her aim is to reduce the fear of childbirth through public education so that young women and men can participate in the planning of a safe and gentle birth for their family.

Dahl frequently appears on television and radio and has hosted three pregnancy television shows. She is a popular and lively guest speaker at Childbirth Conferences throughout North America. Her years of research encompasses the wisdom of mothers, childbirth professionals and childbirth researchers from around the globe. Gail Dahl is on the Editorial Advisory Committee for the Parent Guide. She is a popular pregnancy and childbirth health contributor to Parentpedia at Disney.com. 

Gail Dahl has received many awards for her work in education and women’s health; YWCA Woman of Distinction Award 2000 – Education and Social Services Award, The Woman of Vision Award 2001 – Women’s Health. She has been entered into the Herstory Journal 2002 and has been given the award as one of the Great Women of the 21st Century 2006. 

Dahl’s latest book, “Pregnancy & Childbirth Secrets” has been given the “Labor of Love” award by Borders for 2007 and the new book has been nominated for the “Nautilus Book Awards for 2008” in the Parenting Category and for the “Book of the Year Award 2008” in the Health Category with Book Expo America (BEA).