Elaine Stillerman received her New York State massage license in 1978 and began her pioneering prenatal massage work in 1980. She is the developer and instructor of the professional certification workshop MotherMassage and the author of four books: Mother Massage (Dell, 1992), The Encyclopedia of Bodywork (Facts On File, 1996), Prenatal Massage: A Textbook of Pregnancy, Labor, and Postpartum Bodywork (Mosby, 2008), and Modalities for Massage and Bodywork (Mosby, 2009). www.MotherMassage.net.