About the Author
Dr. Rannie Boes grew up in Denmark. She trained as a preschool teacher and
later earned an advanced graduate degree in psychology at the University of Copenhagen,
Denmark. She taught psychology and education at kindergarten teacher training
colleges in Denmark.
In 1988 she moved to Fairfield, Iowa, USA. She received a Ph. D. in psychology in 1999, specializing in research on new mothers' health and recovery after childbirth. Her Ph. D. research was published in For a Blissful Baby by Dr. Kumuda Reddy (1999). It forms the inspiration and foundation for this post partum support workbook. See wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mum/main/. Dr. Boes presented her research at a conference hosted by the University of Iowa, June 1998. She lives in Fairfield, Iowa, USA, near Vedic City, the newest city in Iowa.