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  The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

  by Jennifer Block

  A provocative and incisive analysis of childbirth in the age of machines, malpractice, and managed care. In the United States, more than half the women who give birth are given drugs to induce or speed up labor; for nearly a third of mothers, childbirth is major surgery - the cesarean section. For women who want an alternative, choice is often unavailable: Midwives are sometimes inaccessible; in... (more)
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  Listen to Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife (Women and Health)

  by Margaret Charles Smith

  Even in recent times, poor African American women living in the rural South often had no access to healthcare. Local women serving as midwives were an important part of the community; they assisted with birthing and helped with household chores while the new mother recovered. Smith, a 91-year-old retired midwife, offers readers a firsthand account of rural lay midwifery and life in a small Alabama town. She... (more)
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  Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

  by Ina May Gaskin

  What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you. Drawing upon her thirty-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation’s leading midwife, shares the benefits and joys of natural childbirth by showing women how to trust in the ancient wisdom of their bodies for a healthy and fulfilling birthing experience. Based on the female-centered Midwifery Model of Care, Ina May’s Guide to Natural... (more)
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  Spiritual Midwifery

  by Ina May Gaskin

  Here is the 4th edition of the classic book on home birth that introduced a whole generation of women to the concept of natural childbirth. Back again are even more amazing birthing tales, including those from women who were babies in earlier editions and stories about Old Order Amish women attended by the Farm midwives. Also new is information about the safety of techniques routinely used in hospitals during... (more)
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  Mother and Child Were Saved: The Memoirs (1693-1740) of the Frisian Midwife Catharina Schrader (Nieuwe Nederlands Bijdragen Tot De Geschiedenis Der Geneeskunde En Der Natuurwetenschappen)

  "Catharina Schrader's memoirs span 52 years and an estimated 4,000 deliveries, which she carefully documented throughout her life as a midwife. When she was 88 years old, "Vrouw" Schrader recorded her last birth. On October 30, 1746, she died in her hometown of Dokkum. This is one of the most compelling life stories I have ever read. Among the details that Vrouw Schrader recorded are the fees she charged.... (more)