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The importance of birth and birth stories -- Second-wave feminism, birth, and motherhood -- Birth story: Charlotte at the farm -- Sexuality and birth -- A brief look at the history of midwives and medical men -- Birth story: Chloe at the farm -- Technology and empowerment -- Birth story: Teresa at home -- Gathering the power of sisterhood -- What's a father-to-be to do? -- Birth story: Keri at the farm -- My vision for the future -- Birth story: Michaela at the Northern New Mexico Birth Center -- The kind of obstetrics I miss, and its great defenders -- Appendices : A. The mother-friendly childbirth initiative ; B. List of resources pertinent to the midwifery model of care ; C. Further reading/films ; D. The Farm Midwifery Center: preliminary report of 2,844 pregnancies, 1970-2010.;Renowned for her practice's exemplary results and low intervention rates, Ina May Gaskin has gained international notoriety for promoting natural birth. She is a much-beloved leader of a movement that seeks to stop the hyper-medicalization of birth'which has lead to nearly a third of hospital births in America to be cesarean sections'and renew confidence in a woman's natural ability to birth. Upbeat and

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Author

Gaskin, Ina May; DiFranco, Ani

Publisher

Seven Stories Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781583229279

Category

reference

Subjects

Health & Fitness, Science, Medical