Spiritual Midwifery, Ina May Gaskin
Spiritual Midwifery, Ina May Gaskin
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Spiritual Midwifery

Author: Ina May Gaskin

Narrator: Camille Mazant

Unabridged: 17 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/15/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

The original Spiritual Midwifery, published in 1976, introduced an entire generation of young women to the possibility of home birth and breast feeding. It also breathed new life into the all-but-vanished field of midwifery. The current edition of this classic book on home birth is now an audiobook, with updated information on the safety of natural childbirth, new birthing stories, and the most recent statistics on births managed by The Farm Midwives. Ina May also provides new information about potentially dangerous techniques routinely used in hospitals during and after birth, as well as the latest findings about vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). Improved instructions for handling breech births are also given. Included are stories of working with Amish women, showing a different culture with a similar appreciation for natural childbirth. Spiritual Midwifery is skillfully narrated by Camille Mazant. All figures and diagrams referenced in the narration are included in the supplementary PDF. This audiobook was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. ©1975, 1977, 1980, 1990, 2002 The Book Publishing Company (P)

About Ina May Gaskin

Ina May Gaskin founded the Farm Midwifery Center near Summertown, Tennessee, and served as its director for more than four decades. She has lectured all over the world at midwifery conferences and medical schools. A Visiting Fellow at Yale University and holder of two honorary doctorates, Ina May also teaches midwifery and writes books and articles for medical journals.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on December 21, 2019

I first read this classic, beautiful handbook for home birth while writing MIDWIVES in 1995. I reread it this week because rehearsals of my stage adaptation of the novel begin December 26 at the George Street Playhouse. Hoping some of you get to see it. Starring as Sibyl Danforth? Ellen McLaughlin,......more

Goodreads review by Danger on February 12, 2008

It's books like this that really make it clear to me that mainstream culture is completely ass-backwards, especially when it comes to healthcare (and most specifically, OB/GYN). 20 years of successful natural, positive, non-damaging childbirth on The Farm goes a long way toward proving that routine......more

Goodreads review by Ariel Raspa on December 22, 2024

My biggest takeaway from this one is that maybe I should do more acid in preparation for birth.......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on November 16, 2007

Laura found this first edition (1975) at the flea market next door. How could we turn this down? It's the first hand account - told by the mothers and fathers and midwives - of about 200 of the 372 births (thus far) on a giant culty hippie baby making farm in Tennessee. Followed by instructions for......more

Goodreads review by June on April 05, 2008

I read this book before the home births of each of my three children. Yes, it's hokey. Yes, it's dated. There's a lot of long hair, beards and wire-rimmed glasses. BUT the pictures and birth stories are worth it. When I was looking for information on healthy, involved births, Ina May Gaskin provided......more

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