Lynda C. (Readnmachine) reviewed on 11/27/2023 + 1474 more book reviews

Think "All Creatures Great and Small", but with babies, home birth, and midwifery. No, seriously, this was a good read, though probably not of great interest to folks whose only experience with childbirth has been being the child.

Vincent progressed from nursing through midwifery at a time (1970s-90s) when the medical field flirted briefly with licensing midwives as independent practitioners. Her tales of various home births are interspersed with observations about the growth of the craft and its eventual fall from favor, driven largely by insurance issues and the nearly-ubiquitous resistance of Big Med.

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