The Resource Birth matters : a midwife's manifesta, Ina May Gaskin ; foreward by Ani DiFranco
Birth matters : a midwife's manifesta, Ina May Gaskin ; foreward by Ani DiFranco
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- Summary
- A woman who gives birth in the US today is more likely to die in childbirth than her mother was. With one in three babies born via cesarean, the US ranks behind thirty-three other nations in neonatal mortality rates, and forty other nations in maternal mortality rates. Confidence in women's bodies and women's choices has been lost. Known around the world for her birthing practice's exemplary low rates of intervention, morbidity, and mortality, Ina May Gaskin has gained an international reputation in obstetrics for demonstrating the magic key to safe birth: respect for the natural process. Birth Matters is a spirited manifesta showing us how to trust women, value birth, nurture families, and reconcile modern life with a process as old as our species. --Book Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Seven Stories Press 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 250 p.
- Contents
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- The importance of birth and birth stories
- Second-wave feminism, birth, and motherhood
- Sexuality and birth
- A brief look at the history of midwives and medical men
- Technology and empowerment
- Gathering the power of sisterhood
- What's a father-to-be to do?
- My vision for the future
- The kind of obstetrics I miss, and its great defenders
- Isbn
- 9781583229279
- Label
- Birth matters : a midwife's manifesta
- Title
- Birth matters
- Title remainder
- a midwife's manifesta
- Statement of responsibility
- Ina May Gaskin ; foreward by Ani DiFranco
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A woman who gives birth in the US today is more likely to die in childbirth than her mother was. With one in three babies born via cesarean, the US ranks behind thirty-three other nations in neonatal mortality rates, and forty other nations in maternal mortality rates. Confidence in women's bodies and women's choices has been lost. Known around the world for her birthing practice's exemplary low rates of intervention, morbidity, and mortality, Ina May Gaskin has gained an international reputation in obstetrics for demonstrating the magic key to safe birth: respect for the natural process. Birth Matters is a spirited manifesta showing us how to trust women, value birth, nurture families, and reconcile modern life with a process as old as our species. --Book Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DNLM/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gaskin, Ina May
- Dewey number
- 618.4/5
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- RG661
- LC item number
- .G375 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Natural childbirth
- Labor (Obstetrics)
- Midwifery
- Label
- Birth matters : a midwife's manifesta, Ina May Gaskin ; foreward by Ani DiFranco
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
- The importance of birth and birth stories -- Second-wave feminism, birth, and motherhood -- Sexuality and birth -- A brief look at the history of midwives and medical men -- Technology and empowerment -- Gathering the power of sisterhood -- What's a father-to-be to do? -- My vision for the future -- The kind of obstetrics I miss, and its great defenders
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- Seven Stories Press 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 250 p.
- Isbn
- 9781583229279
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2011001677
- Other physical details
- ill., ports.
- System control number
-
- sky235280179
- (OCoLC)697768667
- 819883
- Label
- Birth matters : a midwife's manifesta, Ina May Gaskin ; foreward by Ani DiFranco
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
- The importance of birth and birth stories -- Second-wave feminism, birth, and motherhood -- Sexuality and birth -- A brief look at the history of midwives and medical men -- Technology and empowerment -- Gathering the power of sisterhood -- What's a father-to-be to do? -- My vision for the future -- The kind of obstetrics I miss, and its great defenders
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- Seven Stories Press 1st ed.
- Extent
- xii, 250 p.
- Isbn
- 9781583229279
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2011001677
- Other physical details
- ill., ports.
- System control number
-
- sky235280179
- (OCoLC)697768667
- 819883
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