Baby Catcher Free Download By Peggy Vincent
| Title | : | Baby Catcher |
| Author | : | Peggy Vincent |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 336 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0743219341 |
An inspiring collection of birth stories by a charming midwife.Each time she knelt to catch another wriggling baby nearly three thousand times during her remarkable career California midwife Peggy Vincent paid homage to the moment when pain bows to joy and the world makes way for one With every birth, she encounters another woman turned goddess Catherine rides out An inspiring collection of birth stories by a charming midwife.Each time she knelt to catch another wriggling baby nearly three thousand times during her remarkable career California midwife Peggy Vincent paid homage to the moment when pain bows to joy and the world makes way for one With every birth, she encounters another woman turned goddess Catherine rides out her labor in a car careening down a mountain road Sofia spends hers trying to keep her hyper doctor father from burning down the house Susannah gives birth so quietly that neither husband nor midwife notice until there s a baby in the room.More than a collection of birth stories, however, Baby Catcher is a provocative account of the difficulties that midwives face in the United States With vivid portraits of courage, perseverance, and love, this is an impassioned call to rethink technological hospital births in favor of individualized and profound experiences in which mothers and fathers take center stage in the timeless drama of birth
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Since observing the birth of a baby for the first time when I was a 19yo nursing student in the mid Sixties at Duke University, childbirth has been my primary focus.During the good old hippie years, my husband and I took an extended trip to Europe, but upon our return, I began working as an obstetrical nurse at a prominent hospital in Berkeley, California, where my first 2 children were born.In 19 Since observing the birth of a baby for the first time when I was a 19yo nursing student in the mid Sixties at Duke University, childbirth has been my primary focus.During the good old hippie years, my husband and I took an extended trip to Europe, but upon our return, I began working as an obstetrical nurse at a prominent hospital in Berkeley, California, where my first 2 children were born.In 1978, I established the Alternative Birth Center in that hospital and then went to midwifery school, graduating in December 1980 Unable to obtain hospital privileges due to dig in the heels obstruction from obstetricians to the mere idea of a midwife in their midst, I attended only home births for the next 3 year Finally, after I jumped through countless hoops, the walls of resistance crumbled and I was granted privileges At last I could offer clients a midwife attended birth in the place of their choosing.Women can take a long time to give birth, and while waiting through those countless hours, I told birth stories Family, friends, nurses, other midwives all nagged me to write a book The most persistent was my college roommate, a copy editor, who offered to edit it for no payment other than California Meyer lemons for life So I wrote Baby Catcher Chronicles of a Modern Midwife Scribner, 2002 , and it succeeded beyond my wildest hopes and dreams Not only did it open women to options other than those offered by the status quo, but it also caused a career change in many women who, after reading the book, chose to become doulas or midwives themselves I was 42 and a busy midwife with a very big practice when I gave birth to my 3rd child He was born at home surrounded by what felt like a cast of thousands Present were my 2 older children, my husband, the 2 youngest children of my primary midwife, 2 other midwives, 3 of my hospital nurse friends, my parents, our pregnant au pair, a photographer, a few stray husbands, I think maybe a neighborthere might have been Afterwards, we had quite a party, and I made sure someone saved me a piece of the hazelnut torte.My career would not have been possible without the support of my husband, Roger, and those three children of ours Colin, Jill, and Skylar They endured with minimal complaint and eye rolling my absence on far too many Christmas mornings and other family events.Years passed with fans and friends begging for another book I finally wrote Midwife A Calling Ant Press 2015 , the first of a projected 3 book series.I m officially retired, but I still put in a cameo appearance now and then Attending births is an addiction once you ve shared the raw emotion of labor with a woman, the transcendent joy of birth, and the feel of a warm, wet newborn in your hands, it s hard to kick the habit I hope I never do 
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An inspiring collection of birth stories by a charming midwife.Each time she knelt to catch another wriggling baby nearly three thousand times during
336 pagesPeggy Vincent
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