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Ina Mays Guide To Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin Publisher Comments In 1976, Gaskin wrote "Spiritual Midwifery, " the handbook for midwives. Gaskin now shares with all women her knowledge and wisdom about what she calls the "true capacities of the female body, " based on her more than three decades as a midwife.... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper 
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Birth Matters by Ina May Gaskin Publisher Comments 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&... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Doula Book: How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth by Marshall H. Klaus Publisher Comments For an entire generation of new parents, this warm, expert work has become the standard guide to the shortest, easiest, and healthiest childbirth. Now a thoroughly updated and revised edition offers new research showing how labor support reduces the rate... (read more) Your price: $19.00 New - Trade Paper
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Spiritual Midwifery 4TH Edition by Ina May Gaskin Publisher Comments The classic book on home birth is now in its fourth edition. Includes updated information on the safety of natural childbirth, new birthing stories, and the most recent statistics on births managed by The Farm Midwives. Mothers-to-be are instructed on... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth Publisher Comments An unforgettable story of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one extraordinary woman At the age of twenty-two, Jennifer Worth leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in post war London's... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Pocket Guide to Midwifery Care by Aviva Jill Romm Publisher Comments If you are pregnant, plan to be pregnant, or are curious about alternatives to medical childbrith, this Guide to Midwifery Care will provide you with complete information about: Safety and effectiveness of midwifery care The different types of midwives... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ask a Midwife by Catharine Parker-Littler Publisher Comments All your pregnancy and birth questions answered by experienced midwives What’s best to eat during pregnancy? How many minutes apart should my contractions be? What’s a great tip for a good night’s sleep? When it comes to dispensing care, advice and... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Into These Hands: Wisdom from Midwives by Geradine Simkins Publisher Comments A complete view of midwifery including history, health care, benefits vs. hospital births.... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Pocket Guide to Midwifery Care by M.D. Aviva Jill Romm Publisher Comments If you are pregnant, plan to be pregnant, or are curious about alternatives to medical childbirth, the POCKET GUIDE TO MIDWIFERY will provide you with complete information about:Safety and effectiveness of midwifery care.The different types of midwives... (read more) Your price: $5.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Labor of Love: A Midwife's Memoir by Cara Muhlhahn Publisher Comments Single mom, jazz singer, salsa dancer, traveler, and midwife to more than 700 babies, Cara Muhlhahn holds nothing backin her life or in this memoir. As a teenager, Caras family home burnt to the ground. That tragedy led her on a journey that would span a... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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What Do I Say?: Communicating Intended or Unanticipated Outcomes in Obstetrics by James R Woods Publisher Comments What Do I Say? Communicating Intended or Unanticipated Outcomes in Obstetrics will help physicians and other health care professionals improve their communication skills with patients and their family members. Written by James R. Woods, a perinatologist,... (read more) List Price $60.25 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Heart & Hands: A Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy & Birth by Elizabeth Davis Synopsis A revised edition of Elizabeth Davis' guide to pregnancy and birth for midwives and parents-to-be. Terminology is highlighted and defined, and information on hepatitis, HIV, GBS screening, group midwifery practices, malpractice concerns, prenatal and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Midwife's Story by Penny Armstrong Publisher Comments When hospital-trained midwife Penny Armstrong takes on a job delivering the babies of the Amish, she discovers an approach to giving birth which would change her life forever. A Midwifes Story is a life-affirming book that never fails to enlighten... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Continuing To Care by Josephine Green Synopsis This review focuses on studies that examine the organization of midwifery services. The author assesses existing evidence in a systematic way with the aim of providing information to commissioners, providers, policy makers, service users and researchers... (read more) Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Publisher Comments Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Linking Research and Practice in Midwifery by Sue Proctor Publisher Comments This book explores how the links between midwifery research and practice can be strengthened in order to foster more effective care based on the best available evidence. Researchers, practitioners, and consumers describe the key challenges and discuss... (read more) List Price $69.50 Your price: $30.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Doula Book: How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth by Marshall H Klaus Publisher Comments More and more parents-to-be all over the world are choosing the comfort and reassuring support of birth with a trained labor companion called a "doula." This warm, authoritative, and irreplaceable guide completely updates the authors' earlier book... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America 1750 to 1950 by Judith Walz Leavitt Publisher Comments "Childbirth is more than a biological even in women's lives," writes Judith Leavitt. "It is a vital component in the social definition of women." This book uses personal accounts by birthing women and their medical attendants to show how childbirth has... (read more) List Price $44.50 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America, 1750-1950 by Judith Walzer Leavitt Publisher Comments Traces the change from home to hospital childbirth, explains what benefits hospital care was supposed to provide, and discusses why home births are becoming more popular... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $17.53 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Trials of Labour: The Re-Emergence of Midwifery by Brian E. Burtch Publisher Comments Burtch examines the transformation of the role of the midwife, particularly the international resurgence of the midwifery movement over the past twenty years. He also looks at contemporary midwifery practice in Canada and the role of the state in shaping... (read more) Your price: $95.00 Google eBooks - Electronic
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