Peggy Vincent
Auteur de Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
A propos de l'auteur
In 1980, after fifteen years as a delivery room nurse, ten years as a natural childbirth teacher, and three years as the director of the first alternative birth center in the East Bay, Peggy Vincent became a licensed midwife specializing in homebirths. Five years later, she became the first afficher plus completely independent nurse midwife to receive hospital privileges in the Berkeley area. She currently lives in Oakland, California, with her husband and teenage son afficher moins
Œuvres de Peggy Vincent
Midwife: An Adventure (Memoirs of an Urban Midwife) 2 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
A Cup of Comfort for Women: Stories That Celebrate the Strength and Grace of Womanhood (2002) — Contributeur — 97 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
Membres
Critiques
Enlightening
So very well written and great stories. Interesting to see the evolution of childbirth through the years. Was also intriguing to see the similarities and differences we women are when we go through labor. A good read.
So very well written and great stories. Interesting to see the evolution of childbirth through the years. Was also intriguing to see the similarities and differences we women are when we go through labor. A good read.
Enjoyable
As enjoyable as the first. Only a bit repetitive but nothing to distract from the stories. Fun to hear of other deliveries from her previous clients. Author can tell a story.
As enjoyable as the first. Only a bit repetitive but nothing to distract from the stories. Fun to hear of other deliveries from her previous clients. Author can tell a story.
This book changed the way I thought about pregnancy and birth. In western society we view pregnancy and birth as a burdensome ailment that is necessary to have a baby. Vincent uses her personal experiences as a midwife to change the way the reader regards birth and pregnancy. After reading this book, I look forward to my birth experience and hope to have a successful and intimate home birth. It is a slow burn though and while the individual birth stories are what go me hooked, it takes a while for the narrative arc to develop.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 472
- Popularité
- #52,190
- Évaluation
- 4.4
- Critiques
- 20
- ISBN
- 12
- Langues
- 2
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.… (plus d'informations)