Baby catcher : chronicles of a modern midwife /
Peggy Vincent.
- 336 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-331).
As it was in the beginning -- You Have to Lie Down -- Babies, Babies, Babies -- Mrs. Purdue -- The Hippie Effect -- The meditation of my heart -- Painless Childbirth? -- To Be or Not to Be -- Only If You Can Be There -- Fog -- Adidas to Birkenstocks -- The wine of astonishment -- Rubber Ducky -- Good News and Bad News -- We Couldn't Have Done It Without Him -- Huh? -- Hallie's Reputation -- Only What's Necessary -- The Perineal Cry -- Not only with our lips but in our lives -- Spirit Baby I -- Practice What You Preach -- My Little Helper -- Spirit Baby II -- When Mom Is a Midwife -- Who walketh upon the wings of the wind -- One More Soul -- Pragmatism in Action -- Sneak Attack -- Uh-oh -- A Friend -- What Flowers Are These? -- Labor's Not So Bad -- Goose Abuse -- Wall Art -- It's Just So Interesting -- Okay, Okay, Okay -- Is My Mommy Happy? -- Devices and desires -- Wrongful Life -- Cut Me! -- You'd Better Sit Down -- The measure of my days -- Guardian Angel -- Allah's Blessing -- End of the Drought -- You Can't Be Serious -- I Just Forgot -- Soccer Mom -- Hello from Rosie -- A Bitter Pill -- Happy Birthday -- Shift Work -- Passing the Torch -- Epilogue -- The Current Situation -- Appendices -- Pearls of Wisdom -- Home Birth Supplies -- Studies on Midwifery Safety -- Statistics on the Economics of Midwifery -- Resources -- Sandi's Famous Caramels. Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV. Part V. Part VI. Part VII. I. II. III. IV. V. VI.