An edition of Baby Catcher (2002)

Baby catcher.

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An edition of Baby Catcher (2002)

Baby catcher.

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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 more. 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 more individualized and profound experiences in which mothers and fathers take center stage in the timeless drama of birth. - Back cover.

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Simon and S.
Language
English

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Cover of: Baby Catcher
Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
April 1, 2003, Scribner
Paperback in English
Cover of: Baby Catcher
Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
March 26, 2002, Scribner
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Baby catcher.
Baby catcher.
Publish date unknown, Simon and S.
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Library of Congress
RG950.V563 2002

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22111343M
Internet Archive
babycatcherchron0000vinc
ISBN 10
0743219341
OCLC/WorldCat
945097937, 52367525
Library Thing
153603
Goodreads
128154

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