About this title: 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 how to take care of themselves while pregnant and how to prepare for being a mother and taking care of a new baby. Section III is a comprehensive, in depth manual for midwives on delivery. Includes pictures of births.
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Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Book Publishing Company, Summertown
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780913990100ISBN:0913990108
Description: Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall. Spine cracked but holding. Reading creases to spine. Name inked inside front cover and on upper page edges. 473pp. Some use left in this copy. read more
Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Book Publishing Company, The, Summertown, TN, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780913990100ISBN:0913990108
Description: Bishop, Alan (illustrator); Schlichting, Mark (illustrator) Fair+ Front hinge and first few pg corners are slightly separated from spine. Slight cover wear. Previous owner's proprietary stamps on inside cover and facing pg. The classic book on homebirth. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Book Publishing Company, Summertown, TN
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780913990636ISBN:0913990639
Description: Very Good. Very Good; softcover, illustrated wraps shows minor wear at corners, spine ends, po's name inside fr of wrap, text block is clean. Many black and white photographs, many women's stories of pregnancy and childbirth. read more
Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Book Publishing Company, Summertown
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780913990100ISBN:0913990108
Description: Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall. Cover lightly rubbed at corners. A clean, tight, unmarked copy of this classic from the Farm. 473pp. Photos. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Book Pub. Co
Date Published: revised edition, 1980
Description: Very Good soft cover. 8vo, soft covers, 473pp+, illus. edge/shelfwear. spine creases. some creases text. bite front end page probably from removal of owner name. read more
Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Book Pub Co, Summertown, TN, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780913990100ISBN:0913990108
Description: Very Good + MEDECINE. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 480 PAGES. INCLUDES 8 APPENDICES & INDEX. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH B/W PHOTOS & ILLUSTRATIONS. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Book Pub Co
Date Published: 2002-03-01
ISBN-13:9781570671043ISBN:1570671044
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781570671043. read more
Edition: Third Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Farm Midwives;, Summertown, Tenn:
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780913990636ISBN:0913990639
Description: Very Good+ 0913990639. 480 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Index, 6 appendixes, over 100 b/w diagrams, scores of b/w photos.; Corners a bit curled. No other defects. read more
Edition: 3rd ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Book Publishing Company (TN)
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781570671043ISBN:1570671044
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Brand New! Support Independent Pacific Northwest Booksellers! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 480 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Here is the 4th edition of the classic book on home birth that introduced a whole generation of women to the concept of natural childbirth. Back again are even more amazing birthing tales, including those from women who were babies in earlier editions and stories about Old Order Amish women attended by the Farm ... read more
Edition: 3rd Edition.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Summertown, TN: Book Pub. Co
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780913990636ISBN:0913990639
Description: Description: 480 p. : ill.; 22 cm. Subjects: Midwifery. Midwives. Natural childbirth--Case studies. Midwives--Tennessee--Biography. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. 1. pp. 480. read more
Edition: 3rd Edition.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Summertown, TN: Book Pub. Co
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780913990636ISBN:0913990639
Description: Description: 480 p. : ill.; 22 cm. Subjects: Midwifery. Midwives. Natural childbirth--Case studies. Midwives--Tennessee--Biography. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. read more
Edition: 3rd ed. Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Book Publishing Company (TN)
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780913990636ISBN:0913990639
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 480 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Book is in good condition. Clean pages and covers. Tight bindings. 0909DL read more
"this book and I are old friends, from its beginnings as a chapter in the "Hey Beatnik This Is The Farm! 'zie that portrayed life on the Tennessee Farm in its early years (early 1970s) through every edition of the full guide for midwives and collection of birthing stories that has appeared. I have to chuckle a bit at those who refer to the contriobutors' "hippie language" - hey, if you think recent editions talk Hippie, ou should get our hands on a first edtio, where there is frequent comparison between the "rushes" of childbearing and the sensations when "coming on to a haavy psychedelic." Ironically, Ina May and the Farm Midwives have been criticized for being "too medical and meddlesome" by some home birth advocates at least as much as them have been rejected for being "hippie dippie" by parts of the medical-nursing establishment. even with some of the edits that have taken place over the decades, this book is as much a record of an important aspect of society on the Farm in its collective days as it is a uide to having a bby with very little pain and fear at home, or in as hme ike a setting as possible. the tales of them women who had to transfer to the hpospital, tough few, are also instructive; they illuminate a culture in which accepting that things don't always go as we had hoped, without complaining or resisting, is also a pathway to spiritual growth. I was able to have a very uncomplicated and joyous birth at home, at the age of 28, partly because of my acquiantance with the priciples and practices that Spiritual Midwifery outlines.
this approach to birthing, as literature or as practice, is not for everyone; what is? it is a lasting and important guide to one of the most important contributions to healthy living that the counterculture ever got into print.
"my current fascination is childbirth and the many schools of thought that surround it. this is a totally crunchy, groovy look at midwifery and what's its really all about. terribly interesting and kind of hilarious when women told their stories as if they were getting high off their contractions or 'rushes' as they call them. great book; ina may is an amazing woman who pioneered a movement that has made an enormous impact. gives an intriguing perspective on the labor process and puts the power back with the woman and away from hospitals and drugs and c-sections, oh my."
"This has been, and still is, a very important book for pregnancy. Ina May's desire to change the way we think about birth is admirable.
That said, this book was not useful to me when I was pregnant, nor did it help prepare me for birth. In fact, for someone who was already of the mind that birth should be woman-centered and fear-free, this book increased my guilt about the fact that I hated being pregnant--I was sick the entire time. In my son's birth, medical intervention was necessary, but Ina May implies that when this happens, it is the parent's fault for not letting go of their fear (I forget which birth story, but there is a particular one where she comments after the parents's narrative that their fear was what caused some difficulty--condescending much?). This stuck with me and caused more feelings of inadequacy than anything else.
I guess overall, I would suggest taking these stories with a grain of salt. Pragmatism should enter the picture, too. Not all of us live on a communal farm with a gaggle of brow-wiping midwives and husbands who are aroused by the process of labor."
"I finally read Ina May Gaskin's books. I have no idea why I didn't read them when I was pregnant. I think they weren't at the library and then I forgot. Anyway, I decided to just buy them. I read this one first since she wrote it first. The first edition was published in 1975. Some of the birth stories are pretty funny because these were a bunch of hippies in the 70's so there are lots of "psychedelic" and "trips" language. But the stories themselves are really interesting and great to read if you are interested in natural birth. You just can't get hung up on the hippie culture too much. I thought it was a fun look into that time period. The most recent edition was published in 2002 so all the medical info is up to date. There is a section written for the pregnant woman. And then a section written for midwives, which is worth reading also."
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