num_pages: 260
description: Describes the practice of birth and society's changing attitudes towards the event since Colonial times
language: English
title: Lying-In: A History of Childbirth in America
titlecomplete: Lying-In: A History of Childbirth in America
genres: Medicine, Historical, Gender, Womens, Nonfiction, Health, Feminism, History
ratings_count: 109
publisher: Free Pr