Baby Catcher
Subtitle: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
Publisher: Scribner
Published: April 1, 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780743219341
Subjects: Advice on parenting; Midwifery; Family & Relationships; Family / Parenting / Childbirth; Family/Marriage; Parenting - General; Women; Family & Relationships / Parenting
First sentence: Please lie down," I begged Zelda.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : As it was in the beginning.; title: You have to lie down; title: Babies, babies, babies; title: Mrs. Purdue; title: The hippie effect; title: Part 2 : The meditation of my heart.; title: Painless childbirth?; title: To be or not to be; title: Only if you can be there; title: Fog; title: Adidas to Birkenstocks; title: Part 3 : The wine of astonishment.; title: Rubber ducky; title: Good news and bad news; title: We couldn't have done it without him; title: Huh?; title: Hallie's reputation; title: Only what's necessary; title: The perineal cry; title: Part 4 : Not only with our lips but in our lives.; title: Spirit baby 1; title: Practice what you preach; title: My little helper; title: Spirit baby 2; title: When Mom is a midwife; title: Part 5 : Who walketh upon the wings of the wind.; title: One more soul; title: Pragmatism in action; title: Sneak attack; title: Uh-oh; title: A friend; title: What flowers are these?; title: Labor's not so bad; title: Goose abuse; title: Wall art; title: It's just so interesting; title: Okay, okay, okay; title: Is my mommy happy?; title: Part 6 : Devices and desires.; title: Wrongful life; title: Cut me!; title: You'd better sit down; title: Part 7 : The measure of my days.; title: Guardian angel; title: Allah's blessing; title: End of the drought; title: You can't be serious; title: I just forgot; title: Soccer mom; title: Hello from Rosie; title: A bitter pill; title: Happy birthday; title: Shift work; title: Passing the torch; title: Epilogue : The current situation; title: Appendices.; title: Pearls of wisdom; title: Home birth supplies; title: Studies on midwifery safety; title: Statistics on the economics of midwifery; title: Resources; title: Sandi's famous caramels