I am currently reading the book Midwives, and I was wondering if you have read this book and what are your opinions on the book as a midwife.
Q: I am currently reading the book Midwives, and I was wondering if you have read this book and what are your opinions on the book as a midwife.
A: I read the book and thought it was well-written if you like an exciting courtroom drama. I wouldn’t recommend it to pregnant women, as they are already inundated with too many horrible birth stories. The story of the kitchen table cesarean was something that made a lot of midwives I know (and me, too) feel used‹ even abused. We already have the job of resurrecting a profession that was beaten out of existence by the medical profession early in the 20th century. We’ve been swimming against the tide all the way, with organized medicine working against us and sometimes against those physicians who believe in us and think that women need midwives. Nothing like that kitchen table cesarean has ever happened in Vermont or anywhere else in this country. People need to know that.
Ina May Gaskin, MA, CPM
InaMay.com
Andie Wyrick says:
I read it a couple years ago, and I think it’s important to remember it’s a work of FICTION. If you are looking for a book about birth stories Baby Catcher is great.
Betsy Hultin says:
Another great book is ‘House Calls and Hitching Posts’ about a Dr. in OH who served the Amish community there for many years.