What to read if you’re curious about alternative childbirth practices Oct 8, 2020 Jaeyeon Yoo Share article Although natural births are making a comeback in the U.S. today, midwives have historically faced opposition for being as dangerously unprofessional, unhygienic, or just too “hippie....
Thinking about this silence and staging of Christ’s birth, I began to imagine how medieval Nativity plays might provide spaces for ordinary women – midwives, but also their patients – to reflect on their own childbirths as they witnessed what happened on stage. In what follows I have made...
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian Water Witches by Chris Bohjalian The Buffalo Soldier by Chris Bohjalian The Honey Wall by Karen Latuchie (& New York) Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner (& Wisconsin) The Late Bloomers’ Club by Louise Miller In the Fall by Jeffrey Lent The Secret History by ...
What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew about Judaismby Robert Schoen (Stone Bridge, $16.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-61172-065-5) introduces readers to Judaism and Jewish life, especially Christian readers interested in the connections and differences between their faith and Judais...
Midwives and the Law Midwives and Medicine Early Modern York 17th Century York The Siege of York < Hi, welcome to the Midwife Mysteries website! Here you'll find all sorts of information about the Midwife Mystery sereies, but because I am a historian as well as an author, I've tried...
Each book in the 40 Inspiring Icons series introduces readers to a fascinating non-fiction subject through its 40 most famous people or groups. In this book, 40 of the most inspirational movers, shakers, and innovators in black music history are waiting to be heard. Find out about each ar...
I’m glad I’ve realised/gotten the confidence that ultimately ‘every baby is different’ (the number of midwives who’ve recited this!) and you just have to do what works for you; if something is working for you, keep doing it, if something is causing you agony (right now it’s ...
A lovely blogger friend sent this book to me a little while ago and I’ve been meaning to get to it so I’m putting it on my TBR for summer as it’s good to have some non-fiction on the list. I think I’m going to enjoy this one!
It is very apt that David Matthews should write about a baseball phenom in his upcoming novel Texas Heat. Nurse Midwife Jenny Luke - Delivering a Wake-Up Call to the American Maternal Healthcare SystemJenny Luke's book, Delivered by Midwives: African American Midwifery in the Twentieth-Century...
which is quite timely since the heart of this work is about how humans are navigating the technology era. with stories about ai, midwives in space, and climate change, the collection bends genre while exploring social and environmental concerns . older’s work as a scientist and humanitarian gi...