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Midwifery Books
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Spiritual Midwifery (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.38 — 6,704 ratings — published 1975
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.36 — 33,785 ratings — published 2003
The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.19 — 79,075 ratings — published 2002
Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.36 — 6,907 ratings — published 2002
Heart and Hands: A Midwife's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,083 ratings — published 1981
The Birth House (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 46 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.04 — 46,347 ratings — published 2006
Birth Matters: A Midwife's Manifesta (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.35 — 2,047 ratings — published
Holistic Midwifery: A Comprehensive Textbook for Midwives in Homebirth Practice, Vol. 1: Care During Pregnancy (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.56 — 305 ratings — published 1995
The Birth Partner (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.32 — 8,385 ratings — published 1989
The Frozen River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.38 — 552,760 ratings — published 2023
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as midwifery)
avg rating 3.97 — 9,432 ratings — published 1990
Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,298 ratings — published 1998
A Midwife's Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,317 ratings — published 1986
Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.02 — 6,915 ratings — published 1972
Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding: From the Nation's Leading Midwife (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,226 ratings — published 2009
Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,925 ratings — published 2007
Midwives (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.00 — 163,298 ratings — published 1997
The Midwife of Hope River (Hope River #1)
by (shelved 26 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.04 — 19,201 ratings — published 2012
Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.18 — 5,043 ratings — published 2006
Childbirth without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as midwifery)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,617 ratings — published 1959
The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,219 ratings — published 1999
Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,960 ratings — published 2006
Lady's Hands, Lion's Heart: A Midwife's Saga (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.24 — 658 ratings — published 2008
The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.58 — 372 ratings — published 2000
Varney's Midwifery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.40 — 116 ratings — published 1997
The Red Tent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.21 — 632,433 ratings — published 1997
The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as midwifery)
avg rating 3.76 — 2,381 ratings — published 2008
Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives (Midwife Trilogy #3)
by (shelved 19 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.30 — 19,285 ratings — published 2009
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: The Wisdom and Science of Gentle Choices in Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as midwifery)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,335 ratings — published 2005
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,335 ratings — published 1958
Active Birth : The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,981 ratings — published
The Roar Behind the Silence: Why kindness, compassion and respect matter in maternity care (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.26 — 122 ratings — published 2015
The Midwife's Apprentice (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as midwifery)
avg rating 3.73 — 43,471 ratings — published 1995
Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,327 ratings — published 1985
Give Birth Like a Feminist: Your Body. Your Baby. Your Choices. (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as midwifery)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,247 ratings — published 2019
Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage: Weaving Ancient Wisdom With Modern Knowledge (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.50 — 906 ratings — published
Hard Pushed: A Midwife’s Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,551 ratings — published 2019
Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying, and Pleasurable Birth Experience (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.13 — 550 ratings — published 2010
When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.44 — 299 ratings — published 2004
Shadows of the Workhouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.17 — 27,362 ratings — published 2005
The Midwife of Venice (Midwife #1)
by (shelved 14 times as midwifery)
avg rating 3.61 — 13,553 ratings — published 2011
Into These Hands: Wisdom from Midwives (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.05 — 55 ratings — published 2011
Mayes' Midwifery: A Textbook for Midwives (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.28 — 78 ratings — published 1972
Listen to Me Good: The Story of an Alabama Midwife (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.10 — 297 ratings — published 1996
Paths to Becoming a Midwife : Getting an Education (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.22 — 50 ratings — published 1998
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide (medically updated)
by (shelved 12 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,259 ratings — published 1984
Arms Wide Open: A Midwife's Journey (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as midwifery)
avg rating 3.92 — 917 ratings — published 2011
Birth as an American Rite of Passage (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as midwifery)
avg rating 4.27 — 328 ratings — published 1992
The Oxytocin Factor: Tapping The Hormone Of Calm, Love, And Healing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as midwifery)
avg rating 3.76 — 148 ratings — published 2003
The Last Midwife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as midwifery)
avg rating 3.94 — 7,331 ratings — published 2015
“Today, the lay midwife is a response to a growing home-birth movement. In my own community most physicians have decided to withhold prenatal care from the home-birther. This is judgmental and vindictive. These doctors have decided that home birth is not safe, and by withholding prenatal care they are doing their best to make sure it is unsafe. Often it is lay midwives who step forward to fill the void and help eliminate the unnecessary dangers of home birth. They are essential for screening out women who really should not have a home birth. For considerably less money than a physician charges, they spend many more hours with a pregnant woman before, during, and after the birth. and in most places they courageously face the opposition of the established medical community.”
― Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way
― Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way
“The midwife considers the miracle of childbirth as normal, and leaves it alone unless there's trouble. The obstetrician normally sees childbirth as trouble; if he leaves it alone, it's a miracle.”
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