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Ina May Gaskin
Ina May Gaskin is founder and director of the Farm Midwifery Center, located near Summertown, Tennessee. She has lectured all over the world at midwifery conferences and at medical schools, both to students and to faculty. The Farm is noted for its low rates of intervention, morbidity and... show more

Ina May Gaskin is founder and director of the Farm Midwifery Center, located near Summertown, Tennessee. She has lectured all over the world at midwifery conferences and at medical schools, both to students and to faculty. The Farm is noted for its low rates of intervention, morbidity and mortality. Recently selected as a Visiting Fellow at Morse College of Yale University, Ina May also teaches midwifery, writes books and articles for medical journals and edits her quarterly journal, The Birth Gazette.
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Birth date: March 08, 1940
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Heidi Hart
Heidi Hart rated it 11 years ago
Now that my youngest (and probably last, alas) son is a year old, I feel like I have enough distance to be able to write this review. My wife and I have two boys: she carried and birthed the oldest; I carried and birthed the youngest. My wife went first for several reasons, not least of which was th...
Listening to the Silence
Listening to the Silence rated it 16 years ago
Clear and concisely written guide to natural childbirth wriiten by the well known midwife and one of the founders of the birthing commune in Tennessee known as "The Farm." It is a must read for any woman embarking on natural childbirth.
Forrest Aguirre, in the Leaves
Forrest Aguirre, in the Leaves rated it 31 years ago
"Why," you surely ask, "is a man reviewing Spiritual Midwifery?"Frankly put, I delivered two of my children at home. Yes, there was a midwife looking over my shoulder, but I did all the dirty work with my wife. From start to finish, these pregnancies were ours. Ina May Gaskin's book is . . . well, g...
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