Midwife's Story
When hospital-trained midwife Penny Armstrong takes on a job delivering the babies of the Amish, she discovers an approach to giving birth which would change her life forever. A Midwife's Story is a life-affirming book that never fails to enlighten, inform and surprise. Honest and ultimately very moving, it is inspirational reading for all student midwives and expectant parents.\ \ \ She works by the light of kerosene lamps without modern technology. She is Penny...
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When hospital-trained midwife Penny Armstrong takes on a job delivering the babies of the Amish, she discovers an approach to giving birth which would change her life forever. A Midwife's Story is a life-affirming book that never fails to enlighten, inform and surprise. Honest and ultimately very moving, it is inspirational reading for all student midwives and expectant parents.
Preface viiAcknowledgements ixTheir Way 3Home 9Midwife 13Wifie 18Booth 24Paradise Visited 33Paradise Considered 43Spring Road 55The Country Hospital 60In the Fields 69The Viewing 80The Home Delivery 86Getting Married 100China 110Losses 120The Office 129Mothers and Fathers 145Giving Yourself Up 154Love 160Home 170Leah 175
\ The New York TimesRemarkable... as wonderful about the Amish as it is about midwifery\ \
