Does the return of perennial favorite Call the Midwife have you jonesing for more midwifery goodness? Never fear — we’ve found eight books on the subject (mostly featuring first-hand accounts from the ...

When Linda Holmes was pregnant in 1976, she knew from her time as a Black student activist that she would have to fight to make choices about how she gave birth, from limiting medical intervention to ...

Kim Woodard Osterholzer, A midwife orginally from Mt. Pleasant, has released a book titled “A Midwife in Amish Country: Celebrating God’s Gift of Life,” chronicling her experiences as a ...

When Catherine Shields delivered her first daughter in 1972, it was a “nightmare birth.” Shields said she was forced to lay in a bed in a chilly room with an IV, oxygen and antiseptic smells. Her ...

BIRTH is no delicate matter and the things midwives see would astound you. But as Beth McRae can attest, not very long ago things were done very, very differently. And for any woman who has ever gone ...

For years Gina Laiso, “Book Midwife,” has been helping people self-publish books at her company, Integrita Productions, in rural Kansas. It’s been fulfilling for Laiso to guide people through their ...

The book’s cover photo by Finnish photographer, Samuli Jortikka, framed the book in a surprising way. It is an ancient tiny door, almost like a book cover itself, set in the wall of a house in the ...