In the 1970s, a group of women, led by Ina May Gaskin, initiated a movement to change traditional methods of childbirth. They toured rural Tennessee in a bus caravan to share their knowledge of childbirth and motherhood with other women, and began attending their births without the need for institutions, hospitals or doctors. Since then, Ina May has witnessed more than a thousand births in its popular birthplace, "La Granja", but there are much more matrons, families, doctors and students she has illuminated with her books, publications and conferences worldwide.
Based on her more than thirty years of experience, the author exposes the physical and psychological benefits of natural childbirth, urging women to rely on the ancestral wisdom of their bodies to develop a full and healthy experience. Based on a model of obstetrics focused on the mother and her mind-body connection, t...read more
