Midwife: A Calling (Memoirs of an Urban Midwife) - Softcover

Vincent, Peggy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1514605279 ISBN 13: 9781514605271

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

From the author of BABY CATCHER.

When Peggy Vincent first found herself holding a naked baby in her bare hands as a student nurse in 1962, she never dreamed the path her life would take as a result of that accidental catch.

Countless births followed. Hippies, lawyers, teenagers, welfare moms, marijuana growers, smugglers, spiritualists, Orthodox Jews, neurologists, Christian Scientists, Muslims, the rich and the poor...this list scratches only the surface of her diverse clientele.

Told with warmth, humor, and sincerity, these tales will resonate with all those who remain as enchanted as Peggy by the unique art of giving birth.

About this title

About the Author:

In 1980, after fifteen years as a delivery room nurse, ten years as a childbirth educator, and three years as the director of the first alternative birth center in Berkeley, CA, PEGGY VINCENT became a Certified Nurse Midwife. Initially attending only home births, three years later Peggy became the first independent nurse midwife in the area to be granted hospital privileges. Her memoir, Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife, was published in 2002 by Scribner and has been optioned for a potential TV mini-series. Now retired and living in Oakland, CA, with Roger, her husband of more than fifty years, she still enjoys putting in a cameo appearance at special home births now and then.

Review:

"Midwife Peggy Vincent is a consummate story-teller. This collection of her stories is wildly entertaining and full of wisdom."  -- Ina May Gaskin, midwife, mentor, teacher, lecturer, and author of internationally acclaimed "Spiritual Midwifery"
"Each one of Peggy Vincent's beautifully crafted birthing tales grabbed my heart and filled me with awe. Certain stories made me chuckle, others caused me to catch my breath or brought tears to my eyes.  A truly captivating collection of  childbirth stories, told by a midwife whose passion for her work shines through every word."  -- Victoria Twead, New York Times and Wall Street Journal international bestselling author of "Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools"

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1514605279
• ISBN 13: 9781514605271
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 242