Description |
336 pages ; 25 cm |
Series |
The Canadian social history series |
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Canadian social history series.
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Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Part I -- As it was in the beginning -- You Have to Lie Down -- Babies, Babies, Babies -- Mrs. Purdue -- The Hippie Effect PART II -- The meditation of my heart -- Painless Childbirth? -- To Be or Not to Be -- Only If You Can Be There -- Fog -- Adidas to Birkenstocks PART III -- The wine of astonishment -- Rubber Ducky -- Good News and Bad News -- We Couldn't Have Done It Without Him -- Huh? -- Hallie's Reputation -- Only What's Necessary -- The Perineal Cry PART IV -- Not only with our lips but in our lives -- Spirit Baby I -- Practice What You Preach -- My Little Helper -- Spirit Baby II -- When Mom Is a Midwife PART V -- Who walketh upon the wings of the wind -- One More Soul -- Pragmatism in Action -- Sneak Attack -- Uh-oh -- A Friend -- What Flowers Are These? -- Labor's Not So Bad -- Goose Abuse -- Wall Art -- It's Just So Interesting -- Okay, Okay, Okay -- Is My Mommy Happy? PART VI -- Devices and desires -- Wrongful Life -- Cut Me! -- You'd Better Sit Down PART VII -- The measure of my days -- Guardian Angel -- Allah's Blessing -- End of the Drought -- You Can't Be Serious -- I Just Forgot -- Soccer Mom -- Hello from Rosie -- A Bitter Pill -- Happy Birthday -- Shift Work -- Passing the Torch Epilogue -- The Current Situation Appendices -- I Pearls of Wisdom -- II Home Birth Supplies -- III Studies on Midwifery Safety -- IV Statistics on the Economics of Midwifery -- V Resources -- VI Sandi's Famous Caramels |
Summary |
In this engaging account of her career as a midwife, Vincent describes the hilarious, sometimes frightening, events surrounding the appearance of a new human being |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-331) |
Subject |
Vincent, Peggy, 1942-
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Toronto Hospital for the Insane -- History.
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Midwives.
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Midwives -- Anecdotes.
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Mentally ill -- Institutional care -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History.
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Midwifery.
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Home Childbirth.
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Nurse Midwives.
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Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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Personal Narrative.
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Anecdotes.
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Personal narratives.
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LC no. |
2001054988 |
ISBN |
0743219333 hardback |
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