Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- Part One: Becoming -- 1. Nature and nurture -- 2. Midwife and mother -- 3. Claiming space -- 4 Being with women -- Part Two: Love and Fear -- 5. The life-death-life cycle -- 6. Being different and the same -- 7. It's risky -- Part Three: Exploring -- 8. Connection and community -- 9. Battles of sorts -- 10. Going global for local -- Part Four: To the Edge -- 11. A space for birth -- 12. Can you tell me where you are? -- 13. There and back -- Epilogue -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Copyright