A comprehensive guide to natural childbirth. This book is an incredible resource for every expectant mother.

"Simply put, midwife Ina May Gaskin is the most important person in maternity care in North America, bar none. As a reproductive scientist as well as medical practitioner, I can assure readers that everything Ina May presents in this book is based on the best scientific evidence. This book should be read by every woman who is having or may someday have a baby, and by every midwife, nurse, doula, childbirth educator, and doctor who assists or may someday assist these women through their maternity experience." Dr. Marsden Wagner, M.D., M.S., former Director of Women's and Children's Health, World Health organization.

"The inimitable Ina May Gaskin shares her birthing wisdom once again. This time explaining how she and her team of midwives have achieved such extraordinary success rates, and why the natural birthing process, when left to its own devices, can be proceed so beautifully on its own. Required reading from any woman who wants to learn about her birthing options." --Hope Edelman, author of Motherless Daughters