She’s the author of the influential book Spiritual Midwifery, a spirited paean to natural childbirth, written in super-groovy hippie language, which I read in 2001 with a mixture of delight, awe, amusement and annoyance before the birth of my first child. Last month, Texas Birth Networks, a non-profit that works to improve infant and maternal health outcomes, hosted a convention with noted midwife Ina May Gaskin as keynote speaker. Gaskin co-founded a commune called The Farm in Tennessee in 1971, where she created one of the first birthing centers in the USA. One is excellent.īut first, let me suggest we look at some adorable babies, because we’re gonna need to if we’re gonna make it to the end of this post. Let’s examine two apologies for the exact same incident.
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