Ina May Gaskin is founder and director of the Farm Midwifery Center, located near Summertown, Tennessee. She has lectured all over the world at midwifery conferences and at medical schools, both to students and to faculty. The Farm is noted for its low rates of intervention, morbidity and mortality. Recently selected as a Visiting Fellow at Morse College of Yale University, Ina May also teaches midwifery, writes books and articles for medical journals and edits her quarterly journal, The Birth Gazette.
"A stand-out by Ina May Gaskin...elegantly covers the normalcy and
power of birth, includes birth stories, and makes sound arguments
for more support and less intervention. An essential acquisition."
—Library Journal
"Ina May Gaskin is such an important figure in the effort to bring
a more kind birthing process back into the mainstream, so check out
her book if you'd like to learn more about having a blissful,
powerful birthing experience." —Alicia Silverstone, author
of The Kind Life
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