Lying-In Free

Author: Richard W. Wertz
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0300040873

Lying-In: A History of Childbirth in America, Expanded Edition

This lively history of childbirth begins with colonial days, when childbirth was a social event, and moves on to the gradual medicalization of childbirth in America as doctors forced midwives out of business and to the home-birth movement of the 1980's. Get Lying-In diet books 2013 for free.
Widely praised when it was first published in 1977, the book has now been expanded to bring the story up to date. In a new chapter and epilogue, Richard and Dorothy Wertz discuss the recent focus on delivering perfect babies, with its emphasis on technology, prenatal testing, and Caesarean sections. They argue that there are many viable alternatives-including out-of-hospital births-in the search for the best birthing system. Review of the first edition: "Highly readable, extensively documented, Check Lying-In our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

Lying-In Free

Review of the first edition: "Highly readable, extensively documented,

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