Baby Catcher

Chronicles of a Modern Midwife

By: Peggy Vincent

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

An inspiring collection of birth stories by a charming midwife.

Each time she knelt to "catch" another wriggling baby - nearly 3,000 times during her remarkable career - California midwife Peggy Vincent paid homage to the moment when pain bows to joy and the world makes way for one more. With every birth, she encounters another woman-turned-goddess: Catherine rides out her labor in a car careening down a mountain road. Sofia spends hers trying to keep her hyper doctor-father from burning down the house. Susannah gives birth so quietly that neither husband nor midwife notice until there's a baby in the room.

More than a collection of birth stories, however, Baby Catcher is a provocative account of the difficulties that midwives face in the United States. With vivid portraits of courage, perseverance, and love, this is an impassioned call to rethink technological hospital births in favor of more individualized and profound experiences in which mothers and fathers take center stage in the timeless drama of birth.

©2002 Peggy Vincent (P)2019 Tantor

Very informative

This book was required reading for my doula class. I enjoyed it and learned so much.

love this book! so entertaining

amazing stories of an incredible woman. loved every one! A bit of language that I am not used to, especially with my children present but I could understand it given the circumstances.

awesome and insightful

Fascinating real stories of the miracles of births from the viewpoint of a midwife. loved it!

Excellent!

If you love to sit and talk about your birth experiences with other women, you will love this book. I am a big fan of Call the Midwife on PBS for the birth stories it tells and also the glimpses into midwifery, Healthcare and life during that time. I appreciated this more modern, though not always superior, look at the joys and struggles of practicing midwifery in the United States.

Such a beautiful story ♥️

The narrator made everything 10x better such an inspiring book I loved it so much ♥️