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Not of Woman Born (1990), by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
By: Kelly Roberts
| Published: Jul 02, 2024
Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski published Not of Woman Born in 1990. The book is a historical account of the cesarean birth procedure, hereafter c-section…
Cesarean SectionAbdominal DeliveryC-Section (OB)Caesarean SectionDelivery, Abdominal
The Business of Being Born (2008)
By: Jessica Cartwright
| Published: Jun 09, 2018
In 2008, Barranca Productions released a documentary called The Business of Being Born, detailing the topic of childbirth. Ricki Lake and Abby…
LiteratureChildbirthObstetricsParturitionDelivery (Obstetrics)
“Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Health Personnel of Maternities in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV...” (2018), by Elie Nkwabong, Romuald Meboulou Nguel, Nelly Kamgaing, and Anne Sylvie Keddi Jippe
By: Alexis Darby, Sierra Hope Jones
| Published: Apr 06, 2021
In 2018, researchers Elie Nkwabong, Romuald Meboulou Nguel, Nelly Kamgaing, and Anne Sylvie Keddi Jippe published, “Knowledge, Attitudes, and…
LiteratureHIV-positive womenHIV-positive childrenHIV (Viruses)HIV infections
“Spiritual Midwifery” (2003), by Ina May Gaskin
By: Megan O’Reilly
| Published: Feb 14, 2021
In 1976, midwife Ina May Gaskin published Spiritual Midwifery, with other editions published in 1980, 1990, and 2003. Spiritual Midwifery is a book…
LiteratureMidwifery in literatureMidwiferyMidwivesMidwife
Ina May Gaskin (1940– )
By: Megan O’Reilly
| Published: Jun 16, 2020
Ina May Gaskin is a certified professional midwife, or CPM, in the US during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. She worked at the…
PeopleChildbirthChildbirth teachersChildbirth at homeChildbirth in literature
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery, (1752-1764) by William Smellie
By: Yvette Tran
| Published: Jul 23, 2017
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery is a three volume collection of patient accounts that William Smellie published from 1752 to 1764…
MidwivesObstetrical ForcepsChildbirthObstetricsLabor (Obstetrics)
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery (1752-1764), by William Smellie
By: Yvette Tran
| Published: May 04, 2017
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery is a three volume collection of patient accounts that William Smellie published from 1752 to 1764…
LiteratureMidwivesObstetrical ForcepsChildbirthObstetrics
Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia (1974- )
By: Patsy Ciardullo
| Published: Apr 13, 2015
Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia is a nonprofit organization that began in 1974 as a joint endeavor by Reginald and Catherine Hamlin and the Addis Ababa…
OrganizationHamlin, CatherineAddis Ababa Fistula HospitalVesicovaginal FistulaFistula
William Smellie (1697–1763)
By: Yvette Tran
| Published: May 30, 2017
William Smellie helped to incorporate scientific medicine into the process of childbirth in eighteenth century Britain. As a male physician…
MidwivesObstetrical ForcepsChildbirthObstetricsLabor (Obstetrics)
Elinor Catherine Hamlin (1924- )
By: Patsy Ciardullo
| Published: Mar 19, 2015
Elinor Catherine Hamlin founded and helped fund centers in Ethiopia to treat women affected by fistulas from obstetric complications. Obstetric…
EthiopiaAustraliaFistulaFistula, Vesico-vaginalVoluntary Health Agencies