Product Description

When hospital-trained midwife Penny Armstrong takes on a job delivering the babies of the Amish, she encounters a way of life deeply rooted in the earth. As she renews her respect for nature she discovers an approach to giving birth which would change her life for ever.
A gripping first-hand account of Armstrong's journey from student midwife in Glasgow to running her own practice in rural Pennsylvania, A Midwife's Story is a life-affirming book that never fails to enlighten, inform and surprise. Honest and ultimately very moving, it is inspirational reading not only for midwives and childbirth educators but also for all parents.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5761 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-20
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

The New York Times
Remarkable... as wonderful about the Amish as it is about midwifery.

Customer Reviews

a great book
I read this book a couple of years ago while I was still training to be a midwife and having just finished Penny and Sheryl's next book A Wise Birth I am reminded what an important book this is/was to me and how much of what they write about has stayed with me. It is vivid and moving and a fascinating insight into Penny's journey from being a hospital midwife to working and living with the Amish community

A must for all trainee midwives & obstetricians
This book is fantastic. Moving, informative, interesting, funny and honest. In these times of increasing interventions and medicalisation of childbirth, this gives a compelling insight into the innate ability of women to birth their babies. I think it should be on the curriculum for all midwives, obstetricians, doctors and antenatal educators. Not only that but it is a wonderful read for any new or expectant parent.

Although this book was written a number of years ago, the message is even more valid today. Buy it, you won't regret it!

Wonderful,true stories of homebirth in the Amish community!
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It pictures how truly wonderful, natural and peaceful childbirth can be when faith and love are present and fear is absent. If only all women had such a midwife and trusted their own bodies!