tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post2400287399359546361..comments2024-03-05T11:36:50.299-05:00Comments on Stand and Deliver: Review of Touching Bellies, Touching Lives by Judy GabrielRixahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-67081155790439364322016-01-18T19:11:19.001-05:002016-01-18T19:11:19.001-05:00Hi Peggy,
Thanks so much for your comment! I'm...Hi Peggy,<br />Thanks so much for your comment! I'm having a bit of a fan girl moment, since your book Baby Catcher was the first thing I ever read about midwifery and home birth. I knew instantly that this is what I wanted to pursue as my life's passion. I often use Baby Catcher in my freshman composition classes; because childbirth is a topic almost no student has thought about in depth, I find my students are more open to considering different ways of doing things. <br /><br />It's so sad to see so much knowledge and skills being lost! Rixahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908864785513937876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20642800.post-20912835585777465472016-01-18T15:54:05.986-05:002016-01-18T15:54:05.986-05:00I read the ARC of Judy Gabriel's book, "T...I read the ARC of Judy Gabriel's book, "Touching Bellies, Touching Lives," and I was enchanted. I fervently hope the book soon reaches a wider reading audience because of so many reasons: the stories, the wisdom, the tradition, the history, the memories, the power of these old, old 'granny midwives' of Yucatan. I sent my copy on to several doulas in the area, all of whom were charmed by Judy's book. I wish, during the years that I was actively practicing midwifery, I had had an opportunity to visit some of these old ladies, watch them at work, and perhaps pick up a few of their skills, particularly the rebozo-ing thingie and the 'belly rubbing'<br />I REALLY loved this book and wish it had been picked up by a mainstream publishing house instead of the equivalent of a university press.<br />-Peggy Vincent, author of Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife (2002) and Midwife: A Calling (2015)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04981724368928327831noreply@blogger.com