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Book Review Pro | Karen Pool
Book Review Pro | Karen Pool
Author : Peggy Vincent
Genre : Memoir, Nonfiction
Peggy Vincent became a licensed midwife specializing in home births in 1980, after fifteen years as a delivery room nurse, ten years as a natural childbirth teacher, and three years as the director of the first alternative birth center in the East Bay.  In Baby Catcher, Peggy shares dozens of experiences of “catching” babies—many varieties circumstances and pain responses that eventually give way to joy as the baby is born. Her writing pulls you right into the moment. I found myself laughing and crying as I moved through each story. More than just birth stories, Peggy recounts the difficulties that midwives face in the United States.
“When Mrs. Purdue’s white uniform rustled toward us, Zelda slumped to the bed, and I yanked the sheet over her. She grabbed my fingers, and I stroked her forehead. We presented a perfect picture of cooperation and competent nursing care. As soon as my instructor left, Zela jumped to her feet and continue her pacing on the bed. Then zelda winked at me, and as she flashed her smile I knew we were in this together, conspirators at a birth. An hour passed that way, and I smiled and nodded my head in rhythm to her Gospel chanting. It was as if I’d stumbled into a piney woods revival tent.”
“Teri pushed Susie toward the purple-haired women and turned to wrap up loose ends. Her eyes snapped with the composure of a quarterback, and her capable hands hung ready at her sides. With her short, dark hair sticking out at funny angles from her head, she looked like a five-year old who’d been playing beauty parlor with her little sister. But I didn’t care what she looked like. She had Attitude and a station wagon She was my new best friend.”
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