Hello- I am Gretel Schatz from Gill, MA. I have 3 kids 5, 3, & 1 and I am a dance teacher and choreographer. My 1st birth was a csection after a homebirth...
Hi everyone, As today is October 1st, we can officially start the discussion part of The Birth House. Any questions, comments, thoughts, etc. are welcome to be...
Well, okay, I'll start... Susan from Austin~ I LOVED this book! I could hardly put it down and was sad when it ended. Most of the characters were well ...
I still have some chapters left, there is probably risk of some of the posts having "spoilers" right? Wondering if I should just click and delete until I...
Susan, you really bring up some of the main reasons I want people to read The Birth House: it encourages people to think critically about birth and it does it...
I was wondering if any of you have read the New Yorker article this week about the "industrialization of childbirth", it really ties in to so the themes of the...
Hi Susan, Karen, Rebecca and all! Susan, thanks so much for your kind words and thoughts about The Birth House! I think Karen really hit the nail on the head...
Hello Alia and all, Maybe we could put the phrase "Spoiler Alert" in the subject line of the post? I'd hate for you to miss out on the conversation so far by...
Good morning everyone, A spoiler alert is a great idea. I loved reading your Indiana birth story, Ami. Makes me want to throw my shoe at somebody, though....
Hi, Thanks, Ami, for your posting and for sharing your first birth experience in Indiana. This really tells me a lot about the passion behind your novel. ...
Yes, yes, yes! Absolutely the message of women nurturing and supporting women as a primary theme!!!! I'm sure that's what I loved most about it from a...
Yes, yes, yes! Absolutely the message of women nurturing and supporting women as a primary theme!!!! I'm sure that's what I loved most about it from a...
Fellow Book Clubbers, One thing that struck me as I was reading was how flimsy Dr. Thomas's arguments for the superiority of the medical model were. He...
A couple of thoughts based on the below... I felt that to some degree, there was an inherent distrust or fear of things female, even before the OB came to...
I was thinking about Dora Rare really being rare, unusual, and special - starting with her being the only female in a line of males, and then going on to her...
Hi everyone, I am happy to announce that we'll have a book club conference call with Ami McKay on Monday, October 30th at 9 p.m. The first six lucky members...
Hi Elizabeth and all, I thought I'd address two questions in this post, both concerning characters in the book. 1. Karen had asked if any of the characters...
I'd love to participate! Please let me know if I've responded in time. Thanks! Shay ... -- Shaileen Pokress, Ed.M., HBCE, Doula(DONA) Peace on earth begins...
Did you already get six people for the conference call? If not, I'd love to be a part of it. I wasn't able to respond until now because I've been at the...
Just wanted to let everyone know, there's still a little space left for the conference call on Monday Oct. 30th, 9 PM (EST) with Ami McKay. You can write me...
Has everyone finished the book by now? We will move on soon to a new book that I'll announce shortly! I do have room for one more person for the conference...
Hi Everyone, Well, I've wanted to announce the next book for a while, but didn't have it confirmed until today. Our next book is really geared to the consumer,...
I just wanted to send a big "thank you" to Ami! I didn't get to participate online as actively as would have liked, but I really enjoyed following and reading...
Hi everyone! How's the reading going? Has anyone read this book before? Looking forward to our discussion which we'll really get into in December. Hope...
Hi again everyone! I wanted to let you all know that we're actually going to start the discussion of the book the week after Thanksgiving since December wiil ...
Could someone please remind me what book we're supposed to be reading now? I got on this list late, and just finished "The Birth House." So I need to get up...
Giving Birth with Confidence by Judy Lothian and Charlotte DeVries It's a great book and the official Lamaze book. If you go back a few posts to the...
Hi all, Hope you had great Thanksgivings, and hope you've had time to do some reading. I'd love for us to start discussing ""Giving Birth With Confidence". Any...
Charlotte Devries, one of the author of our book, has suggested that we leap into our discussion by looking into two recent birth issues. There is a recent...
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