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A woman in bed after giving birth. Engraving by J. Wood, 1830.

A midwife tending a pregnant woman at home: promoting the Kibiriti home birth kit in Kenya. Colour lithograph by AMREF, ca. 2000.

A home birth. Oil painting by Karl Hagedorn.

The home birth book / Charlotte Ward and Fred Ward ; contributors, James D. Brew, M.D. [and 9 others] ; introduction by Ashley Montagu : photographs by Fred Ward ; introduction by Ashley Montagu, Ph.D. ; edited by Roger Glenn Brown ; designed by Thomas R. Smith.

Spiritual midwifery / by Ina May Gaskin.

Birth your way : choosing birth at home or in a birth center  / Sheila Kitzinger with photos by Patti Ramos.

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The home birth book / Charlotte Ward and Fred Ward ; contributors, James D. Brew, M.D. [and 9 others] ; introduction by Ashley Montagu : photographs by Fred Ward ; introduction by Ashley Montagu, Ph.D. ; edited by Roger Glenn Brown ; designed by Thomas R. Smith.

A home birth. Oil painting by Karl Hagedorn.

A woman in bed after giving birth. Engraving by J. Wood, 1830.

Spiritual midwifery / by Ina May Gaskin.

Birth your way : choosing birth at home or in a birth center / Sheila Kitzinger with photos by Patti Ramos.