Giveaway: Signed copy of Spiritual Midwifery, by Ina May Gaskin

When I was first pregnant I learning about natural birth, reading Ina May Gaskin’s book Spiritual Midwifery was so incredibly eye opening. I didn’t know anyone who had a natural birth, and I was one of the first of my friends to have a baby. I didn’t even know where to look to have a natural birth. I was in a major city where there were no birth centers, home birth was illegal and the main hospitals all had C-section rates greater than 30 percent (and even higher now). When I found the book Spiritual Midwifery at the book store, it gave me hope that I could have the birth I wanted – and that it was normal. I just had to figure out how and where.

One midwife led to another until four OB offices later, when I found one with a midwife that Ina May would have approved of. My first baby was an empowering, all natural, water birth in a small regional hospital. I still remember feeling like superwoman after that – like I could do anything! In a huge way, those feelings associated with my birth story defined the kind of mother and natural parenting advocate I became.

Before I had my second baby we had moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, where the presence of Ina May Gaskin is strong. Living in a region not far from The Farm in Tennessee, we reap the benefits of her her ongoing advocacy and midwifery practice – with birth centers and home births available to all.

I continue to be amazed by the large group of local birth advocates and natural parenting support groups in the small city I live in.

Last month I had a chance to meet her and listen to her speak, through a local showing of the The Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin & The Farm Midwives. The feature-lenth documentary tells the story of counterculture heroine Ina May Gaskin and her spirited friends, who began delivering each other’s babies in 1970, on a caravan of hippie school buses, headed to a patch of rural Tennessee land. There are screenings happening across the nation. You can find out if there is any in your area, or learn how to request one, The Birth Story Movie website.

To help promote Ina May’s message and The Birth Story movie, I asked her if she would sign a copy of her book for me to giveaway here, on my site. Of course she said yes.

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One winner will be chosen using the Random Number Generator, based on the number given to each comment in the order they are received. I’ll close comments on Sunday, March 17 at midnight EST. Winner EST. Winner will be chosen using Random Number Generator. The winner will be announced here Monday morning. So please check back here to see if you won!

 Domestic Diva number 4 was the winner. Please email me your address so I can send the book. rebecca@simplynaturalmom.com.