I encourage you to read this short book. And then read it again.
Book Review: The Women Who Caught the Babies
Tag: history
The Smithsonian exhibit on Black midwives you can visit from your living room
Here's a free and easy learning opportunity!
Exploring Mary’s Birth Story: what the debate about Jesus’ delivery can teach us
As you probably know if you've followed this blog for a while or if you've met me in real life, my Catholic faith informs a lot of my understanding of birth and death. So, as a Christmas special, I want to share with you a piece I wrote earlier this year about Mary's birth story and Jesus' delivery.
Articles to read when you need to be distracted: recent history edition
Are you trying not to think about getting your period or taking a pregnancy test? Super pregnant and super ready to be done being pregnant? Trying to think about anything other than your grief? Trying to think about anything other than your screaming child? Reading these six articles about events of the past six decades might be just what you need.
Abby the Sociologist Doula 