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If you’re pregnant or planning
to be, read this book! Dr. Kerr’s wise embrace of nature and technology
demonstrates that the best births have the right mix of midwifery and medicine.
--Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein, creators of the film The Business of
Being Born
“Homebirth in the Hospital is a wonderful breath of fresh air!
Dr. Kerr’s balanced approach to childbirth is inspiring and very helpful. I
highly recommend this book."
--Christiane Northrup, MD, author of Mother-Daughter
Wisdom (Bantam, 2005), The Wisdom of Menopause (Bantam, revised 2006), and Women’s
Bodies, Women’s Wisdom (Bantam, revised 2006)
Dr. Stacey Kerr's wonderful book
of birth stories shows how the midwifery model of care can be provided within a
hospital setting. I hope that Homebirth in the Hospital reaches a wide audience of parents-to-be and physicians,
as it's just what the midwife ordered! It should be required reading for all
obstetric and family practice residents.
--Ina May Gaskin
Homebirth in the Hospital is an outstanding book and a must read for all
expectant parents as well as the providers who care for them. We are in
an era where women are fearful of trusting their bodies to birth normally and
many medical care providers are equally uncomfortable and often unfamiliar with
trusting natural childbirth. Dr. Kerr has truly integrated concerns for safety
and the use of appropriate technology of the medical model with the skills and
comprehensive wisdom of the midwifery model, thereby using medical
interventions only when truly necessary.
Dr. Kerr clearly illustrates with detailed examples how women and their clinicians can work through the challenges that are unique to each woman's individual birth. Caregivers and
women will benefit by seeing how empowering and healthy normal and natural
childbirth can be when using skillful hands-on maneuvers, instilling confidence
and facilitating the woman's own ability to understand what her body can do,
the choices she has, and the confidence to communicate her needs. This book is
a significant contribution to modern and normal childbirth.
--Phyllis Klaus, MFT, LCSW Perinatal
therapist, reseacher, co-author of The Doula Book, Bonding, Your Amazing
newborn, When Survivors Give Birth
A must read for the expectant
parents who want a natural birth but also want to have the security of a safe
and happy delivery. Dr. Kerr is an impassioned advocate of patient
empowerment in the birthing process. She has always practiced what she so
eloquently believes. Congratulations to Dr. Kerr for writing this very
timely and much needed book on natural childbirth in a hospital setting.
--Bob G. Field, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
A much-needed book showing that
women can have real choices in hospital childbirth, and that the key ingredient
in their ability to give birth as they wish is the ideology, the wisdom, and
the heart of the practitioner. In this case, that practitioner is Stacey Kerr
MD, who, like the best of midwives, is there to guard, guide, and inspire the
women she attends to help them achieve their desires. A must-read for any woman
interested in giving birth normally in the hospital setting--usually very
difficult to achieve, but entirely doable, as this book beautifully
demonstrates, when the doctor is truly on and by your side.
--Robbie Davis-Floyd PhD, author, Birth as an American Rite of Passage
Homebirth in the Hospital           
Integrating
Natural Childbirth with Modern Medicine
Homebirth in the Hospital is an engaging
journey through birth stories of all types with only one similarity: the doctor
in charge. The author of the book and primary caregiver in each birth story is
Stacey Marie Kerr. Dr. Kerr has an incredible background for a medical doctor.
Not only did she spend time on The Farm, a spiritual community founded by
renowned midwife Ina May Gaskin – she actually lived there. During that time,
Dr. Kerr learned the power of letting Mother Nature take its course in the
birthing process. Her humble approach towards childbirth makes each story very
touching.
Each story is incredibly unique. They range
from all-natural births to c-sections, some with drugs and some with minor
interventions, and women who had health problems to those who were in perfect
health. There is even one very sad story of a baby that didn’t make it.
Collectively, they give the reader a bird’s eye view of what twists and turns
Mother Nature can throw at a woman in labor and the integrative solutions at
hand. The way the doctor handles the births is wonderful and always seems so
right, putting to shame many other doctors who treat pregnancy exclusively as a
medical condition.
The stories in Homebirth in the Hospital are
awe-inspiring and may leave you in tears of joy and grief as you share in these
women’s most intimate moments. A very good read for first-time mothers
interested in natural birth, it shows you that nothing is set in stone and even
the a typical pregnancy can end unpredictably. The book provides the reader
with insight into a woman’s intuition during pregnancy and labor as well as
what to look for in a doctor. Homebirth in the Hospital is a captivating book
that is rich with emotion and often difficult to put down.
Parenting Weekly – Mommy Media – September 2, 2008
www.community.parentingweekly.com Online magazine (ezine) with a
membership community you join. #3 on recommended book list.
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