In this absorbing and candid account, the author educates the expectant couple, mid-wife-in-training and medical student on "catching" a baby and the stages of labor and delivery leading up to this event. As well, she describes the history and responsibilities of midwives and the legal status and formal training available in Canada. More than this, Frances Wirvin recreates, with compassion and humor, the miracle of childbirth.

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