"Simply put, midwife Ina May Gaskin is the most important  person in maternity care in North America, bar none. as a reproductive scientist as well as a medical practitioner, I can assure readers that everything Ina May presents in this book is based on the best scientific evidence. This book should be read by every woman who is having or may someday have a baby, and by every midwife, nurse, doula, childbirth educator, and doctor who assists or may someday assist these women through their maternity experience."
Marsden Wagner, M.D., M.S., former Director of Women's and Children's Health, World Health Organization