Mud Hut Mom: My Gentle Birthing Journey

Boa Constrictors ... Scorpions in the Bath ... Building our Mud Hut ... Birthing Unattended ... This girl from the Sydney suburbs wasn't in Kansas anymore, Toto... Republic of Benin, West Africa: The French sign over the door of the maternity ward read "No men allowed". Inside, the stirrup tables were overshadowed by vast fluorescent lights, and through the open door, in the heat of the bare dirt courtyard, the vultures were watching... ....Includes Homebirth Research Summary.... "I appreciate Kristie's contribution to shifting the narrative of birth in our culture." - Dr Rachel Reed, www.MidwifeThinking.com