Some Women Choose Unassisted Birth, Here’s Why

Some Women Choose Unassisted Birth, Here’s Why
Regulations and imposing doctors and nurses have compelled some mothers to have their children at home, trusting in a process as old as humanity. Flamingo Images/Shutterstock
Jennifer Margulis
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“Mom, where did the seaweed find a job?” My 8-year-old daughter read from a list of jokes that she’d prepared for me.

“Where?” I asked, smiling at her and trying not to moan.

Jennifer Margulis
Jennifer Margulis
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Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist and author of “Your Baby, Your Way: Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting Decisions for a Happier, Healthier Family.” A Fulbright awardee and mother of four, she has worked on a child survival campaign in West Africa, advocated for an end to child slavery in Pakistan on prime-time TV in France, and taught post-colonial literature to nontraditional students in inner-city Atlanta. Learn more about her at JenniferMargulis.net
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