Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface Motherhood Issues xi
4. 1. Procreation Stories: An Introduction 1
5. 2. Cultural Contexts of Home Birth 16
6. 3. Risk, Fear, and the Ethics of Home Birth 38
7. 4. Procreating Religion: Spirituality, Religion, and the Transformations of Birth 63
8. 5. A Sense of Place: Meanings of Home 97
9. 6. Natural Women: Bodies and the Work of Birth 135
10. 7. Sliding between Pain and Pleasure: Home Birth and Visionary Pain 176
11. Epilogue: The Miracle of Birth 213
12. Appendix A: Interview Guide 221
13. Appendix B: The Women in the Study 224
14. Notes 231
15. Bibliography 285
16. Index 309