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Birthing the West: My Review

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The Earthbound Parenting Podcast and DIY Birth dive into everything pregnancy, birth, postpartum, partnership, and parenting—with an emphasis on taking radical responsibility at every step.


Birthing the West by Jennifer J. Hill isn't a birth philosophy book—it's a historical record of how women on the Northern Plains actually gave birth before the medical model transformed maternity care. In this episode, I review the book's most compelling insights, from the ordinary strength of community birth and traditional midwifery to the deliberate campaign that displaced women's knowledge and reshaped birth into a medical institution.


If you've ever wondered whether birth has always looked the way it does today, this conversation offers a powerful reminder that today's system is only one chapter in a much older story—and that reclaiming women's birth wisdom is less about revolution than restoration.



References:

Birthing the West: Mothers and Midwives in the Rockies and Plains by Jennifer J. Hill


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