This is a joint giveaway cross-posted on Hobo Mama Reviews and Natural Parents Network. You may enter at one site only. Please find the section marked "Win it!" for the mandatory main entry and optional bonus entries.
I had the joy of hearing midwife Ina May Gaskin speak in Seattle and would like to offer my Ina May-signed copy of Birth Matters: A Midwife's Manifesta to one reader who wasn't lucky enough to have seen her in person!(You can read my full account of Ina May Gaskin's presentation at Hobo Mama, and find Amy of Anktangle's take on her blog.)
Birth Matters
is Ina May Gaskin's latest book, published just this year.The book is described here as "a spirited manifesta showing us how to trust women, value birth, nurture families, and reconcile modern life with a process as old as our species." I've resisted reading this copy so I don't ruin it for the winner, and I'm still in line for it at the library. But in a brief flip-through, I'm already entranced.
Don't you adore the cover? That's Ina May herself with her newborn son Samuel.
The book is worth $17 (plus the priceless autograph!), and I will gladly mail it anywhere in the world.
The contest ends June 6, because it's my anniversary and sounds pretty. I'll most likely even have gone through my next birth by then!
Here's my stalker-ish proof that I stood in line for the autograph!
BUY IT!
You can purchase Birth Matters directly at Amazon or from your local bookseller. The list price is $16.95, though it's currently on sale at Amazon for $10.74 and eligible for free Super Saver Shipping.WIN IT!
For your own chance to win a signed copy of Birth Matters, enter in the comments below! Contest is open WORLDWIDE.MAIN ENTRY: Tell me something you like about midwives. (It will be a little midwife love-fest!)
Leave an email address in at least one of your comments if it's not clearly visible on your profile or linked web page so I can contact you if you win. (You can write it like this to foil spambots: mail {at} hobomama {dot} com or similar.)
This is a joint giveaway with Hobo Mama Reviews and Natural Parents Network, a site bringing together those interested in attachment parenting and a natural lifestyle. You may do any bonus entries at one site only, and we'll be recording IP addresses to ensure there are no duplicate entries. That said, please do check out and enjoy both sites!
BONUS ENTRIES, to increase your chance of winning (leave a separate comment for each so I can count them all):
- Leave a relevant comment on my post on Hobo Mama about the Ina May presentation "Birth Works" and comment back here that you've done so.
- Leave a relevant comment on Amy's post on Anktangle about "Birth Works" and comment back here that you've done so.
- Follow www.HoboMama.com through Google Friend Connect, or subscribe to the Hobo Mama RSS feed in a reader or by email (1 entry for each).
- Follow www.HoboMamaReviews.com publicly through Google Friend Connect, or subscribe to the Hobo Mama Reviews RSS feed in a reader or by email (1 entry for each).
- Subscribe to Natural Parents Network in a reader or by email.
- Leave a relevant comment on a non-giveaway article at Hobo Mama and tell us which post (comment on separate posts for up to 3 entries total).
- Leave a relevant comment on a non-giveaway article at Natural Parents Network and tell us which post (comment on separate posts for up to 3 entries total).
- Follow @Hobo_Mama on Twitter and leave your Twitter name in the comment.
- Follow @NatParNet on Twitter and leave your Twitter name in the comment.
- Tweet about this giveaway (up to 5 times total, at least 24 hours apart). You can tweet this text: #Win a signed copy of #Birth Matters, by #midwife Ina May Gaskin, in a @Hobo_Mama #giveaway! http://bit.ly/lyCtW7 {6.6, Worldwide}
- Like Hobo Mama on Facebook.
- Like Natural Parents Network on Facebook.
- Follow Hobo Mama on Networked Blogs.
- Post this giveaway on your Facebook page or wall and leave the link (1 entry). You can use this status update: Win an autographed copy of the inspiring book Birth Matters, by midwife Ina May Gaskin, from @Hobo Mama. Contest ends June 6 and is open WORLDWIDE.
Be sure to attach the contest URL to your update! (This is not part of the status text!)
http://www.hobomamareviews.com/2011/05/giveaway-autographed-birth-matters-by.html - Enter another of my current giveaways or the giveaways on Natural Parents Network (1 extra entry per giveaway — check back for more!).
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- Put the Natural Parents Network badge on your website or add http://NaturalParentsNetwork.com to your text blogroll for 2 extra entries each. The HTML code for the badge is in the sidebar. Leave your site URL in the comment.
RULES:
- Contest open worldwide.
- Contestants may enter at either Hobo Mama Reviews or Natural Parents Network but not both. Entries will be combined for the drawing of a single winner.
- Leave each entry as a separate comment so I can count them all.
- For actions like following and subscribing, if you already follow or subscribe, just let me know in your comment.
- For tasks that garner you multiple entries, you can copy and paste the comment with a #1, #2, etc.
- You don't have to do any of the bonus entries, but you do have to complete the first mandatory one.
- I will pick the winner through Random.org after the contest closes and send an email notification. Leave an email address in your comment if it's not clearly visible on your profile or linked web page so I can contact you if you win. If I can't reach a winner or don't hear back within a couple days, I'll draw a new name.
- Any questions, let me know: mail {at} HoboMama.com
Contest closes June 6 at 11:59 p.m. PST.
Disclosure: I purchased the book myself and
stood in line for the autograph. :)
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First entry! I love midwives because they trust women's bodies! They know that birth is a natural process and they are there to facilitate that natural process, not to interfere with needless interventions!
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I love that my midwives took the time to sit down and talk with me. I also LOVED that they came to my house to do the first few post-natal visits!
I commented on the post over at Hobo Mama.
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Ina May is my hero :) Thanks for sharing <3
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My homebirth was made possible (and amazing) by my midwives Amanda and Jamie. They were so calm and that made me calm. They were so supportive and we just let my body do the work! I am so blessed by the experience-- and a healthy baby boy (now 9 months!) I love Ina May -- have her two Guides and would love this one! Her stories inspire and let us know that birth, just, is.
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you can read my copy with dirt on your hands if you let me win it. i love ina may so much. pick meeeeeee!
I love the pictures from the conference! I too love the cover of this book... hopefully next time will be natural homebirth time for me, yay!
What I love about midwives is that they LISTEN to both what the mother is saying and what her body is feeling. We need more OBs to have this approach, that women in labor are WOMEN and not just patients.
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What's not to like about a midwife? I love that my midwife spends as much time with me as I need at each appointment, I love that she trusts my body, I love that during my daughter's birth she left me alone with my partner to birth in privacy the way I needed to until it was time for me to push and her to catch my daughter and encouraging me the whole time, I loved that my midwife never checked my progress to see how dilated or what not I was during labor. I could keep going...
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can't believe you stood in the same room with ina may!
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she's such a mythic figure in my mind that it seems so other-wordly to me that she is a real person who still deigns to appear to an audience of mere mortals...
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moving to hk this summer, but i should still be in new york when the drawing comes up for this...
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love the hobo mama blog in general...sending you happy homebirthing baby vibes >>>>>>>
Subscribed to Hobo Mama thru e-mail.
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i like even numbers and since the drawing will be done on june 6th, i'll end with entry #6!
I'm entering! Great giveaway :)
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I love that midwives view birth as a normal event and not a medical emergency waiting to happen.
I'm an RSS subscriber.
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She is just amazing! If I don't win the book, I'll go buy it on Amazon :)
I'm the proud mama of a 19-month-old boy who was born at home, with a midwife and a doula. The thing I love most about midwives is the time they invest in you! In this day and age of rushed medical appointments, it was a luxury and a joy to spend an hour or more at each midwife visit. Sometimes I had lots of questions or we had important things to discuss, sometimes we just talked. It was wonderful!
Oops, forgot to add my e-mail:
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I love midwives because they're the only ones in our town who assist with water births.
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Greetings from Malaysia!
I attended an antenatal course and also hired the same trainers (who are experienced UK midwives) to do post natal visits to my home after the delivery of my 1st child as they really helped us a lot in understanding birth, breastfeeding and baby care. Until today (2 years on) I still kept in touch with them as I'm forever grateful to meet and to learn from them!
~ Jenny
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Greetings from Malaysia!
I left a comment in your post on Ina May presentation.
My comment was:
"What a breathtaking and moving video of the elephant giving birth! Thank you so much for sharing this post and I would really like to win that copy of the book!"
~ Jenny
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Greetings from Malaysia! I'm already a follower of your blog via Google Friend Connect.
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Greetings from Malaysia! Followed you on Facebook!
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I love their patience.
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Okay so I have to say just ONE thing I love about midwives?! I love that midwives trust the mother's ability to bring her baby into the world and understand the most basics of mammals birthing their babies. They know that mothers need cool, quiet places where they feel protected and loved. They know that birth isn't just a physical event but an emotional and mental and spiritual journey!
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Left a comment on your Ina May post on your other blog!
Second twitter entry! @suzileigh
I love midwives because they trust women's bodies! They are empowering and supportive during birth!
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I left a comment on your Ina May post!
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I've never had a midwife, but I hope to with my next pregnancy. I like how midwives spend more time with moms, give them personalized care, and support the natural birthing process.
I subscribe to Hobo Mama's RSS feed.
I follow @Hobo Mama on twitter: @themilkmama
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3rd twitter entry! @suzileigh
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What do I love about midwives - well EVERYTHING! The one on one care during my pregnancy was priceless.
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4th twitter entry!! @suzileigh
Midwives always take the time to answer your questions, explain anything, AND hold your hand!
I also follow hobo mama on twitter! Thanks! (mostlybliss)
I'm also following natural parenting on twitter (mostlybliss)
I tweeted about the contest too!
I just tweeted again! Thanks!!
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I love the way midwives trust birth! <3
5th twitter entry! (and my last entry!) @suzileigh
I love that midwives (most of them) fight for our right to birth as we choose. annatiffany@yahoo.com
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I love so many things about midwifes. Particularly that they spend countless, selfless hours assisting woman in one of the most powerful, life changing events mostly for the love of it.
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Midwives are special people sent to be our advocates and partners for us and our family during one of the most life changing events we experience.
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We empower women to have a choice in their birth process. I am thankful to be @CALLED2MIDWIFE on twitter sharing the ups and downs of being with women.
I love that midwives help women trust in their bodies, and that they do not lean on common interventions used in hospitals (epidural, forceps, etc.)
I also love that they support birthing in whatever position is comfortable for the mother!
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I love midwives who listen & truly care about the women & families they work with.
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Now liking Natural Parents Network on fb. Why haven't I done that already? Already left a few comments :)
I love that midwives will exhaust the least invasive interventions before they resort to interventions that are more risky.
I'm so grateful for the midwife that delivered my son! I swear she saved me from a c-section!!!
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I love that there more friendly and actually care, unlike dr's who treat you like a number.
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One thing I love about midwives - No sitting on an uncomfy, intimating exam table for appointments!
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I tweeted this giveaway!
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I love that my midwife really listened to my concerns, and didn't treat me like an idiot.
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I love midwives beacuse they CARE . About babies, about women, about nature.
Ina mays books inspired me to become a midwife myself.
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I love midwives because they recognize that birth is (almost always) a natural event rather than a medical emergency.I love midwives because they understand that taking the time to know the mama and her family/support people is an important component to a healthy birth. I especially love my midwives for the peace and quiet they provided my husband and I while I was laboring; no lights, no intrusive sounds, no unnecessary examinations.
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I love midwives because they're the only ones that seem to remember that women were born to birth children. It's not an illness.
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I would love to win a copy of this book, Im due in Sept and am doing a HBAC so the more that I can read the better! Love your blog!
Oops! Didn't realize I needed to say what I loved about midwives in order to enter. I love midwives because they trust you and your body. :-)
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I like the fact that they are more caring and give you personlize care and treat you like a human and not a number.
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