An Everyday Miracle : Delivering Babies, Caring for Women - A Lifetime's Work

In An Everyday Miracle, doctor Jim Dornan gives a unique insight into the world of pregnancy, giving birth and women's health. Drawing on his forty-year career as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, he talks openly and controversially about working in a busy maternity unit, and about the immense joy, and sometimes heartbreak and loss, that women experience during pregnancy and birth. In an accessible way, the book covers subjects such as premature babies, miscarriage, the pros and cons of having a c section and PMS, as well as looking, sometimes humorously, at how things have changed for doctors and their female patients over the last fifty years. Taking up where Call the Midwife left off, An Everyday Miracle tells the extraordinary stories of mothers, babies and their care over the last half-century. Insightful and compelling story of leading gynaecologist and obstetrician Jim Dornan's career - a life's work with women at its very heart. Through the stories of the many women for who Jim has been privileged to care, the book documents the changes that have occurred, including the level of medical intervention and the issue of women's choice during birth; the ways that breech babies are delivered; and helping women to deal with the menopause. It also covers the things that never change - the absolute tragedy of a stillborn baby, the vital importance of the very best standards of care, and - of course - the miracle of birth and the beautiful babies that are at the heart of so much of Jim's work Delivering babies, caring for women, a lifetimes work In An Everyday Miracle, eminent obstetrician and gynaecologist Jim Dornan gives a unique insight into the world of pregnancy, birth and womens health. Drawing on his forty-year career, he talks openly and at times controversially about working in a busy maternity unit, and about the immense joy, and sometimes heartbreak and loss, that women experience during pregnancy and childbirth. Taking up where Call the Midwife left off, An Everyday Miracle tells the extraordinary stories of mothers, babies and their care over the last half-century. Delivering babies, caring for women, a lifetime's work: an open, honest, and sometimes controversial account of a 40 year career as an obstetrician and gynecologist in a maternity ward. Heartwarming real-life stories about giving birth and women's health from a world-leading gynaecologist and obstetrician.