Ada Parsons: "Giving birth should be a special time": Narrative 9 of the Marathon maternity oral history project. Interview date: August 22, 2008.

Marie Michano: "That sense of being at home": Narrative 7 of the Marathon maternity oral history project. Interview date: August 21, 2008.

Connie McWatch: "I have a lot of blessings": Narrative 6 of the Marathon maternity oral history project. Interview date: August 12, 2008.

My grandmother, she delivered me, she delivered all of us. That’s my mom’s mom. She was on crutches all the time; she was born a cripple, but that didn’t stop her. She’d get in the canoe and go out camping by herself. She’d pick up Indian medicine for us. A midwife for the whole reserve. They call her, lots of people call her, in Heron Bay and then Longlac, and White River. She was called all o...

Marathon maternity oral history project: Exploring rural birthing through narrative methods.

OBJECTIVE To explore how birthing and maternity care are understood and valued in a rural community. DESIGN Oral history research. SETTING The rural community of Marathon, Ont, with a population of approximately 3500. PARTICIPANTS A purposive selection of mothers, grandmothers, nurses, physicians, and community leaders in the Marathon medical catchment area. METHODS Interviews were cond...

Patti Pella: "Someone knows your life story": Narrative 11 of the Marathon maternity oral history project. Interview date: August 22, 2008.

I’m Patti Pella. I’m 41. Grace is 9, Thomas is 7, James is 3, and Michael is 1. All of them were born here. When we drive past this hospital, a piece of our family is here. I mean, they were born here, it just connects us to the community. My kids are growing up in a community with people that were the first people in the world that they saw. It’s pretty magical. It just feels like our family’s...

[Qualified care of childbirth: the nursing staff in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil].

This study aimed at identifying and characterizing nursing care professionals assisting childbirth at maternity hospitals in the city of Rio Branco, State of Acre. It was conducted at the city's two maternity hospitals (one philanthropic institution and one public). The studied population con-sisted of 30 nursing professionals. The data were collected by means of interviews. The results showed ...