Are we giving birth? Or what you were afraid to ask a midwife-gynecologist

Natalia Viktorovna Tsalko is the head of the maternity ward at the Lapino clinical hospital, a practicing midwife-gynecologist with over 20 years of experience. A doctor who does not consider obstetrics a job, but rather a calling and the love of her life. Thanks to her, more than 5,000 babies have been born — and each story is still unique to her.
This book is not a textbook or a childbirth manual. It is an honest, lively, sometimes funny, and at times poignant story of a doctor about the most exciting process in a woman's life — childbirth. The author translates medical language into Russian without complex terms and complicated explanations, so as not to scare but to explain. There are no universal scenarios and ready-made solutions, but there are sincere observations, extensive professional experience, and most importantly — a desire to help, support, and provide a foundation.

On the pages of the book you will learn:
• who actually participates in childbirth: what specialists are present and why each of them is needed;
• how not to get confused by the varieties of childbirth: from gentle and partner to Dutch and even African (yes, those exist);
• what oxytocin is: why it is not worth fearing and in which moments it can become a reliable ally;
• how to keep your sanity when around you people advise, argue, and frighten more than the internet helps.

This is a book from the very center of events — without myths, without high tribunes, but with respect for absolutely every story. If you suddenly get carried away by a wave of emotions during contractions — the author will understand, as the entire book was written literally in breaks between births.