SOLVED. Adult Non-Fiction book. Title: “A Time to be Born”?, published in early-mid 70s. Cannot remember the exact title or author, I can’t find it! Stories about life working with premature babies; some live and some don’t. Short book though. [s]

[Amanda]

Need help to find this author/book combo. My mother had it when my brother was born in ‘78, told me she had it when I was born in ‘73. I read it a hundred times at least. Stories written by Doctor about his time caring for dangerously ill premature babies from their birth onward in the babies’ ICU. (Don’t think is was call or referred to as the NICU in this book, like that department is called now.) Loaned it to a good friend when she became pregnant, and she never gave it back. Very special to me! Was a small, slender, hardcover book, with a plain light brown/cream/beige cover with green embossed title, in a sort of cursive-style font. Book originally bought in Michigan, USA.

This book made a profound impact on me and I was heartbroken when my friend seemingly stole it. Life made it so I cannot have children on my own, so it is very important for me to find this book again to connect with my childhood, and my mother. You are my last hope to find this!

[Rainbowheart]

A Season to Be Born?

[Amanda]

Rainbowheart wrote: "A Season to Be Born?"

Thank you, but no; that’s not it. This book involved detailed stories about care for premature newborns—keeping them under special lamps for jaundice, closely monitoring their breathing, their progress…and how it felt from the POV of a younger doctor , working with them but feeling helpless at the same time.

Thanks again for reading and trying to help!

[Brenna]

A Time To Be Born by David J. Bell? Seems to have been published in 1975 though. So it might not be the book you're looking for unless there's a previous edition that I'm not seeing.

Using the Google Books search inside feature, I was able to see snippet views when I searched for words like lamp, jaundice, etc:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Google Images had photos of the cover and a few inside pages, but I don't know if these three links will work for you:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6MEAAO...

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/MpcAAO...

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZOkAAO...

[Rainbowheart]

You can also read the whole book on Archive.org.

https://archive.org/details/timetobeb...

Copyright is definitely 1975, though.

[Amber (Daisymau)]

The only one I've been able to find is this one, but it was published in 1986. A Time to Be Born, a Time to Die: Conflicts and Ethics in an Intensive Care Nursery

[Amanda]

Brenna wrote: "A Time To Be Born by David J. Bell? Seems to have been published in 1975 though. So it might not be the book you're looking for unless there's a previous edition tha..."

Brenna wrote: "A Time To Be Born by David J. Bell? Seems to have been published in 1975 though. So it might not be the book you're looking for unless there's a previous edition tha..."

YES!! This it, this is the one! 1975 fits in perfectly. I was a ‘73, my mum lost a pregnancy in ‘75, and my brother was born in ‘78. She used his feeding records from hospital discharge as a bookmark.

This is so wonderful; thank you so much!

[Amanda]

Rainbowheart wrote: "You can also read the whole book on Archive.org.

https://archive.org/details/timetobeb...

Copyright is definitely 1975, though."


YES!! This it, this is the one! 1975 fits in perfectly. I was a ‘73, my mum lost a pregnancy in ‘75, and my brother was born in ‘78. She used his feeding records from hospital discharge as a bookmark.

This is so wonderful; thank you so much!