Placenta

St. Winifred's Maternity Wing was built on a very reasonably priced piece of land. Nobody asked why.Four hundred years ago, seven midwives were hanged in a field for the crime of practicing without a licence. One of them made a bargain. She didn't need to rise from that grave — she just needed somebody, eventually, to build on top of her.Now the newborns at St. Winifred's are arriving with f...