Birth Matters… It matters because it is the way we all begin our lives outside of our source, our mother’s bodies. It’s the means from which we enter and feel our first impression of the wider world.
INA MAY GASKINI had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.
More Ina May Gaskin Quotes
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Why in the world do the insurance companies get to be the boss of birth? That’s what I want to know.
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Why should nutrition matter less in the creation of young humans than it does in young plants? I’m sure that it doesn’t.
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Remember this, for it is as true as true gets: Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not a careless mechanic.
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Good beginnings make a positive difference in the world, so it is worth our while to provide the best possible care for mothers and babies throughout this extraordinarily influential part of life.
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If you can’t be a hero, you can at least be funny while being a chicken.
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The best a health care system can do is to equip itself to meet the needs of each individual woman and birth. Those needs run the gamut from undisturbed home birth to planned cesarean section.
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Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.
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Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life.
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It will take your breastfed baby an average of five to six months to double her birth weight.
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There is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ they would brag about it. So should we
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The way a culture treats women in birth is a good indicator of how well women and their contributions to society are valued and honored.
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It does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby… it inspires him.
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If a woman doesn’t look like a Goddess during labor, then someone isn’t treating her right.
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In order to understand the laws of their energy flow, you have to love and respect them for their magnificence at the same time that you study them with the accuracy of a true scientist.
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A society that places a low value on its mothers and the process of birth will suffer an array of negative repercussions for doing so.
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