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.
INA MAY GASKINA society that places a low value on its mothers and the process of birth will suffer an array of negative repercussions for doing so.
INA MAY GASKINIf a woman doesn’t look like a Goddess during labor, then someone isn’t treating her right.
INA MAY GASKINIn 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.
INA MAY GASKINIf you can’t be a hero, you can at least be funny while being a chicken.
INA MAY GASKINRemember 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.
INA MAY GASKINWhy should nutrition matter less in the creation of young humans than it does in young plants? I’m sure that it doesn’t.
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.
INA MAY GASKINIt’s easy to scare women. It’s even profitable to scare women… But it’s not nice, so let’s stop it.
INA MAY GASKINIt does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby… it inspires him.
INA MAY GASKINDon’t forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.
INA MAY GASKINWhen you cast doubt on some bodily function- you don’t know how sensitive the body is to that kind of idea.
INA MAY GASKINIt will take your breastfed baby an average of five to six months to double her birth weight.
INA MAY GASKINThe energy that gets the baby in is the energy that gets the baby out.
INA MAY GASKINThere is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ they would brag about it. So should we
INA MAY GASKINI have never observed even the slightest laceration in a woman who used clitoral stimulation as a relaxation method during birth. Clitoral stimulation seems to increase vaginal engorgement as the baby emerges.
INA MAY GASKINThe 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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