If a woman doesn’t look like a Goddess during labor, then someone isn’t treating her right.
INA MAY GASKINI think that women can be just completely surprised by the change in them from giving birth-you have something powerful in you-that fierce thing comes up-and I think babies need moms to have that fierceness-you feel like you can do anything and that’s the feeling we want moms to have.
More Ina May Gaskin Quotes
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The Creator is not a careless mechanic.
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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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Don’t forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.
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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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If you can’t be a hero, you can at least be funny while being a chicken.
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Ask the woman, she will tell you everything you need to know
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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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You must water the plants adequately, especially when seeds are germinating and sprouting, and they should be planted in a nutrient-rich soil. 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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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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It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn’t be so many humans on the planet.
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I think midwifery was developed by people with common sense, people who were close to nature, and people who observed other species of mammals and saw that there were lessons there to be learned.
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I 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.
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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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Why should insurance companies continue to get away with limiting the skills that a health profession has always previously required of its members if they were to be considered fully trained?
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I think that women can be just completely surprised by the change in them from giving birth-you have something powerful in you-that fierce thing comes up-and I think babies need moms to have that fierceness-you feel like you can do anything and that’s the feeling we want moms to have.
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