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.
INA MAY GASKINIf you can’t be a hero, you can at least be funny while being a chicken.
More Ina May Gaskin Quotes
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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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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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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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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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When you cast doubt on some bodily function- you don’t know how sensitive the body is to that kind of idea.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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The energy that gets the baby in is the energy that gets the baby out.
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The Creator is not a careless mechanic.
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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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