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.
INA MAY GASKINThe energy that gets the baby in is the energy that gets the baby out.
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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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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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It’s easy to scare women. It’s even profitable to scare women… But it’s not nice, so let’s stop it.
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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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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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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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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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Don’t forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.
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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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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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Pregnant and birthing mothers are elemental forces, in the same sense that gravity, thunderstorms, earthquakes, and hurricanes are elemental forces.
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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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