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 GASKINIt will take your breastfed baby an average of five to six months to double her birth weight.
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Ask the woman, she will tell you everything you need to know
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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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Don’t forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.
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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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I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.
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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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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 energy that gets the baby in is the energy that gets the baby out.
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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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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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The Creator is not a careless mechanic.
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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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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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Pregnant and birthing mothers are elemental forces, in the same sense that gravity, thunderstorms, earthquakes, and hurricanes are elemental forces.
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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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