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.
INA MAY GASKINIt does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby… it inspires him.
More Ina May Gaskin Quotes
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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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If you can’t be a hero, you can at least be funny while being a chicken.
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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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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 will take your breastfed baby an average of five to six months to double her birth weight.
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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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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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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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It does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby… it inspires him.
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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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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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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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If a woman doesn’t look like a Goddess during labor, then someone isn’t treating her right.
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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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