Don’t forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.
INA MAY GASKINWhen 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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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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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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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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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 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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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 Creator is not a careless mechanic.
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The best a health care system can do is to equip itself to meet the needs of each individual woman and birth. Those needs run the gamut from undisturbed home birth to planned cesarean section.
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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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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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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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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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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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