If you can’t be a hero, you can at least be funny while being a chicken.
INA MAY GASKINYou 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.
More Ina May Gaskin Quotes
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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 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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Don’t forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.
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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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I have never observed even the slightest laceration in a woman who used clitoral stimulation as a relaxation method during birth. Clitoral stimulation seems to increase vaginal engorgement as the baby emerges.
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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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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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Ask the woman, she will tell you everything you need 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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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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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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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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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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