Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.
INA MAY GASKINGood 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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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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It does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby… it inspires him.
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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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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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If a woman doesn’t look like a Goddess during labor, then someone isn’t treating her right.
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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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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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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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It will take your breastfed baby an average of five to six months to double her birth weight.
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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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Birth Matters… It matters because it is the way we all begin our lives outside of our source, our mother’s bodies. It’s the means from which we enter and feel our first impression of the wider world.
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Ask the woman, she will tell you everything you need to know
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Don’t forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.
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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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The Creator is not a careless mechanic.
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