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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.

Ina May Gaskin

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 GASKIN

Baby Mom Powerful
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.
INA MAY GASKIN

Giving Impact Mind
It will take your breastfed baby an average of five to six months to double her birth weight.
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Average Baby Months Six
When you cast doubt on some bodily function- you don’t know how sensitive the body is to that kind of idea.
INA MAY GASKIN

Body Doubt Ideas
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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Birth Men Uterus
The Creator is not a careless mechanic.
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Birth Moose Pregnancy
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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Brave Mad People
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 GASKIN

Beginning Extraordinary Good Throughout
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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Boss Country People Want World
Pregnant and birthing mothers are elemental forces, in the same sense that gravity, thunderstorms, earthquakes, and hurricanes are elemental forces.
INA MAY GASKIN

Earthquake Law Mother
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.
INA MAY GASKIN

Baby Birth Relaxation
If a woman doesn’t look like a Goddess during labor, then someone isn’t treating her right.
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Birth Goddess Looks
Don’t forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.
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Forget Humor Labor Sense
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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Birth Culture Way
Ask the woman, she will tell you everything you need to know
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Intuition Knows Needs
It does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby… it inspires him.
INA MAY GASKIN

Baby Brave Men

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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