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?
INA MAY GASKINI 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.
More Ina May Gaskin Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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Ask the woman, she will tell you everything you need to know
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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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It does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby… it inspires him.
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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 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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The energy that gets the baby in is the energy that gets the baby out.
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