Quotes of: Childbirth Keyword

God schedules a birthday, not man.

Husband-Coached Childbirth: The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth

I taught woman-centered childbirth classes for five years and have a particular interest in the history of childbirth practices.

Jo Beverley

But after years of teaching, we have decided that a lot of mothers just aren't reading textbooks.

Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way

Each woman must realize that she is the final guardian of her unborn child.

Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way

I would love to live free of the fear and sadness and real desperation that I think the effect of childbirth has on women, especially because we are expected to be so concerned by 'recovery' from childbirth.

Romola Garai

We repeatedly tell patients we are not in a hurry; there are no trains to catch and we don't care when the baby comes, only how! A doctor who is in a hurry does not belong in the field of obstetrics. As my chief pointed out, 'An obstetrician should h...

Husband-Coached Childbirth: The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth

The midwife considers the miracle of childbirth as normal, and leaves it alone unless there's trouble. The obstetrician normally sees childbirth as trouble; if he leaves it alone, it's a miracle.

Sheila Stubbs

The context needs to be that the goal is a healthy mom. Because mothers never make decisions without thinking about that healthy baby. And to suggest otherwise is insulting and degrading and disrespectful.

Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

Time and time again, throughout the history of medical practice, what was once considered as "scientific" eventually becomes regarded as "bad practice".

Five Standards for Safe Childbearing: Good Nutrition, Skillful Midwifery, Natural Childbirth, Home Birth, Breastfeeding

The pain of childbirth is not remembered. It's the child that's remembered.

Freeman Dyson

We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.

Liya Kebede

Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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's Guide to Childbirth

Men die in battle; women die in childbirth.

The Red Queen

I like trying to get pregnant, I'm not so sure about childbirth.

George Eliot

Try not to take it personally if the mother criticizes you or tells you to stop doing something that you expected to be helpful. Just say, “Sorry,” and stop doing it. Don’t try to explain why you did it or express frustration with her. She is r...

The Birth Partner: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions

When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One of the few societies to take a contrary view was the Huichol tribe in Mexico. The Huichol believed that the ...

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Childbirth is normal until proven otherwise.

Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife

On the one hand, we'll never experience childbirth. On the other hand, we can open all our own jars.

Bruce Willis

There is nothing that anyone can say to prepare you for childbirth. Each woman's experience is so different; you never know how it will be for you!

Poppy Montgomery

At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone.

Boris Pasternak