Men and women are not equal, and they will never be, until a man has experienced the labors of childbirth. — Cellan Slarcas Copy Share Image
I became hysterical and frightened and begged for sedation. And that was just the first prenatal visit. — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
...one cannot actively help a woman to give birth. The goal is to avoid disturbing her unnecsessarily. — Michel Odent Copy Share Image
“Parent should never forget the great excitement they felt for the birth of a new born into the world.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Protecting the lives of women in childbirth and in their postpartum months should be a common priority. — Abigail Spanberger Copy Share Image
The pain of childbirth is not remembered. It's the child that's remembered. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The wife ought to have the first child and the husband the second, then there wouldn't ever be any more. — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
Maternal health remains a staggering challenge, particularly in the developing world. Globally, a woman dies from complications in childbirth every minute. — Jessica Capshaw Copy Share Image
“...childbirth is at best necessary and tolerable. It is not fun. (Like shitting a pumpkin, a friend of mine told me when… — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
The first printed mention of bagels... is to be found in the Community Regulations of Kracow, Poland, for the year 1610 which… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if my husband is going to be there when I actually have the baby. He said the only way… — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
They say childbirth is the most pain women ever experience. Mothers prepare their daughters for this pain by brushing their hair. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
I am perpetually bringing or losing babies, both very dreadful operations to me, and which tear mind and body both in pieces… — Hester Lynch Piozzi Copy Share Image
“War and marriage and childbirth had passed over her without touching any deep chord within her and she was unchanged.” — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
It is not only that we want to bring about an easy labor, without risking injury to the mother or the child;… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share Image
In achieving the depersonalization of childbirth and at the same time solving the problem of pain, our society may have lost more… — Sheila Kitzinger Copy Share Image
Of all the alchemies of human connection-sex and childbirth and marriage and friendship-the strangest is this: You can stand up and tell… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
Chronological time is what we measure by clocks and calendars; it is always linear, orderly, quantifiable, and mechanical. Kairotic time is organic,… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
“I have a clear understanding of things, and no stress. A child brings regrets, not clarity. It can open up your eyes… — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
You can read the best experts on child care. You can listen to those who have been there. You can take a… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
“Birth is, without a doubt, one of the greatest self -expressive and creative processes we can embark upon in womanhood. I believe… — Maha Al Musa Copy Share Image
Women and girls face a whole host of issues. We start with health, so we work very deeply on maternal deaths, making… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
“Nick and the Candlestick I am a miner. The light burns blue. Waxy stalactites Drip and thicken, tears The earthen womb Exudes… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
As indicated by the increase in maternal mortality in 2010, right now it's more dangerous to give birth in California than in… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“They wanted the real mother, the blood mother, the great womb, mother of fierce compassion, a woman large enough to hold all… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“The first music I ever heard was only one hundred and sixty days after I was conceived. Da dum Da dum Da… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
“He feels a second pang now for the existence of perfection, the stubborn existence of perfection in the most vulnerable of things… — Taiye Selasi Copy Share Image
One of the things that really impressed me about Anna Karenina when I first read it was how Tolstoy sets you up… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
The scriptures provide one of the best ways to find our course and stay on it. Scriptural knowledge also provides precious protection.… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
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