Because they've either conveniently forgotten with time or they're trying to be supportive, most mothers won't tell you how hard pregnancy (and… — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
Transformation is only valid if it is carried out with the people, not for them. Liberation is like a childbirth, and a… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Yes, we've cut the maternal mortality rate in half, but far too many women are still denied critical access to reproductive health… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“The main goal of Bellydance for birth within the framework of actual labour is to fully allow the labouring woman to help… — Maha Al Musa Copy Share Image
Childbirth takes place at the intersection of time; in all cultures it links past, present and future. In traditional cultures birth unites… — Sheila Kitzinger Copy Share Image
“Just as there is no warning for childbirth, there is no preparation for the sight of a first child... There should be… — Anita Diamant Copy Share Image
Yeah, well, I’ll be glad to birth it if it means I can name him something normal. (Zarek) Yeah, yeah. This from… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Sarah Buckley is precious, because she is bilingual. She can speak the language of a mother who gave birth to her four… — Michel Odent Copy Share Image
...thousands of women could be saved each year if they had access to skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth, and access to… — Lee Jong-wook Copy Share Image
...Respecting the woman as an important and valuable human being and making certain that the woman's experience while giving birth is fulfilling… — Marsden Wagner Copy Share Image
“My friend Kathy is the only person who'll be halfway honest with me. 'Did you ever see a cowboy film, where someone… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“Seamus shuddered in horror, before he pulled himself together. Determined, he reached between my thighs and shoved hard. Pain, like the fire… — A.B. Shepherd Copy Share Image
The Church has opposed every innovation and discovery from the day of Galileo down to our own time, when the use of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A child, thought Carl, is not the only result of childbirth. A mother, too, is born. You see them every day--nondescript women… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
Obviously there is pain in childbirth. But giving birth is also a moment of awe and wonder, a moment when the true… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
The reason that stepmothers are often the bad guy in fairy tales is because people died in childbirth, all the time, so… — Chris Weitz Copy Share Image
It is unheard-of, uncivilized barbarism that any woman should still be forced to bear such monstrous torture. It should be remedied. It… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
Real change doesn't come without crisis. Childbirth doesn't come without crisis. I think that's happening with humanity now. Our growth has generated… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
If you are a good person, you will probably be a good father. Try not to worry too much. If you don't… — Clyde Edgerton Copy Share Image
“Her eyes were open, taking in my tired face... Her face twitched into what looked like a squinty smile, and in her… — Vanessa Diffenbaugh Copy Share Image
The revolting details of childbirth had been hidden from me with such care that I was as surprised as I was horrified,… — Suzanne Curchod Copy Share Image
In childbirth, as in other human endeavors, fashions start with the rich, are then adopted by the aspirant middle class with an… — Jessica Mitford Copy Share Image
I genuinely believe that, physically and emotionally, women are far stronger than men. The amount of pain they have to endure for… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
So many words commonly used to describe childbirth-support, patient, management, delivered by, coached, helped, guided-suggest that a woman does not have the… — Michel Odent Copy Share Image
[Childbirth] is the weirdest thing I've ever seen. It's like an 'Alien' movie. I started crying, it was so emotional ... I… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
Discrimination and multiple deprivations of human rights are also frequently part of the problem, sentencing entire populations to poverty... It is surely… — Navi Pillay Copy Share Image
Quests are a huge inconvenience. Don't let anyone tell you differently, even if that person has experience. The problem is that people… — Amy Neftzger Copy Share Image
A baby is like the beginning of all things: wonder, hope a dream of possibilities. In a world that is cutting down… — Eda LeShan Copy Share Image
Later on Lady Maccon was to describe that particular day as the worst of her life. She had neither the soul nor… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
Eve was blamed for the fall of man, and in return all women to come were to inheret her karmic responsibility for… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Her time has come," answered Miss Lizzie. "That's why I didn't marry Harvey - long ago when he asked me. I was… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
My sister was a twin, and the other baby died in childbirth, and I was three at the time, and I always… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
“...among the Aztecs, for example, who had a number of heavens to which people's souls would be assigned according to the conditions… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
If we want to find safe alternatives to obstetrics, we must rediscover midwifery. To rediscover midwifery is the same as giving back… — Michel Odent Copy Share Image
“The birthing journey requires us as women to get back to a sense of life basics where our connection to intuition and… — Maha Al Musa Copy Share Image
Let me tell you something: I salute womanhood worldwide, because women are exceptionally tough for enduring the misery of childbirth. I've cleaned… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
When one begins, as I did, to analyze men after a fairly long experience of analyzing women, one receives a most surprising… — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
Katherine of Aragon was speaking out for the women of the country, for the good wives who should not be put aside… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Fredrika Bimm, what do you think you're doing?" "Freaking out. Losing my mind. Thinking about snapping your husband's spine. Squashing the urge… — MaryJanice Davidson Copy Share Image
![“[Childbirth] is the weirdest thing I've ever seen. It's like an 'Alien' movie. I started crying, it was so emotional ... I was there in the room but I wasn't planning on doing much. But then I see this blue pinhead come out and I think I said to the nurse, 'What the hell is that?' And then it…” quote by Tim Burton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1d1/tim-burton-2476_aliens_childbirth-is-the-weirdest-thing-i-ve-ev_3070382.png)
