Midwives aren't soft. We're warriors.

Midwives and doctors play a crucial role preventing unnecessary maternal deaths. They educate women about nutrition, health and family planning. And they step in…

— Liya Kebede

We midwives and physicians have a lot to teach each other.

— Ina May Gaskin

“The old country midwives helped with the washing and household tasks and could always be paid with produce or later favours, but in the…

— Gabrielle Palmer

During my high-risk pregnancy, I consistently experienced subpar care from my hospital, which led me to hire two midwives instead. They provided me with…

— Patrisse Cullors

Seeing what midwives do on a day-to-day basis - you really have this renewed respect for them.

— Emma Willis

When you destroy midwives, you also destroy a body of knowledge that is shared by women, that can’t be put together by a bunch…

— Ina May Gaskin

I think the thread running through most midwives is the passion.

— Sissy Spacek

“Many midwives work as employees in large hospital practices, where the techno-medical model of care is still the rule. In practices like these, midwives…

— Ina May Gaskin

“Today, the lay midwife is a response to a growing home-birth movement. In my own community most physicians have decided to withhold prenatal care…

— Susan McCutcheon

“We must always remember that we are only midwives—if we want praise for progeny we must give birth to our own.”

— Diana Athill

I had such a nurturing team of midwives looking after me with my first little girl, and their support gave me so much confidence…

— Katie Piper

“Midwives do not fear life.”

— Anita Diamant

It's not just the making of babies, but the making of mothers that midwives see as the miracle of birth.

— Barbara Katz Rothman

Midwives not only save lives. They are also actors of social change.

— Isabella Lovin

My wife and I would be very comfortable having a baby at home or using one of the terrific nurse-midwives at the hospital.

— Chris Bohjalian