“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
“It seems that in our twenty-first century modern world, many women have become estranged from their primal brain and the knowledge that… — Maha Al Musa Copy Share Image
Nature has decreed that for what men suffer by having to shave, be killed in battle, and eat the legs of chickens,… — Jan Struther 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
Everybody was upset that Vladimir Putin was missing. He was in Switzerland with his girlfriend. She had a baby in Switzerland because… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
“Christmas is holy celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. And God’s great love is the divinity of birth: the spirit of… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
It keeps startling me that at the beginning of this 21st century, at a time when we can . . . explore… — Thoraya Obaid Copy Share Image
My first experience of having a baby was about as natural as birth can be, and though I didn't know it at… — Robin Lim Copy Share Image
“Nobody that has seen a baby born can believe in god for a second. When you see your child born, and the… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Women are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don't know how strong until we're pushing out our babies. — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
I think because I did a lot of modelling and appeared in lads mags a lot of women didn't necessarily warm to… — Jennifer Ellison 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
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
“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
...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
The frequency of personal questions grows in direct proportion to your increasing girth. . . . No one would ask a man… — Jean Marzollo Copy Share Image
“The context needs to be that the goal is a healthy mom. Because mothers never make decisions without thinking about that healthy… — Jennifer Block 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
I think pain is a very - it's an extremely hard thing to empathize moment to moment. And you often don't remember… — Hugh Laurie 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
In medieval Europe, childbirth was a leading cause of death. So widowed fathers with children were quite common, meaning stepmothers were equally… — Robert Paul Weston Copy Share Image