my cousin Shirley, who never complains, screamed and screamed when she was having her baby. True, this was just during conception. — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
To think, we have the garment industry instead of nature to thank for the zipper concept when it would have come in… — Jane Wagner Copy Share Image
“Just as a child is conceived in a womb of a woman, miraculously, so is grace freely given by God, in sacred… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Having a highly trained obstetrical surgeon attend a normal birth is analogous to having a pediatric surgeon babysit a healthy 2-year-old. — Marsden Wagner Copy Share Image
Now I know why women get their ears pierced. Once they've survived this ordeal of mutilation, they can face the discomforts of… — C.D. Payne Copy Share Image
“The silence stretched out between us as I stared at him, the tears blurring my vision as I waited for him to… — Kathryn Michaels Copy Share Image
Ahhhhhhhh. There is nothing natural about natural childbirth. It is as close to a freak accident as anything I can think of.… — Jane Wagner Copy Share Image
I wasn't scared of childbirth. I educated myself and did my fair share of research, and that made me feel a little… — Jamie-Lynn Sigler Copy Share Image
I have taken as much as six years to prepare a book for writing. There is such a delirium of effort in… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Dying in childbirth is something that's not new; it's been going on for ages, and so it's not something that people focus… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
In accordance with my conception of life, I have chosen not to bring children into the world. A coin is examined, and… — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
“I had no idea how we were going to figure this out. but women had been having babies since the beginning of… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
There comes a turning point in intense physical struggle where one abandons oneself to a profligate usage of strength and bodily resource,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Many women have described their experiences of childbirth as being associated with a spiritual uplifting, the power of which they have never… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share Image
The suburban housewife - she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
“There is no room for pride in any man. There is no room for unkindness. There is no room for wit at… — Richard Llewellyn Copy Share Image
The instant of birth is exquisite. Pain and joy are one at this moment. Ever after, the dim recollection is so sweet… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You can equate our music to childbirth. It's brutal and harsh, but there's still a beautiful thing occurring. — Danny Carey Copy Share Image
Birth is a bittersweet event ... a place where heaven and earth collide in a perplexing clash of hopes, dreams, facts, fears,… — Debra Evans Copy Share Image
Childbirth calls into question our very existence, requiring an expectant couple to confront not only new life but death, pain, fear and,… — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
I taught woman-centered childbirth classes for five years and have a particular interest in the history of childbirth practices. — Jo Beverley Copy Share Image
“Childbirth has always been a dangerous undertaking, but at least I've managed to eliminate the most painful part of the process. What's… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
In the best of all possible worlds, childbirth enriches a marriage. In the worst, it harms it. No matter how good their… — Jean Marzollo Copy Share Image
We try to give a birthing woman freedom to find the right position for her own needs and comfort. Unfortunately, in our… — Michel Odent Copy Share Image
People don't like it when you compare the miracle of childbirth to writing a book, but I think there is some overlap… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I did yoga in both of my labors. It's painful, but it helps you, you're supposed to stay active and move around.… — Hilaria Baldwin Copy Share Image
Childbirth being one's most significant life passage, those close to us when we open to birth a baby will never be forgotten. — Robin Lim Copy Share Image
Both childbirth and abortion are medical procedures but neither is an illness, and sometimes they're both treated as such. — Achy Obejas Copy Share Image
In an industrialized country as advanced as the United States, no mother should have the fear of dying during childbirth or in… — Abigail Spanberger Copy Share Image
My only opinion on childbirth is not to have an opinion, and not to judge. We're all different and anything can happen… — Emma Willis Copy Share Image
She said writting novels was like childbirth: if you truly remembered how awful it got, you'd never do it again. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Of course he won my heart. Many children did. I often thought that I should have liked children of my own if… — Jean Plaidy Copy Share Image
“Women's bodies have a near perfect knowledge of childbirth; it's when their brains get involved that things can go wrong.” — Peggy Vincent Copy Share Image
[On home births:] In a house where there had been three people, there were now four, although no one had come in… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
A pregnant woman is like a beautiful flowering tree, but take care when it comes time for the harvest that you do… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a… — Brigitte Bardot Copy Share Image
Pregnancy and childbirth make a woman an instant mother. But, all the days that follow thereafter with the love, caring, nurturing, cuddling,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Birth is about making mothers... strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength — Barbara Katz Rothman Copy Share Image
“We live in a country where you can electively have your nose broken to reshape it, inject fat from your butt into… — Ann Brasco Copy Share Image
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