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
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
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
When enough women realize that birth is a time of great opportunity to get in touch with their true power, and when… — Christiane Northrup 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
The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive ... but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The… — Mark Twain 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
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
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
“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
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
Menopause, perimenopause, childbirth and breast-feeding can all cause a woman's sex drive to shut down. — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth… — Amy Poehler 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
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
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
But where did this veneration of childbirth come from? I missed that meeting. Childbirth is wonderful, childbirth is a miracle. Wrong. It's… — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers. — Barbara Katz Rothman 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
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
I once heard two ladies going on and on about the pains of childbirth and how men don't seem to know what… — Emo Philips 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
However much we know about birth in general, we know nothing about a particular birth. We must let it unfold with its… — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
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