The 880-yard heel and toe walk is the closest a man can come to experiencing the panges of childbirth. — Avery Brundage Copy Share Image
If you really think back to the great writers, there's a lot of happiness in Tolstoy; there's a lot of love, there's… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
We live in the least ugly time in history. If you look at back when Beethoven was writing, half the kids were… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
In achieving the depersonalization of childbirth and at the same time solving the problem of pain, our society may have lost more… — Sheila Kitzinger Copy Share Image
I am perpetually bringing or losing babies, both very dreadful operations to me, and which tear mind and body both in pieces… — Hester Lynch Piozzi 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
Childbirth, as a strictly physical phenomenon, is comparable to driving a United Parcel truck through an inner tube. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Just as you must come through a woman's womb to attain physical birth, so must you come through Wisdom to achieve mental… — RZA Copy Share Image
No other natural bodily function is painful and childbirth should not be an exception — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share Image
“I have a clear understanding of things, and no stress. A child brings regrets, not clarity. It can open up your eyes… — Lionel Suggs 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
There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. But, I am told, so… — Scott Simon 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
Birth is about making mothers... strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength — Barbara Katz Rothman Copy Share Image
My mother's idea of natural childbirth was giving birth without makeup. She was hyper-positive - the world is a wonderful place, rainbows… — Robin Williams 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
We in the West do not refrain from childbirth because we are concerned about the population explosion or because we feel we… — Germaine Greer 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
Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Granana doesn't understand what the big deal is. She didn't cry at Olivia's funeral, and I doubt she even remembers Olivia's name.… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
My understanding of voodoo is that it was important to the people who practiced it because it helped them survive. There are… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“Whose interest does egg freezing serve? The woman's or that of an ambitious, still pretty unforgiving culture that doesn't really ever see… — Randi Hutter Epstein Copy Share Image
