Midwives Quotes

“Journeys are the midwives of thought.”

— Alain de Botton

“Midwives do not fear life.”

— Anita Diamant

“Midwives aren't soft. We're warriors.”

— Patricia Harman

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

— Ina May Gaskin

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

— Barbara Katz Rothman

I am just one of many many thousands of midwives, who are devoted to saving lives gently.

— Robin Lim

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

— Sissy Spacek

“Midwives generally understood breastfeeding better than doctors.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

I had amazing midwives when I first became a teen-aged mom, and each of the five times I gave birth.

— Robin Lim

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

— Dan Simmons

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

— Isabella Lovin

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

— Katie Piper

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

— Diana Athill

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

— Liya Kebede

“Scandinavia and Holland became safer places to give birth long before the UK and USA. They established high-quality training of midwives and…

— Gabrielle Palmer

Women are being told to get midwives [in UK] because there's not enough room and there's not enough pain medicine at the…

— Rush Limbaugh

Midwives absolutely do not get paid enough. When you think about what they are doing - you can't put a price on…

— Emma Willis

“The guinea earned by doctors for a delivery was a significant part of their income. The threat of being undercut by trained…

— Jennifer Worth

“Why aren’t midwives the heroines of society that they should be? Why do they have such a low profile? They ought to…

— Jennifer Worth

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

— Ina May Gaskin

Every midwife knows that not until a mother’s womb softens from the pain of labor will a way unfold and the infant…

— Rumi

After disasters, reproductive healthcare falls by the wayside. Yet babies continue to be born. When all infrastructure falls apart, when the hospitals…

— Robin Lim

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

— Ina May Gaskin

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

— Patrisse Cullors

“Wanasayansi wana uwezo wa kupeleleza hadi kipindi cha karne ya kwanza ambapo Yesu aliishi, alikufa, alifufuka na alipaa kwenda mbinguni, na wana…

— Enock Maregesi

“Kuna mambo yanatokea hapa ulimwenguni ambayo yanafanya nikiri uwepo wa Mungu kwa asilimia kubwa. Wanasayansi wanasema ulimwengu ulianzishwa na mlipuko wa ‘Big…

— Enock Maregesi

“Then there were those girls who became midwives: girls who could not get enough of the tiniest of babies - girls who…

— Chris Bohjalian

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

— Susan McCutcheon

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

— Emma Willis

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

— Gabrielle Palmer

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

— Chris Bohjalian