The woman in labor must have NO STRESS placed upon her. She must be free to move about, walk, rock, go to the bathroom by herself, lie on her side or back, squat or kneel, or anything she finds comfortable,… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share Image
“I am persuaded from long years of experience amongst women of many nationalities that good midwifery is essential for the true happiness of motherhood… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share
Male science disregards female experiences because it can never share them. — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share
It is not only that we want to bring about an easy labor, without risking injury to the mother or the child; we must… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share
The women in labor must have NO STRESS placed upon her. She must be free to move about, walk, rock, go to the bathroom… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share
Many women have described their experiences of childbirth as being associated with a spiritual uplifting, the power of which they have never previously been… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share
A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share
What manner of mind considers this holy estate [pregnancy] which women are privileged by the Almighty to attain as a slur upon the social… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share
“The newborn has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share
No other natural bodily function is painful and childbirth should not be an exception — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share
It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as it is… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share
If left alone in labor, the body of a woman produces most easily the baby that is not interfered with by its mother's mind… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share
“I emphasize this because some of my colleagues, for whose academic attainments I have great respect, argue" 'You assume too much; this is not… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share
