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> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/the-woman-in-labor-must-have-no-stress-placed-upon-her-she-must-be/)

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## More by Grantly Dick-Read

> [“I am persuaded from long years of experience amongst women of many nationalities that good midwifery is essential for the true happiness of motherhood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/i-am-persuaded-from-long-years-of-experience-amongst-women-of-many/)

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> [Male science disregards female experiences because it can never share them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/male-science-disregards-female-experiences-because-it-can-never-share/)

[Grantly Dick-Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grantly-dick-read/)

> [It is not only that we want to bring about an easy labor, without risking injury to the mother or the child; we must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/it-is-not-only-that-we-want-to-bring-about-an-easy-labor-without/)

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> [“Faith eliminates fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/faith-eliminates-fear/)

[Grantly Dick-Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grantly-dick-read/)

> [The women in labor must have NO STRESS placed upon her. She must be free to move about, walk, rock, go to the bathroom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/the-women-in-labor-must-have-no-stress-placed-upon-her-she-must-be/)

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> [Many women have described their experiences of childbirth as being associated with a spiritual uplifting, the power of which they have never previously been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/many-women-have-described-their-experiences-of-childbirth-as-being/)

[Grantly Dick-Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grantly-dick-read/)

> [A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/a-newborn-baby-has-only-three-demands-they-are-warmth-in-the-arms-of/)

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> [ What manner of mind considers this holy estate \[pregnancy\] which women are privileged by the Almighty to attain as a slur upon the social… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/what-manner-of-mind-considers-this-holy-estate-pregnancy-which-women/)

[Grantly Dick-Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grantly-dick-read/)

> [“The newborn has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/the-newborn-has-only-three-demands-they-are-warmth-in-the-arms-of-its/)

[Grantly Dick-Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grantly-dick-read/)

> [No other natural bodily function is painful and childbirth should not be an exception](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/no-other-natural-bodily-function-is-painful-and-childbirth-should-not/)

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> [It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/it-is-as-great-a-crime-to-leave-a-woman-alone-in-her-agony-and-deny/)

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> [Fear can be overcome by faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/fear-can-be-overcome-by-faith/)

[Grantly Dick-Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grantly-dick-read/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/if-left-alone-in-labor-the-body-of-a-woman-produces-most-easily-the/)

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> [“I emphasize this because some of my colleagues, for whose academic attainments I have great respect, argue" 'You assume too much; this is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/i-emphasize-this-because-some-of-my-colleagues-for-whose-academic/)

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> [Fear can be overcome only by Faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grantly-dick-read/fear-can-be-overcome-only-by-faith/)

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