When you are in hard labor, remember that the length of labor is usually proportional to the number of people around. Avoid… — Michel Odent Copy Share Image
We have an epidemic of obese six-month-olds. We actually have an epidemic of obese newborns. They don't diet and exercise. How do… — Robert Lustig Copy Share Image
There's a a right to privacy for all individuals and all who have legal rights - and that includes the unborn. As… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
She gave Pretty Boy a surreptitious glance. Did he honestly expect her to believe he was gay? True, there were the gay… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
How do you know if your child is a writer? Your obstetrician holds his stethoscope to your abdomen and only hears excuses. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
It is through our hands that we speak to the child. That we communicate. Touch is the child's first language, understanding comes… — Frederick Leboyer Copy Share Image
A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share Image
As a doctor, let me tell you what self-love does: It improves your hearing, your eyesight, lowers your blood pressure, increases pulmonary… — Christiane Northrup Copy Share Image
Loving everything about yourself - even the 'unacceptable' - is an act of personal power. It is the beginning of healing. — Christiane Northrup Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Experiences have clearly shown that an approach which 'de-medicalizes' birth, restores dignity and humanity to the process of childbirth, and returns control… — Michel Odent Copy Share Image
It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on… — Ina May Gaskin Copy Share Image
A study of interactions between women and obstetricians offers an explanation. It described three levels of increasing power imbalance: In the first,… — Henci Goer Copy Share Image
Reluctant doctors like to believe that they haven't much influence over their patients, but that is clearly not the case. Several studies… — Henci Goer Copy Share Image
