Natural childbirth Quote by Amy Tuteur

Experiences have clearly shown that an approach which 'de-medicalizes' birth, restores dignity and humanity to the process of childbirth, and returns control to the…

— Michel Odent

PREPARED CHILDBIRTH: A contradiction in terms.

— Nikhil Saluja

Ahhhhhhhh. There is nothing natural about natural childbirth. It is as close to a freak accident as anything I can think of. Why I…

— Jane Wagner

“Childbirth has always been a dangerous undertaking, but at least I've managed to eliminate the most painful part of the process. What's that? Sex?…

— Brian K. Vaughan

“Childbirth is normal until proven otherwise.”

— Peggy Vincent

“Women's bodies have a near perfect knowledge of childbirth; it's when their brains get involved that things can go wrong.”

— Peggy Vincent

“The scandal of death through childbirth is not an argument for routine medicalised, interventionist birth, though it is often used as an excuse.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Many women think it is birth itself which is damaging and are unaware that it is an intervention which caused the problem.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

If we want to find safe alternatives to obstetrics, we must rediscover midwifery. To rediscover midwifery is the same as giving back childbirth to…

— Michel Odent

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

“Understanding why so many western women are giving birth to unnaturally large babies that either damage the birth canal or will not fit down…

— Steven Magee