All Ina May Gaskin Quotes
- It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on the planet. Bodies
- Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body. Been
- There is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ they would brag about it. So should we Brag
- Remember this, for it is as true as true gets: Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not… Aardvarks
- Many of our problems in US maternity care stem from the fact that we leave no room for recognizing when nature is smarter than we… Care
- If you can't be a hero, you can at least be funny while being a chicken. Chicken
- It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on the grounds that… Care
- The way a culture treats women in birth is a good indicator of how well women and their contributions to society are valued and honored. Birth
- Gardeners know that you must nourish the soil if you want healthy plants. You must water the plants adequately, especially when seeds are germinating and… Adequately
- Why should insurance companies continue to get away with limiting the skills that a health profession has always previously required of its members if they… Companies
- When a child is born, the entire Universe has to shift and make room. Another entity capable of free will, and therefore capable of becoming… Another Entity
- When we as a society begin to value mothers as the givers and supporters of life, then we will see social change in ways that… Begin
- Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life. Birth
- Breast stimulation is especially effective in starting labor at term when it is combined with sexual intercourse. Unless your partner is an abysmally poor lover,… Abysmally
- It will take your breastfed baby an average of five to six months to double her birth weight. Average
- When you cast doubt on some bodily function- you don't know how sensitive the body is to that kind of idea. Bodily
- A society that places a low value on its mothers and the process of birth will suffer an array of negative repercussions for doing so.… Array
- Simply put, when there is no home birth in a society, or when home birth is driven completely underground, essential knowledge of women’s capacities in… Age
- When you destroy midwives, you also destroy a body of knowledge that is shared by women, that can’t be put together by a bunch of… Birth
- Squat 300 times a day, you’re going to give birth quickly. Birth