Childbirth Quotes

110 quotes by 97 authors

I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding… — Brigitte Bardot
On the one hand, we'll never experience childbirth. On the other hand, we can open all our own jars. — Bruce Willis
Poverty is a lot like childbirth - you know it is going to hurt before it happens, but you'll never know how much until you… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The suburban housewife - she was the dream image of the young American women and the envy, it was said, of women all over the… — Betty Friedan
The Church has opposed every innovation and discovery from the day of Galileo down to our own time, when the use of anesthetics in childbirth… — Mark Twain
Back in the days when men were hunters and chest beaters and women spent their whole lives worrying about pregnancy or dying in childbirth, they… — Erica Jong
Discrimination and multiple deprivations of human rights are also frequently part of the problem, sentencing entire populations to poverty... It is surely a matter of… — Navi Pillay
Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life. — Debbie Reynolds
Decades from now, people will look back and wonder how societies could have acquiesced in a sex slave trade in the twenty-first century that is...… — Sheryl WuDunn
It is not only that we want to bring about an easy labor, without risking injury to the mother or the child; we must go… — Grantly Dick-Read
According to physiological law, all natural, normal functions of the body are achieved without peril or pain. Birth is a natural, normal physiological function for… — John Dye
A pregnant woman is like a beautiful flowering tree, but take care when it comes time for the harvest that you do not shake or… — Peter Jackson
Many women have described their experiences of childbirth as being associated with a spiritual uplifting, the power of which they have never previously been aware.… — Grantly Dick-Read
No other natural bodily function is painful and childbirth should not be an exception — Grantly Dick-Read
The wisdom and compassion a woman can intuitively experience in childbirth can make her a source of healing and understanding for other women. — Stephen Gaskin
If we want to find safe alternatives to obstetrics, we must rediscover midwifery. To rediscover midwifery is the same as giving back childbirth to women.… — Michel Odent
...Respecting the woman as an important and valuable human being and making certain that the woman's experience while giving birth is fulfilling and empowering is… — Marsden Wagner
Now all you can do is wait. It must be hard for you, but there is a right time for everything. Like the ebb and… — Haruki Murakami
A baby is like the beginning of all things: wonder, hope a dream of possibilities. In a world that is cutting down its trees to… — Eda LeShan
Women are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don't know how strong until we're pushing out our babies. — Louise Erdrich

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