Childbirth Quotes

110 Childbirth quotes by 93 unique authors

Because they've either conveniently forgotten with time or they're trying to be supportive, most mothers won't tell you how hard pregnancy (and then childbirth) can… — Jenny McCarthy
I realize why women die in childbirth - it's preferable. — Unknown Author
Natural childbirth allows the hormones that have been working for women for thousands of years to fulfill their functions. This is more important than just… — Unknown Author
The instant of birth is exquisite. Pain and joy are one at this moment. Ever after, the dim recollection is so sweet that we speak… — Unknown Author
However much we know about birth in general, we know nothing about a particular birth. We must let it unfold with its own uniqueness. — Elizabeth Noble
Childbirth is a wonderful thing, but the reality is that it can dramatically change a woman's body. SUI occurs when the vaginal wall weakens and… — Dennis Miller
At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone. — Boris Pasternak
Let me tell you something: I salute womanhood worldwide, because women are exceptionally tough for enduring the misery of childbirth. I've cleaned hogs and gutted… — Phil Robertson
There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. But, I am told, so does childbirth. — Scott Simon
It is somehow reassuring to discover that the word travel is derived from travail, denoting the pains of childbirth. — Jessica Mitford
Just as you must come through a woman's womb to attain physical birth, so must you come through Wisdom to achieve mental birth. And like… — Unknown Author
As a result of the sufferings and hard labor they endured, the Indians choose and have chosen suicide. Occasionally a hundred have committed mass suicide.… — James W. Loewen
I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth. — George Eliot
Chronological time is what we measure by clocks and calendars; it is always linear, orderly, quantifiable, and mechanical. Kairotic time is organic, rhythmic, bodily, leisurely,… — Sam Keen
One does not give birth in a void, but rather in a cultural and political context. Laws, professional codes, religious sanctions, and ethnic traditions all… — Adrienne Rich
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 mother… — Michel Odent
Sarah Buckley is precious, because she is bilingual. She can speak the language of a mother who gave birth to her four children at home.… — Michel Odent
It keeps startling me that at the beginning of this 21st century, at a time when we can . . . explore the depths of… — Thoraya Obaid
Give it up for the process that leads to childbirth! — Alex Gaskarth
Real change doesn't come without crisis. Childbirth doesn't come without crisis. I think that's happening with humanity now. Our growth has generated multiple crises...and these… — Charles Eisenstein

Who Wrote These Childbirth Quotes

93 authors contributed a total of 110 Childbirth Quotes, led by these top contributors: