Childbirth Quotes

110 Childbirth quotes by 93 unique authors

13 to $20 billion a year could be saved in health care costs by demedicalizing childbirth, developing midwifery, and encouraging breastfeeding. — Frank Oski
Imagine what might happen if women emerged from their labor beds with a renewed sense of the strength and power of their bodies, and of… — Christiane Northrup
When enough women realize that birth is a time of great opportunity to get in touch with their true power, and when they are willing… — Christiane Northrup
For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that… — Paul the Apostle
Menopause, perimenopause, childbirth and breast-feeding can all cause a woman's sex drive to shut down. — Drew Pinsky
Childbirth, as a strictly physical phenomenon, is comparable to driving a United Parcel truck through an inner tube. — Dave Barry
I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth is like. — Amy Poehler
The 880-yard heel and toe walk is the closest a man can come to experiencing the panges of childbirth. — Avery Brundage
Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran mother.… — Richard Codey
Eve was blamed for the fall of man, and in return all women to come were to inheret her karmic responsibility for the so-called "fall… — Frederick Lenz
Quests are a huge inconvenience. Don't let anyone tell you differently, even if that person has experience. The problem is that people forget the pain… — Amy Neftzger
We in the West do not refrain from childbirth because we are concerned about the population explosion or because we feel we cannot afford children,… — Germaine Greer
Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family. — Mohsin Hamid
I think pain is a very - it's an extremely hard thing to empathize moment to moment. And you often don't remember your own pain,… — Hugh Laurie
The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow with one's mind. — Margaret Mead
I once heard two ladies going on and on about the pains of childbirth and how men don't seem to know what real pain is.… — Emo Philips
Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one. — Gloria Steinem
Out of a human population on earth of four and a half billion, perhaps twenty people can write a book in a year. Some people… — Annie Dillard
Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and… — Edna Ferber
She said writting novels was like childbirth: if you truly remembered how awful it got, you'd never do it again. — Sarah Dessen
And I saw it didn't matter who had loved me or who I loved. I was alone. The black oily asphalt, the slick beauty of… — Dorianne Laux
The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive ... but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The Church has opposed… — Mark Twain
Now I know why women get their ears pierced. Once they've survived this ordeal of mutilation, they can face the discomforts of childbirth with equanimity. — C.D. Payne
Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them. — Margaret Mitchell

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