Doctor Quote by Gabrielle Palmer

I think midwifery was developed by people with common sense, people who were close to nature, and people who observed other species of mammals…

— Ina May Gaskin

“Then there were those girls who became midwives: girls who could not get enough of the tiniest of babies - girls who would grow…

— Chris Bohjalian

“Midwives generally understood breastfeeding better than doctors.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“Odd that you should choose to be a midwife, having never experienced birth yourself.” In other circumstances the words would have stung. She thought,…

— Roberta Rich

Midwives and doctors play a crucial role preventing unnecessary maternal deaths. They educate women about nutrition, health and family planning. And they step in…

— Liya Kebede

Nature is better than a middling doctor.

— Proverb

“I am persuaded from long years of experience amongst women of many nationalities that good midwifery is essential for the true happiness of motherhood…

— Grantly Dick-Read

“The listener is the midwife in the difficult birth of the word.”

— Meša Selimović

“We must always remember that we are only midwives—if we want praise for progeny we must give birth to our own.”

— Diana Athill

“She took refuge in her newborn son. she had felt him leave her body with a sensation of relief at freeing herself from something…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“The midwife considers the miracle of childbirth as normal, and leaves it alone unless there's trouble. The obstetrician normally sees childbirth as trouble; if…

— Sheila Stubbs

“The women have to suffer due to nature without compensation or an indemnity.”

— Aporva Kala