“It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as it is to insist upon dulling the consciousness of a natural mother who desires above all things to be aware of the final reward of her efforts, whose ambition is to be present, in full possession of her senses, when the infant she already adores greets her with its first loud cry and the soft touch of its restless body upon her limbs.”
![“What is certain is that he [the baby] has too much attention from the one person who is entirely at his disposal. The intimacy between mother and child is not sustaining and healthy. The child learns to exploit his mother's accessibility, badgering her with questions and demands which are not of…” quote by Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ae9/germaine-greer-1521_children_what-is-certain-is-that-he-the-baby-has_2457642.jpg)
![“What manner of mind considers this holy estate [pregnancy] which women are privileged by the Almighty to attain as a slur upon the social conscience?” quote by Grantly Dick-Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/707/grantly-dick-read-31586_almighty_what-manner-of-mind-considers-this-holy_1340188.jpg)
