Achievement Quote by Grantly Dick-Read

. . . the labor with which we give birth is simply a rehearsal for something we mothers must do over and over: turn…

— Susan Piver

Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.

— Robin Lim

Having a baby is definitely a labor of love.

— Joan Rivers

Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.

— Erma Bombeck

To give birth is the most beautiful thing in the world.

— Simona Halep

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.

— Sophocles

Giving birth is priestess work; it requires a woman to pass through a painful and dangerous initiation in which she journeys to the threshold…

— Jalaja Bonheim

Many women have described their experiences of childbirth as being associated with a spiritual uplifting, the power of which they have never previously been…

— Grantly Dick-Read

I've found childbirth to be so unique in its ability to completely humble you while also completely empowering you. It reduces you to your…

— Eva Amurri

“Childbirth has always been a dangerous undertaking, but at least I've managed to eliminate the most painful part of the process. What's that? Sex?…

— Brian K. Vaughan

In the best of all possible worlds, childbirth enriches a marriage. In the worst, it harms it. No matter how good their marriage is,…

— Jean Marzollo

“Until the mother faces the pain of childbirth, the child cannot be born. The Divine Trust is in the heart, and the heart is…

— Jalaluddin Rumi