Birth Quote by Janet Schwegel

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

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

Ahhhhhhhh. There is nothing natural about natural childbirth. It is as close to a freak accident as anything I can think of. Why I…

— Jane Wagner

It is not only that we want to bring about an easy labor, without risking injury to the mother or the child; we must…

— Grantly Dick-Read

According to physiological law, all natural, normal functions of the body are achieved without peril or pain. Birth is a natural, normal physiological function…

— John Dye

The wisdom and compassion a woman can intuitively experience in childbirth can make her a source of healing and understanding for other women.

— Stephen Gaskin

If Men Got Pregnant: Natural childbirth would become obsolete

— Nikhil Saluja

No other natural bodily function is painful and childbirth should not be an exception

— Grantly Dick-Read

...Respecting the woman as an important and valuable human being and making certain that the woman's experience while giving birth is fulfilling and empowering…

— Marsden Wagner

...one cannot actively help a woman to give birth. The goal is to avoid disturbing her unnecsessarily.

— Michel Odent

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

Childbirth takes place at the intersection of time; in all cultures it links past, present and future. In traditional cultures birth unites the world…

— Sheila Kitzinger