Leadership Quote by John Heider

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

— Susan Piver

If left alone in labor, the body of a woman produces most easily the baby that is not interfered with by its mother's mind…

— Grantly Dick-Read

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

— Diana Athill

We're going to do a natural birth. At first she was like, 'We should do it at home,' and I said, 'Look, either way,…

— Simon Helberg

What instruction the baby brings to the mother!

— Thomas Wentworth Higginson

“The Director's Role: You are the obstetrician. You are not the parent of this child we call the play. You are present at its…

— Frank Hauser

We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.

— Liya Kebede

“Today, the lay midwife is a response to a growing home-birth movement. In my own community most physicians have decided to withhold prenatal care…

— Susan McCutcheon

A baby comes with such responsibility. Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do the best,…

— Gal Gadot

“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

“Giving birth does not make you a mother. Being there daily in good times and bad to provide, care, comfort, teach, sing, feed, clothe,…

— C. Toni Graham

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

— Michel Odent