Babies Quote by Steven Magee

“Girls should be taught at school that giving birth to an unnaturally over-sized western baby that no longer fits down the birth canal may…

— Steven Magee

“Many women think it is birth itself which is damaging and are unaware that it is an intervention which caused the problem.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“There are two others: the erroneous claim that anything natural must be safe, and the bedrock assertion of midwives, doulas, and other natural childbirth…

— Amy Tuteur

Natural childbirth scares me. I think before you have natural childbirth you should find out how big the baby is. Three pounds -- natural…

— Rita Rudner

Maternal health remains a staggering challenge, particularly in the developing world. Globally, a woman dies from complications in childbirth every minute.

— Jessica Capshaw

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

— Michel Odent

The main concern with a very large baby is difficulty in delivery.

— Emily Oster

“...The premise that birthing, by nature, had to be a painful ordeal was totally unacceptable to me. I could not believe that a God…

— Marie F. Mongan

We try to give a birthing woman freedom to find the right position for her own needs and comfort. Unfortunately, in our society we…

— Michel Odent

“The scandal of death through childbirth is not an argument for routine medicalised, interventionist birth, though it is often used as an excuse.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“The recasting of fetuses as babies – tiny people who feel pain and are in need of society’s protection – amounts to nothing more…

— Willie Parker

“Today, what's normal is being redefined: from vaginal birth to surgical birth; from 'My water broke,' to 'Let's break your water;' from 'It's time'…

— Jennifer Block