Quotes.
"We must attempt to tell the whole truth about birth, the truth that includes the transformation, mastery, satisfaction, personal power and the difference between pain and suffering."
Cheri van Hoover
"Remember this, for it is as true as true gets:
Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not a careless mechanic. Human female bodies have the same potential to give birth well as aardvarks, lions, rhinoceri, elephants, moose, and water buffalo. Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body."
Ina May Gaskin
"If we are to heal the planet, we must begin by healing birthing."
Agnes Sallet Von Tannenberg
"If a doula were a drug, it would be unethical not to use it."
Dr. John H. Kennell
"We have a secret in our culture, and it's not that birth is painful. It's that women are strong."
Laura Stavoe Harm
"There is power that comes to women when they give birth. They don't ask for it, it simply invades them. Accumulates like clouds on the horizon and passes through, carrying the child with it."
Sheryl Feldman
"If I don't know my options, I don't have any. "
Diana Korte
"Every woman is capable of it! For some, it means letting go of pre-conceived notions about birth. It means letting go of their inhibitions. It means a lot of study. For some, it means hiring a doula to attend to her during birth. And for some women, it means they need to birth at home in their own enviroment."
Unknown
"The same movements that get the baby in, get the baby out."
Pam England, Birthing From Within
"Women today not only possess genetic memory of birth from a thousand generations of women, but they are also assailed from every direction by information and misinformation about birth."
Valerie El Halta
"There is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ they would brag about it. So should we."
Ina May Gaskin
Cheri van Hoover
"Remember this, for it is as true as true gets:
Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not a careless mechanic. Human female bodies have the same potential to give birth well as aardvarks, lions, rhinoceri, elephants, moose, and water buffalo. Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body."
Ina May Gaskin
"If we are to heal the planet, we must begin by healing birthing."
Agnes Sallet Von Tannenberg
"If a doula were a drug, it would be unethical not to use it."
Dr. John H. Kennell
"We have a secret in our culture, and it's not that birth is painful. It's that women are strong."
Laura Stavoe Harm
"There is power that comes to women when they give birth. They don't ask for it, it simply invades them. Accumulates like clouds on the horizon and passes through, carrying the child with it."
Sheryl Feldman
"If I don't know my options, I don't have any. "
Diana Korte
"Every woman is capable of it! For some, it means letting go of pre-conceived notions about birth. It means letting go of their inhibitions. It means a lot of study. For some, it means hiring a doula to attend to her during birth. And for some women, it means they need to birth at home in their own enviroment."
Unknown
"The same movements that get the baby in, get the baby out."
Pam England, Birthing From Within
"Women today not only possess genetic memory of birth from a thousand generations of women, but they are also assailed from every direction by information and misinformation about birth."
Valerie El Halta
"There is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ they would brag about it. So should we."
Ina May Gaskin
Affirmations.
I relax and let birth happen.
My body opens easily and naturally.
I honor the sensations of birth and let my baby move down.
You are so much stronger than you think.
I trust my body and follow its lead.
The minute you think of giving up, remember why you started in the first place.
My pelvis is opening and releasing, as those of countless women before me.
I am not afraid. I am made to do this.
My contractions can never be stronger than me: they are me.
I am deserving of an easy, uncomplicated birth.
My body opens. My mind quiets. My baby descends.
I put all my fear aside as I prepare for the birth of my baby.
My muscles work in complete harmony to make birth easier.
My body opens easily and naturally.
I honor the sensations of birth and let my baby move down.
You are so much stronger than you think.
I trust my body and follow its lead.
The minute you think of giving up, remember why you started in the first place.
My pelvis is opening and releasing, as those of countless women before me.
I am not afraid. I am made to do this.
My contractions can never be stronger than me: they are me.
I am deserving of an easy, uncomplicated birth.
My body opens. My mind quiets. My baby descends.
I put all my fear aside as I prepare for the birth of my baby.
My muscles work in complete harmony to make birth easier.