78 Quotes by Ina May Gaskin

We are the only species of mammal that doubts our ability to give birth. It's profitable to scare women about birth. But let's stop it. I tell women: Your body is not a lemon.

There is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ they would brag about it. So should we.

If a woman doesn’t look like a Goddess during labor, then someone isn’t treating her right.

If birth matters, midwives matter. In Europe, there are hospitals where the cesarean rate is less than 10%, and you’ll find midwives in these hospitals, you’ll see a lot less re-admissions with infections and complications, and you’ll see a lot less injury to mothers.

It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn’t be so many humans on the planet.

We are the only species of mammal that doubts our ability to give birth. It’s profitable to scare women about birth. But let’s stop it. I tell women: Your body is not a lemon.

Simply put, when there is no home birth in a society, or when home birth is driven completely underground, essential knowledge of women’s capacities in birth is lost to the people of that society – to professional caregivers, as well as to the women of childbearing age themselves.

Don’t forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.

Don’t criticize nature, stand in awe of it.