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It will take your breastfed baby an average of five to six months to double her birth weight.

Dear Lord, make us truly grateful for what it is that we are about to receive.

... in the ordinary course of a healthy labour, the mouth of the uterus opens by some secret agency; or at least without any apparent force.

The state of relaxation of the mouth and jaw is directly correlated to the ability of the cervix, the vagina, and the anus to open to full capacity.

I know of no country in the world that has passed a law specifically denying a woman's right to choose where she intends to give birth.

Many of our problems in US maternity care stem from the fact that we leave no room for recognizing when nature is smarter than we are.

When you cast doubt on some bodily function- you don't know how sensitive the body is to that kind of idea.

I have also known of weight estimates by ultrasound to be off by as much as five pounds.

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

It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.

I dreaded having a boring life when I grew up. And I certainly can't complain about being bored.

Why in the world do the insurance companies get to be the boss of birth? That's what I want to know.

Squat 300 times a day, you're going to give birth quickly.

If you can't be a hero, you can at least be funny while being a chicken.

The Creator is not a careless mechanic.

The way a culture treats women in birth is a good indicator of how well women and their contributions to society are valued and honored.

It's easy to scare women. It's even profitable to scare women ... But it's not nice, so let's stop it.

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.

I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.

The energy that gets the baby in is the energy that gets the baby out.

I kept thinking while I was pushing, I'm going to get huge. I'm going to get huge! she said.

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

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

When we as a society begin to value mothers as the givers and supporters of life, then we will see social change in ways that matter.

We midwives and physicians have a lot to teach each other.

It does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby ... it inspires him.

Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life.

Let your monkey do it.

Step one to preventing PPD is to find time to sleep after giving birth, no matter how euphoric you feel.

What I love about stories the most is the power they have to teach us of possibilities that might not occur to us without them.

Your body is not a lemon!

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