After about five hours of pushing, my midwife and my birthing assistant said, ’You know, we have a few suggestions.’ And I was like, ’Really? After five hours of pushing you have a few suggestions? You couldn’t have told me five minutes in?
Evangeline Lilly
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If men had such an organ they would brag about it
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
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The miracle
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 he leaves it alone, it’s a miracle.
Sheila Stubbs
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Their image of a woman who elects to birth
When I ask my medical students to describe their image of a woman who elects to birth with a midwife rather than with an obstetrician, they generally describe a woman who wears long cotton skirts, braids her hair, eats only organic vegan food, does yoga, and maybe drives a VW microbus.
Alice Dreger
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What do you think is going to happen in here?
I had put a shower curtain on the floor, covered the couches and our new flat-screen TV with garbage bags. The midwife asked, "What do you think is going to happen in here?" I never said I was smart.