Ina May Gaskin
Ina May Gaskin
Ina May Gaskin, CPM,has been described as "the mother of authentic midwifery."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCelebrity
CountryUnited States of America
care rooms maternity
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.
ignorance ideas culture
Nothing in medical literature today communicates the idea that women's bodies are well-designed for birth. Ignorance of the capacities of women's bodies can flourish and quickly spread into the popular culture when the medical profession is unable to distinguish between ancient wisdom and superstitious belief.
pregnancy moose birth
The Creator is not a careless mechanic.
running home needs
The best a health care system can do is to equip itself to meet the needs of each individual woman and birth. Those needs run the gamut from undisturbed home birth to planned cesarean section.
mistake doctors physicians
It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on the grounds that obstetricians need not refer care to a family physician or midwife if no complications develop during a course of labor.
intuition needs asks
Ask the woman, she will tell you everything you need to know
water healthy want
Gardeners know that you must nourish the soil if you want healthy plants. You must water the plants adequately, especially when seeds are germinating and sprouting, and they should be planted in a nutrient-rich soil. Why should nutrition matter less in the creation of young humans than it does in young plants? I'm sure that it doesn't.
mind important body
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.
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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.
ideas doubt body
When you cast doubt on some bodily function- you don't know how sensitive the body is to that kind of idea.
mother europe cesarean
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.
mother matter way
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.
mom baby powerful
I think that women can be just completely surprised by the change in them from giving birth-you have something powerful in you-that fierce thing comes up-and I think babies need moms to have that fierceness-you feel like you can do anything and that’s the feeling we want moms to have.
sense-of-humor forget labor
Don't forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.