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
pregnancy thinking moose
Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.
doctors together doe
When you destroy midwives, you also destroy a body of knowledge that is shared by women, that can’t be put together by a bunch of surgeons or a bunch of male obstetricians, because physiologically, birth doesn’t happen the same way around surgeons, medically trained doctors, as it does around sympathetic women.
hero chickens ifs
If you can't be a hero, you can at least be funny while being a chicken.
baby energy
The energy that gets the baby in is the energy that gets the baby out.
giving birth squat
Squat 300 times a day, you’re going to give birth quickly.
people mad brave
I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.
men uterus should
There is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ they would brag about it. So should we
baby relaxation birth
I have never observed even the slightest laceration in a woman who used clitoral stimulation as a relaxation method during birth. Clitoral stimulation seems to increase vaginal engorgement as the baby emerges.
mother baby differences
A society that places a low value on its mothers and the process of birth will suffer an array of negative repercussions for doing so. Good beginnings make a positive difference in the world, so it is worth our while to provide the best possible care for mothers and babies throughout this extraordinarily influential part of life.
baby men brave
It does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby... it inspires him.
confused giving mammals
The human species is no more unsuited to give birth than any other of the 5,000 or so species of mammals on the planet. We are merely the most confused.
looks birth goddess
If a woman doesn't look like a Goddess during labor, then someone isn't treating her right.
mother order law
Pregnant and birthing mothers are elemental forces, in the same sense that gravity, thunderstorms, earthquakes, and hurricanes are elemental forces. In order to understand the laws of their energy flow, you have to love and respect them for their magnificence at the same time that you study them with the accuracy of a true scientist.
boss want world
Why in the world do the insurance companies get to be the boss of birth? That's what I want to know.