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
baby average weight
It will take your breastfed baby an average of five to six months to double her birth weight.
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.
baby gratitude sweet
The suckling relationship is one of the sources of real sweetness that we have in human existence...The suckling baby can teach adults about the expression of sweet love and gratitude in a way no words can.
baby energy
The energy that gets the baby in is the energy that gets the baby out.
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.
mother baby mean
Birth Matters... It matters because it is the way we all begin our lives outside of our source, our mother's bodies. It's the means from which we enter and feel our first impression of the wider world. For each mother, it is an event that shakes and shapes her to her innermost core. Women's perceptions about their bodies and their babies' capabilities will be deeply influenced by the care they receive around the time of birth.
We midwives and physicians have a lot to teach each other.
choose country denying passed
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.
awe birth except modern needed rare realize teaching
It's very rare to see an undisturbed birth in a modern U.S. teaching hospital, but when you see a woman who isn't frightened, who's giving birth without interference, you stand back in awe and realize how little needed you are except in the rare circumstance.
children rooms becoming
When a child is born, the entire Universe has to shift and make room. Another entity capable of free will, and therefore capable of becoming God, has been born.
skills members should
Why should insurance companies continue to get away with limiting the skills that a health profession has always previously required of its members if they were to be considered fully trained?
matter doe nutrition
Why should nutrition matter less in the creation of young humans than it does in young plants? I'm sure that it doesn't.