Ina May Gaskin Quotes

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.

I chose a career in obstetrics and gynecology because there's something about honoring women, honoring the birth process. We all come from women, and there's something extraordinary about the mothers who raised us.

Every woman, whoever she is, wherever she lives, should be able to give birth without the fear she's going to lose her baby or that her baby will lose her mother.

The mother is really a more immediate parent than the father because one is born from the mother, and the first experience of any infant is the mother.

I wanted to deliver babies and become a midwife. I think childbirth is one of the most amazing things you could ever experience, and I loved working with people and seeing the joys in family when they welcome a new member to it. It really brought me joy to be around that.

There's a reason women are pregnant for nine months; by the end, you're ready to have this baby.

How may child bearing women be most encouraged and supported in the time of childbearing?

From conception to delivery, it has been a great experience. I was determined to give a natural birth.

The idea for 'Ballet Baby' started when I was going through my own pregnancy.

At about 33 weeks along in my pregnancy, the doctor suggested that I stay pretty close to home and not be touring and flying around. I was really left to face the kind of deep thinking that comes along with being a mother and bringing a child into the world.

To try to help people have babies in a healthy way and to celebrate the process of delivering a child which will be healthy is, I think, almost the best part of healthcare.

The bond between mother and baby is so interesting. Women have been giving birth since the beginning of time, but when it happens to you it feels like a miracle.

What instruction the baby brings to the mother!

Bringing a baby into the world is something I've always wanted, and now I'm completely ready for my life to start revolving around another human being.

It was very easy for me to dedicate myself to the care of mothers, help them have healthy babies, help them be healthy, help them in a place where they don't have opportunities. Success breeds the excitement to continue going. It's harder to get out of bed when you've failed.

One of the greatest things that ever taught me a super lesson was when I seen a baby come out of my woman's womb. The head and body - you know, a baby's born inside a woman's stomach, you know all that. But to watch this thing come out and fight for life, yo, and to see the woman's risking her life at the same time this thing is fighting for life, you know what I mean?

I've had great pregnancies, and healthy, beautiful children.

Watching a baby being born is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat door.

We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.

When I began to study baby delivery, when I was about to have a baby, I became very into it and fascinated and what our body does and how a mother's body temperature will rise the minute that the baby touches her chest because she needs to get warmer.

My mother had morning sickness after I was born.

The target audience goes back to conception. That means pre-natal care, safe delivery, post-natal screening, and the ordinary stuff you do in pediatrics.

Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran mother. It can occur a few days... or a few months after childbirth.

I gained 50 pounds when I was carrying my baby.

In some countries, as many as 91 percent of women have no one at their side to assist them during labor and delivery.