Katie Lowes Quotes

Even if you are planning a birth with an epidural, the evidence suggests that a doula can help make things go much more smoothly.

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

I just believe pregnant women need a familiar face, someone who isn't related to them who they may have all this emotional past with, to be there, just for them, during the birth.

I taught woman-centered childbirth classes for five years and have a particular interest in the history of childbirth practices.

I wasn't scared of childbirth. I educated myself and did my fair share of research, and that made me feel a little more prepared.

I watched Ricki Lake's documentary, 'The Business of Being Born,' and that led me to call a midwife, and not an ob-gyn, when I found out I had conceived. My delivery was not easy - they call it 'labor,' not 'a vacation!' - but I was incredibly grateful that I did it that way.

I was always interested in becoming a midwife. Then, at my own birth, I didn't get the support I'd hoped for, and that changed everything. That's why I became a doula. There's such a need.

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

My wife and I would be very comfortable having a baby at home or using one of the terrific nurse-midwives at the hospital.

We're going to do a natural birth. At first she was like, 'We should do it at home,' and I said, 'Look, either way, when you go into labor, I will be checking into a hospital... so if you want to come along, come along.

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.

All women need support when they're having their babies and their little families are in formation. I have to say I have a lot of concern about the numbers of women - and men, now - who are not getting the support that they need. There are not the families and the communities around that there used to be.

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

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I had a very long home birth. She was almost 10 pounds and did not want to come out.

When 1970s feminism hit the United States, women demanded the right to natural childbirth and to have their husband or another support person in the delivery room. My mother gave birth to me during this time.

I'm definitely not the person who's gonna sit anywhere and tell you that home birth is the only way to have a baby because I don't believe that. But I do think the only way to have a baby is where you feel great about your birth.

Whether you plan to labor with an epidural or the Pitocin Fairy pins you down or you end up having an emergency C-section, there are still choices you can make throughout your entire birth experience that allow you to feel some control over what is probably the most dramatic day of your life.

I feel like doulas put the ball back in the mom's court. They trust you to normalize the high drama.

I am not just pro-birth. I believe in supporting a woman during and after pregnancy.

Women are being told to get midwives [in UK] because there's not enough room and there's not enough pain medicine at the hospitals.

I took prenatal yoga three times a week, including the morning I went into labor. It helped me stay comfortable.

These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.

It's amazing what it opens up in women when you tell them you've just played a midwife.

I'm not interested in being Wonder Woman in the delivery room. Give me drugs.