Domino Kirke Quotes

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

I wanted a doula because it's my first baby, and I want to be able to call her when I'm going into labor so she can come over and help us go through the early stage.

I was always interested in midwifery; it was my plan B.

I'd be just as happy being a midwife. That's my ideal job.

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.

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

My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that.

There was a woman in Tunisia called Madame Pinot. She was a midwife and had helped in the birth of my siblings and me. I assisted her. I helped women give birth to a lot of babies when I was very young.

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.

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

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 had such a nurturing team of midwives looking after me with my first little girl, and their support gave me so much confidence as a mother.

The work I do when I'm not making music is very much about service, helping women give birth or aiding in family planning.

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

I'm in training to become a midwife. I'm almost there and before I know it I'll be able to open my own practice, if that's what I desire.

I feel I've learned a lot about [experience of giving birth], and I think it's amazing. Men and women who are ob-gyns are pretty amazing.

While I was pregnant, I had dozens of checkups. They covered everything from blood tests to ultrasounds, and I even had the option of attending birthing classes with my husband.

When you get pregnant, you start reading pregnancy books. Everything has been pretty textbook. It's amazing how they can say, 'This week, this might happen,' and it kind of does. I had typical nausea the first trimester, which was no fun. And extreme tiredness.