C. Everett Koop Quotes

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

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

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.

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

Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.

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.

Maternal health remains a staggering challenge, particularly in the developing world. Globally, a woman dies from complications in childbirth every minute.

Taking pre-natal vitamins can minimise birth defects and can lower the chances both of morning sickness and premature delivery.

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

The best gift you can give a baby is a full nine months of pregnancy.

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

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.

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.

Midwives and doctors play a crucial role preventing unnecessary maternal deaths. They educate women about nutrition, health and family planning. And they step in when complications arise.

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

Pregnancy is of course confined to women, but it is in other ways significantly different from the typical covered disease or disability.

Every Mother Counts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother. We inform, engage, and mobilize audiences to take action and raise funds that support maternal health programs around the world.

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

Nothing could be more important for a child affected by Zika virus than to have continuity of care, seamlessly from before birth to after birth.

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

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

A life cycle approach to food security will imply attention to the nutritional needs of a human being from conception to cremation. The most vulnerable but neglected segment is the first 1,000 days in a child's life - the period from conception to the age of two, when much of the brain development takes place.

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.

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.