The most empowering feminist act is for women to be taught about the ways babies bond and then decide what they want to do.
I am not just pro-birth. I believe in supporting a woman during and after pregnancy.
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 encourage my fans to get involved, whether it's just educating yourself on premature birth, or you can donate or volunteer.
When I was pregnant with my first child, I was 35 years old, and I was working in a pet shop.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Childbirth, as a strictly physical phenomenon, is comparable to driving a United Parcel truck through an inner tube.
I didn't think of my pregnancy as a handicap for one minute, but having said that, I think the only big challenge was being so tired all the time.
Men should spend less time with guns and more time in childbirth.
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.
Mimicking childbirth on 'Grey's' has taken the mystery out of it.
I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding it.
My wife and I would be very comfortable having a baby at home or using one of the terrific nurse-midwives at the hospital.
Improved maternal health benefits the whole of society.
Pregnancy forces you to put your health first.
I'm not sure if my husband is going to be there when I actually have the baby. He said the only way he's going to be in the room when there's a delivery is if there's a pizza involved.
I feel so privileged as a mom to be part of a significant organization like the March of Dimes that works hard to prevent prematurity and helps moms to have healthy babies.
I'm working with the March of Dimes to help make sure more babies have the chance of tomorrow.
There is no way out of the experience except through it, because it is not really your experience at all but the baby's. Your body is the child's instrument of 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.
