Ina May Gaskin
Ina May Gaskin
Ina May Gaskin, CPM,has been described as "the mother of authentic midwifery."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCelebrity
CountryUnited States of America
choose country denying passed
I know of no country in the world that has passed a law specifically denying a woman's right to choose where she intends to give birth.
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When a child is born, the entire Universe has to shift and make room. Another entity capable of free will, and therefore capable of becoming God, has been born.
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Why should insurance companies continue to get away with limiting the skills that a health profession has always previously required of its members if they were to be considered fully trained?
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Why should nutrition matter less in the creation of young humans than it does in young plants? I'm sure that it doesn't.
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Let your monkey do it.
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Don't criticize nature, stand in awe of it.
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It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.
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I dreaded having a boring life when I grew up. And I certainly can't complain about being bored.
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It's easy to scare women. It's even profitable to scare women... But it's not nice, so let's stop it.
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The way a culture treats women in birth is a good indicator of how well women and their contributions to society are valued and honored.
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Breast stimulation is especially effective in starting labor at term when it is combined with sexual intercourse. Unless your partner is an abysmally poor lover, this combination is by far the most enjoyable method of induction.
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Why do we, then, continue to treat women as if their emotions and comfort, and the postures they might want to assume while in labor, are against the rules?
ignorance ideas culture
Nothing in medical literature today communicates the idea that women's bodies are well-designed for birth. Ignorance of the capacities of women's bodies can flourish and quickly spread into the popular culture when the medical profession is unable to distinguish between ancient wisdom and superstitious belief.
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The Creator is not a careless mechanic.