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
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When you destroy midwives, you also destroy a body of knowledge that is shared by women, that can’t be put together by a bunch of surgeons or a bunch of male obstetricians, because physiologically, birth doesn’t happen the same way around surgeons, medically trained doctors, as it does around sympathetic women.
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Gardeners know that you must nourish the soil if you want healthy plants. You must water the plants adequately, especially when seeds are germinating and sprouting, and they should be planted in a nutrient-rich soil. 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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The Creator is not a careless mechanic.
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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?
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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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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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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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If you can't be a hero, you can at least be funny while being a chicken.
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It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.
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Don't criticize nature, stand in awe of it.
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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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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?