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
awe birth except modern needed rare realize teaching
It's very rare to see an undisturbed birth in a modern U.S. teaching hospital, but when you see a woman who isn't frightened, who's giving birth without interference, you stand back in awe and realize how little needed you are except in the rare circumstance.
pregnancy thinking elephants
Remember this, for it is as true as true gets: Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not a careless mechanic. Human female bodies have the same potential to give birth as well as aardvarks, lions, rhinoceri, elephants, moose, and water buffalo. Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.
boss want world
Why in the world do the insurance companies get to be the boss of birth? That's what I want to know.
pregnancy thinking moose
Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.
sense-of-humor forget labor
Don't forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.
ideas doubt body
When you cast doubt on some bodily function- you don't know how sensitive the body is to that kind of idea.
mom baby powerful
I think that women can be just completely surprised by the change in them from giving birth-you have something powerful in you-that fierce thing comes up-and I think babies need moms to have that fierceness-you feel like you can do anything and that’s the feeling we want moms to have.
mistake doctors physicians
It would be a mistake, though, to consider care by family doctors or midwives inferior to that offered by obstetricians simply on the grounds that obstetricians need not refer care to a family physician or midwife if no complications develop during a course of labor.
want might comfort
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?
lovers poor starting
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.
nice scare easy
It's easy to scare women. It's even profitable to scare women... But it's not nice, so let's stop it.
criticize awe
Don't criticize nature, stand in awe of it.
matter doe nutrition
Why should nutrition matter less in the creation of young humans than it does in young plants? I'm sure that it doesn't.