Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life.

Don't forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.

It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.

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.

Don't criticize nature, stand in awe of it.

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.

There is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ they would brag about it. So should we