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.

It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on the planet.

Why should nutrition matter less in the creation of young humans than it does in young plants? I'm sure that it doesn't.

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.

If birth matters, midwives matter. In Europe, there are hospitals where the cesarean rate is less than 10%, and you'll find midwives in these hospitals, you'll see a lot less re-admissions with infections and complications, and you'll see a lot less injury to mothers.

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

Simply put, when there is no home birth in a society, or when home birth is driven completely underground, essential knowledge of women’s capacities in birth is lost to the people of that society—to professional caregivers, as well as to the women of childbearing age themselves.