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

I think midwifery was developed by people with common sense, people who were close to nature, and people who observed other species of mammals and saw that there were lessons there to be learned.

It will take your breastfed baby an average of five to six months to double her birth weight.

I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.

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

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.

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.