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.

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.

It's easy to scare women. It's even profitable to scare women... But it's not nice, so let's stop it.

Squat 300 times a day, you’re going to give birth quickly.

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

I dreaded having a boring life when I grew up. And I certainly can't complain about being bored.

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