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.

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.

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.

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

If a woman doesn't look like a Goddess during labor, then someone isn't treating her right.

Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.

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