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's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.

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

When you destroy midwives, you also destroy a body of knowledge that is shared by women, that can’t be put together by a bunch of surgeons or a bunch of male obstetricians, because physiologically, birth doesn’t happen the same way around surgeons, medically trained doctors, as it does around sympathetic women.

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

Why in the world do the insurance companies get to be the boss of birth? That's what I want to know.

Ask the woman, she will tell you everything you need to know