“Liz, having a baby is like getting a tattoo in the face. You kinda want to be fully committed” – Eat, Pray, Love (movie) character – Delia Shiraz
Einstein
“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.” — Albert Einstein
Inherent Safety
“I talked particularly about my feeling that birth is not the dangerous thing that it is set out to be. That, in fact, it is inherently safe and I believe biology tells us this. One woman, one baby, that the baby can’t survive without the woman. It takes a long time to grow a human […]
Fitness
Pregnancy, fit bit style..“I get a thousand steps just walking to and from restrooms” -EM
Politics of Compromise
Mothers need to know that their care and their choices won’t be compromised by birth politics. -Marsden Wagner
Convenience
— as soon as she said it in lecture, I had to write it down: “Midwifery is not a convenience profession.” -Patricia Edmonds, Oregon midwife
Healing Art of Listening
Listening is noting what, when and how something is being said. Listening is distinguishing what is not being said from what is silence. Listening is not acting like you’re in a hurry, even if you are. Listening is eye contact, a hand placed gently upon an arm. Sometimes, listening is taking careful notes in the […]