Quotes by Ina May Gaskin

Ina May Gaskin

A society that places a low value on its mothers and the process of birth will suffer an array of negative repercussions for doing so. Good beginnings make a positive difference in the world, so it is worth our while to provide the best possible care for mothers and babies throughout this extraordinarily influential part of life.

Baby

Differences

Mother

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

Intuition

Knows

Needs

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

Awe

Criticize

Gardeners know that you must nourish the soil if you want healthy plants. You must water the plants adequately, especially when seeds are germinating and sprouting, and they should be planted in a nutrient-rich soil. Why should nutrition matter less in the creation of young humans than it does in young plants? I’m sure that it doesn’t.

Doe

Healthy

Water

I have never observed even the slightest laceration in a woman who used clitoral stimulation as a relaxation method during birth. Clitoral stimulation seems to increase vaginal engorgement as the baby emerges.

Baby

Birth

Relaxation

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

Birth

Goddess

Looks

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.

Cesarean

Europe

Mother

It does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby… it inspires him.

Baby

Brave

Men

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

Easy

Nice

Scare

It’s good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.

Feels

Inappropriate

Laughing

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Baby

Birth

Boss

Brave

Care

Cesarean

Comfort

Criticize

Culture

Differences

Doe

Easy

Elephants

Europe

Feels

Giving

Goddess

Gratitude

Healthy

Ideas

Ignorance

Inappropriate

Inspirational

Intuition

Knows

Laughing

Looks

Maternity

Matter

Members

Men

Might

Mother

Needs

Nice

Pregnancy

Relaxation

Rooms

Scare

Should

Skills

Sweet

Thinking

Uterus

Want

Water

Way

Women

World

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Quotes by Ina May Gaskin

Ina May Gaskin

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

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

I have never observed even the slightest laceration in a woman who used clitoral stimulation as a relaxation method during birth. Clitoral stimulation seems to increase vaginal engorgement as the baby emerges.

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

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.

It does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby… it inspires him.

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

It’s good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.

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