To be pregnant is to be vitally alive, thoroughly woman, and distressingly inhabited. Soul and spirit are stretched – along with body – making pregnancy a time of transition, growth, and profound beginnings. – Anne Christian Buchanan and Debra K. Kingsporn, The Quickening Heart: A Journal

The shamans are forever yacking about their snake-oil “miracles.” I prefer the Real McCoy – a pregnant woman. – Robert A. Heinlein

Midwives have skilled hands and know how to sit on them. – Author Unknown

$13 to $20 billion a year could be saved in health care costs by demedicalizing childbirth, developing midwifery, and encouraging breastfeeding. – Frank A. Oski