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

The childbirth class neglected to teach you a critical skill. How to swear, breathe and count all at the same time. – Linda Fiterman, From Colic to College: Chuckling Your Way Through Parenthood

The baby bounced gently off the wall of her uterus. She opened her dressing gown and put her hands back on her belly. It moved again, like a dolphin going through the water; that was the way she imagined it. – Roddy Doyle, The Snapper

The power and intensity of your contractions cannot be stronger than you, because it is you. – Author Unknown