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

The effort to separate the physical experience of childbirth from the mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of this event has served to disempower and violate women. – Mary Rucklos Hampton

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

For far too many, pregnancy and birth is still something that happens to them rather than something they set out consciously and joyfully to do themselves. – Sheila Kitzinger, The Experience of Childbirth