Birth Quotes

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"The gift of a sacred birth fosters peace in our babies, our self, our community and our sacred planet."


"Sacred Birthing helps parents give birth in a heightened vibration so as to maintain the awakened consciousness possible in every newborn" - Sunni Karll 2008



"If a doula were a drug, it would be unethical not to use it." - John H. Kennell, MD



"How a woman is cared for & supported during births is a major influence, not only how she gives births, but also how she feels about it."- Penny Simkin



"Midwives see birth as a miracle and only mess with it if there's a problem; doctors see birth as a problem and if they don't mess with it, it's a miracle!"- Barbara Harper in Gentle Birth Choices"



There is power that comes to women when they give birth. They don't ask for it, it simply invades them. Accumulates like clouds on the horizon and passes through, carrying the child with it." - Sheryl Feldman




"You are constructing your own reality with the choices you make...or don't make. If you really want a healthy pregnancy and joyful birth, and you truly understand that you are the one in control, then you must examine what you have or haven't done so far to create the outcome you want."- Kim Wildner-Mother's Intention: How Belief Shapes Birth




"Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers ~ strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength."- Barbara Katz Rothman, PhD"



Treating normal labors as though they were complicated can become a self-fulfilling prophecy." - Rooks"Unfortunately, the role of obstetrics has never been to help women give birth. There is a big difference between the medical discipline we call "obstetrics' and something completely different, the art of midwifery. If we want to find safe alternatives to obstetrics, we must rediscover midwifery." - Michel Odent, MD"



Attending births is like growing roses. You have to marvel at the ones that just open up and bloom at the first kiss of the sun but you wouldn't dream of pulling open the petals of the tightly closed buds and forcing them to blossom to your time line." - Gloria Lemay"



The best way to avoid a cesarean is to stay out of the hospital." - Brooke Sanders Purves





Tiffany Patterson
www.sacredbirthsdoula.com Ft. Myers, Cape Coral, Estero, Bonita Springs, & Naples, Floirda