A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presenc…

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No other natural bodily function is painful and childbirth should not be an exception

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What manner of mind considers this holy estate [pregnancy] which women are privileged by the Almighty to attain as a slur upon the social conscience?

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Fear can be overcome only by Faith.

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Fear can be overcome by faith.

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Many women have described their experiences of childbirth as being associated with a spiritual uplifting, the power of which they have never previous…

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If left alone in labor, the body of a woman produces most easily the baby that is not interfered with by its mother's mind or the assistant's hand. I…

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It is not only that we want to bring about an easy labor, without risking injury to the mother or the child; we must go further. We must understand t…

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It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as it is to insist upon dulling the consciousness o…

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