* If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain:If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin, Into his nest again, I shall not live in vain.
Emily Dickinson
* And for all it's worth
Charges into earth
In birth after birth
Ever fresh and fresh.
Robert Frost
* Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.”
William MacNeile Dixon
* A Baby is like the beginning of all things, wonder, hope a dream of possibilities. In a world that is cutting down its trees to build highways, losing its earth to concrete, babies are almost the only remaining link in nature, with the natural world of living things fro which we spring
Eda J Leshan
* “…labor is not about dilation. Your body knows how to give birth whether or not you ever have a pelvic exam during labor. Birthing women need encouragement to trust their bodies, and to be the stars of their own labors…”
The Doula Guide to Birth
* “In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves.”
Everyday Blessings
* “You do not have to be a particularly strong or brave or relaxed woman to get through labor. You just need to be a woman.”
The Big Book of Birth
* “Women are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don’t know how strong until we’re pushing out our babies.”
Louise Erdrich, The Blue Jay’s Dance
