CHILDBIRTH
She’s screaming like crazy….You have this myth you’re sharing the birth experience. Unless you’re circumcising yourself with a chain saw, I don’t think so. Unless you’re opening an umbrella up your ass, I don’t think so!
— Robin Williams
We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.
— Laura Stavoe Harm
From what I have seen…human birth is a joyful experience when properly rescued from arrogant male physicians who seem to want total control over a process they cannot experience.
— Stephen Jay Gould
February 1, 2012 at 10:49 pm
Gould has it right. If you can keep them all at bay, you can have time to be in the moment.