Remember this, for it is as true and true gets: Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not a careless mechanic.Ina May Gaskin
We should work to ensure that all women can have their babies with as much satisfaction and joy as I did.Ina May Gaskin
We can share in each other’s strengths and cooperate in a common effort without fear, competition, or comparison. Working together this way creates a mass effect of love that encircles the universe.Ina May Gaskin
Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers—strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.Ina May Gaskin
When we as a society begin to value mothers as the givers and supporters of life, then we will see social change in ways that matter.Ina May Gaskin
We can never know what might have been if we had done things differently, and mostly I think it's not healthy to go around regretting the past.Ina May Gaskin
There is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ they would brag about it. So should weIna May Gaskin
If we want to find safe alternatives to obstetrics, we must rediscover midwifery. To rediscover midwifery is the same as giving back childbirth to women. And imagine the future if surgical teams were at the service of the midwives and the women instead of controlling them.Ina May Gaskin
Let your monkey do it.Ina May Gaskin
We are the only species of mammal that doubts our ability to give birth. It's profitable to scare women about birth. But let's stop it. I tell women: Your body is not a lemon.Ina May Gaskin