Inspirational Quotes

The empowered woman is

powerful beyond measure

and beautiful beyond description.

-Steve Maraboli

"This is how we take the fear out of birth:

by honoring and embracing all the many possible variations

that birth encompasses. In this way, every birth is a natural birth.

Each of us is part of nature, not separate from it,

and nature is always stunning in its variety. Your birth, then,

is part of the natural world, however it unfolds."

- Lauralyn Curtis

No one else will ever know the strength of my love for you,

After all, you're the only one who knows what my heart

sounds like from the inside. - Unknown

We delight in the beauty

of the butterfly,

but rarely admit

the changes it has

gone through to achieve

that beauty

-Maya Andelou

The life of the mother is the life of a child:

You are two blossoms on the same branch

Karen Mazezen Miller

Making a decision to have a child–it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. – Elizabeth Stone

Just As

You Know

--How To --

Give Birth

Your Baby

Knows

--How To--

Breathe Birthful.com

We have a secret in our culture, and it's not that birth is painful. It's that women are strong. -Laura Stavoe Harm

Birth is a rite of passage of women. Their journey should be honored, their rights should be fiercely protected, and their stories should be shared. - Marcie Macari

"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

I believe in my body's ability to birth

I am birthing with thousands of people

I am safe

I am loved

I will meet my baby soon

Relax, breath, open

My baby is coming down

I am strong

I CAN do this, I AM doing this, I DID it!

I can do anything for a couple of minutes

"The Knowledge of how to give birth without outside interventions lies deep within each woman. "

Suzanne Arms

Don’t think of it as pain. Think of it as an interesting sensation that requires all of your attention. ~Ina Mae Gaskin, Spiritual Midwifery