The only significant effect of continuous electronic fetal monitoring was an increase in the cesarean rate.

...one cannot actively help a woman to give birth. The goal is to avoid disturbing her unnecsessarily.

To change the world, we must first change the way the babies are being born.

I usually claim that pregnant women should not read books about pregnancy and birth. Their time is too precious. They should, rather, watch the moon and sing to their baby in the womb.

It seems that many health professionals involved in antenatal care have not realized that one of their role should be to protect the emotional state of pregnant women

We try to give a birthing woman freedom to find the right position for her own needs and comfort. Unfortunately, in our society we think of birthing as something done while lying down.

There had once been a time when I'd dreaded the end of summer, had prayed it would hold out for as long as possible. Now the thought of endless warmth and sun made me . . . bored. Restless.

I grew up around books - my grandmother's house, where I lived as a small child, was full of books. My father was a history teacher, and he loved the Russian novels. There were always books around.

I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it, and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work, but it ain't easy.

The safeguards of virtue are hateful to the evil disposed.

Defeating Hillary Clinton in a campaign unlike anything we've seen in our lifetimes.

I took comfort, as a kid, in knowing that things had always been as awful and as wonderful as they were now, that the world was always on the edge of total destruction.

You kissed me because you were awfully nice and I was awfully nice and we both liked kissing very much. It was inevitable.

By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects.

Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot before I can be even remotely amusing.

Schiaparelli’s collaborations with Dali and Cocteau as well as Prada’s Fondazione Prada push art and fashion ever closer, in a direct, synergistic, and culturally redefining relationship.