Gail Tully > Quotes

“Know the pelvis like your sock drawer on a dark night at midnight and you’ll know what birth position will make room in the pelvis. When something unusual happens, you’ll be better equipped to make unique adaptations to restore birth to nature’s flow.”
― Gail Tully, Changing Birth on Earth: A midwife and nurse’s guide to using physiology to avoid another unnecessary cesarean

“Prescribed positions aren’t selected by the birthing person listening to the inner signals of their body. They aren’t adopted due to where the pain or pressure urges room. The body or the baby gives the nudge. The prescription, like the epidural, doesn’t allow a spontaneous choice. Signals from the body are overridden by social agreement (compliance) or numbed out.”
― Gail Tully, Changing Birth on Earth: A midwife and nurse’s guide to using physiology to avoid another unnecessary cesarean