Peggy Vincent > Quotes

“Childbirth is normal until proven otherwise.”
― Peggy Vincent, Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife

“I cried with pride as I looked into the face of a midwife from the next generation of baby catchers.”
― Peggy Vincent, Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife

“Women's bodies have a near perfect knowledge of childbirth; it's when their brains get involved that things can go wrong.”
― Peggy Vincent, Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife

“Just think about it. As midwives, we meet wildly interesting people and stay up all night with them. We ask them questions about their sex lives, eat their food, feel inside their bodies, snoop around their houses, drink champagne at all hours, and best of all, we get to catch delicious little naked, wet babies. What I can’t figure out is, why doesn’t everyone want to be a midwife?”
― Peggy Vincent, Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife

“Women’s bodies have near-perfect knowledge of childbirth; it’s when their brains get involved that things can go wrong. When we force external rules on laboring women’s behavior, their births may veer off track. The intrinsic intelligence of women’s bodies can be sabotaged when they’re put into clinical settings, surrounded by strangers, and attached to machines that limit their freedom to move.”
― Peggy Vincent, Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife

“Percent of countries providing universal prenatal care that have lower infant mortality rates than the US: 100%”
― Peggy Vincent, Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife

“To my knowledge, not one single pregnant delivery room nurse ever chose to go to him for care – and that speaks volumes.”
― Peggy Vincent, Midwife: A Calling