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“In the countries with the best maternal and infant outcomes—the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark—women and babies benefit from lifelong universal healthcare, but that care is markedly different: obstetricians attend only high-risk pregnancies. The vast majority of laboring women get individual support from a midwife, are free to move about and birth in whatever position feels best, and are rarely induced, anesthetized, or cut.”
― Jennifer Block, Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

“As I approach the end of my years, I know that grief, like regret, settles into our DNA and remains forever a part of us.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

“In reality, pregnancy medical care seemed to be one long list of rules. In fact, being pregnant was a lot like being a child again. There was always someone telling you what to do. It started right away.”
― Emily Oster, Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong-and What You Really Need to Know

“A woman is four times more likely to die having a cesarean section than a vaginal birth.”
― Jennifer Block, Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care