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Grantly Dick-Read was an individual active in the early 20th century, whose profession and category remain unknown. His life and achievements are not well-documented, and thus limited information is available about him.

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Famous Grantly Dick-Read Quotes

“I emphasize this because some of my colleagues, for whose academic attainments I have great respect, argue" 'You assume too much; this is not proved; this is not strictly scientific. We disagree with your neurology and your psychiatry is misleading, therefore you must be wrong.' My reply has been, with all humility: 'Yes, of course,' and I have returned to the labor ward to be greeted by happy women with their newborn babies in their arms: 'How right you are, Doctor, it is so much easier that way.' That is what really matters to the clinician. He should use the method that gives the best and safest result from all points of view until something better is discovered.”

Pain Labor Medicine Pregnancy

Author:Grantly Dick-Read

“Male science disregards female experiences because it can never share them.”

Share Female Males Disregard

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“Fear can be overcome by faith.”

Inspiring Overcoming

Author:Grantly Dick-Read

“A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three.”

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Book:Childbirth Without Fear

Source: Childbirth Without Fear

“It is not only that we want to bring about an easy labor, without risking injury to the mother or the child; we must go further. We must understand that childbirth is fundamentally a spiritual, as well as a physical, achievement. . . The birth of a child is the ultimate perfection of human love.”

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Author:Grantly Dick-Read

“Many women have described their experiences of childbirth as being associated with a spiritual uplifting, the power of which they have never previously been aware. To such a woman, childbirth is a monument of joy within her memory. She turns to it in thought to seek again an ecstasy which passed too soon.”

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“No other natural bodily function is painful and childbirth should not be an exception”

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Author:Grantly Dick-Read

“It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as it is to insist upon dulling the consciousness of a natural mother who desires above all things to be aware of the final reward of her efforts, whose ambition is to be present, in full possession of her senses, when the infant she already adores greets her with its first loud cry and the soft touch of its restless body upon her limbs.”

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Book:Childbirth Without Fear

Source: Childbirth Without Fear

“What manner of mind considers this holy estate [pregnancy] which women are privileged by the Almighty to attain as a slur upon the social conscience?”

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Book:Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth

Source: Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural Childbirth

“Fear can be overcome only by Faith.”

Birth Overcoming Birthing

Book:The birth of a child: obstetric procedure in normal chidbirth for those who attend women in labor

Source: The birth of a child: obstetric procedure in normal chidbirth for those who attend women in labor

“The woman in labor must have NO STRESS placed upon her. She must be free to move about, walk, rock, go to the bathroom by herself, lie on her side or back, squat or kneel, or anything she finds comfortable, without fear of being scolded or embarrassed. Nor is there any need for her to be either "quiet" or "good."”

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Author:Grantly Dick-Read

“If left alone in labor, the body of a woman produces most easily the baby that is not interfered with by its mother's mind or the assistant's hand. If left alone, just courage and patience are required.”

Ifs Mind Body Hands Mother Left Produce Baby Labor Assistants Left Alone

Book:Childbirth Without Fear

Source: Childbirth Without Fear

About the Author

Born: January 26, 1890
Died: June 11, 1959
Known for: Author
Quotes: 12

Books & Sources

Childbirth Without FearRelated source material

Childbirth Without Fear: The Principles and Practice of Natural ChildbirthRelated source material

The birth of a child: obstetric procedure in normal chidbirth for those who attend women in laborRelated source material

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