Home / Authors / Jennifer Block

Jennifer Block Quotes

Author

Browse famous quotes by Jennifer Block.

Filter quotes by topic

All Birth Childbirth Childbirth Nightmares Medical Care Medicated Birth Natural Birth Pregnancy

Famous Jennifer Block Quotes

“Among industrialized countries, the U.S. ranks 29th in infant survival.”

Author:Jennifer Block

“Today, what's normal is being redefined: from vaginal birth to surgical birth; from 'My water broke,' to 'Let's break your water;' from 'It's time' to 'It's time for the induction.' As medical anthropologist Robbie Davis-Floyd writes, 'in the early twenty-first century, we do not know what normal birth is.' Most practicing obstetricians have never witnessed an unplugged birth that wasn't an accident. Women are even beginning to deny normal birth to themselves: if 'normal' means being induced, immobilized by wires and tubes, sped up with drugs, all the while knowing that there's a good chance of surgery, well, might as well just cut to the chase, so to speak. 'Just give me a cesarean,' some are saying. And who can blame them? They want to avoid what they think of as normal birth.”

Birth Pregnancy Medical Care

Book:Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

Source: Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

“The context needs to be that the goal is a healthy mom. Because mothers never make decisions without thinking about that healthy baby. And to suggest otherwise is insulting and degrading and disrespectful.”

Birth Childbirth Natural Birth Childbirth Nightmares Medicated Birth

Book:Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

Source: Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care