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“Many of us know more about the workings of our car than we do the reproductive cycle.”

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Jeannine Parvati Baker was an American author known for her unique writing style and exploration of spiritual life. Her works, which blend personal experiences, philosophical thoughts, and literary creation, have been well-received by readers. more

“[Childbirth] is the weirdest thing I've ever seen. It's like an 'Alien' movie. I started crying, it was so emotional ... I was there in the room but I wasn't planning on doing much. But then I see this blue pinhead come out and I think I said to the nurse, 'What the hell is that?' And then it turns into this round red thing in seconds. It's just shocking.”

Thinking Said Turns Rooms Hell Cry Emotional Birth Red Blue Rounds Planning Aliens Seconds Nurse Shocking Childbirth Aliens Movie

Author:Tim Burton

“She was mine and not-mine all at once. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen and the most terrifying.”

Beautiful Mines Birth Beautiful Things

Book:Fear of Fifty

Source: Fear of Fifty

“Do everything you're told. Be a good cheerleader. And never, never say, 'It's not so bad.' Say 'You are almost there!' And say it a lot.”

Birth Cheerleader Good Cheer Almost There

Author:Madonna Ciccone

“I had just sat down at a table with Star [Jones] and, bam, it just popped all over Star's shoes. Star was like, 'What is that!?' I said, 'My water broke!'”

Said Stars Water Birth Tables Shoes Broke Sat

Author:Holly Robinson Peete

“All of [motherhood] surprised me. It surprised me from the very first second I saw Jack. I'd believed that my pregnancy was a condition. It never computed. And there he was. Everyone made fun of me because I stared at him for months and months, not being able to believe he was real.”

Firsts Believe Made Real Able Fun Saws Conditions Months Birth Motherhood Pregnancy

Author:Meg Ryan

“... since birth control roots in a species of selfishness, the spiritual life of the user of contraceptives is also weakened. Women seem to become more masculine in thought and action; men more callous and reserved; both husband and wife become more careless of each other, and increasingly indifferent to the higher duties and joys of living.”

“Seeking the pleasure of conjugality without a willingness to assume the responsibilities of rearing a family is one of the onslaughts that now batter at the structure of the American home. Intelligence and mutual consideration should be ever-present factors in determining the coming of children to the home.”

Should Children Home Pleasure Responsibility Birth Structure Assuming Seeking Factors Consideration Mutual Willingness Birth Control

Author:David O. McKay

“True motherhood is the noblest call of the world, and we look with sorrow upon the practice here in our own United States of limiting families, a tendency creeping into our own Church.”

World Looks States Church United Practice United States Birth Sorrow Motherhood Tendencies Birth Control

Author:David O. McKay

“When the husband and wife are healthy, and free from inherited weaknesses and diseases that might be transmitted with injury to their offspring the use of contraceptives is to be condemned.”

Use Might Wife Birth Healthy Husband Disease Weakness Injury Husband And Wife Offspring Birth Control Contraceptives

Author:David O. McKay

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