You Have a Choice (A Short Birth Documentary) from Goodrich Creative on Vimeo.

"Attending birth is like growing roses.  You have to marvel at the ones that just open up and bloom at the first kiss of the sun but you wouldn't dream of pulling open the petals of the tightly closed buds and forcing them to blossom to your time line. "   Gloria Lemay

"Midwives see birth as a miracle and only mess with it if there's a problem; doctors see birth as a problem and if they don't mess with it, it's a miracle"  Barbara Harper

"Every [hospital] intervention is a lesson in who really owns your body and your babys body." Jack Doubleday

"There is a power that comes to women when they give birth.  They don't ask for it, it simply invades them.  Accumulates like clouds on the horizon and passes through, carrying a child with it." Sheryl Feldman

"Treating normal labors a though they were complicated can become a self-fulfilling prophecy." Rooks

" You are constructing you own reality with the choices you make...or don't make.  If you really want a healthy pregnancy and joyful birth, and you truly understand that you are the one in control, then you must examine what you have or haven't done so far to create the outcome you want." Kim Wildner

"If a doula were a drug, it would be unethical not to use it." John H. Kennell, MD

"There is no scientific evidence that doing over 10% of births with a cesaean improves the outcome for the woman or improves the outcome for the baby." Dr. Marsden Wagner

"Mothers need to know that their care and their choices won't be compromised by birth politics."Jennifer Rosenburg

"When you have come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on or you  will be taught to fly." Patrick Overter

"If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle" Irma Bombeck

"If we are to heal the planet, we must begin by healing birthing." Agnes Sallet Von Tannenberg

"Peole never sing...except in the bathroom. Birthing women also make their natural sounds next to running water.  There is something about the power of water.  People are drawn to water, spas, and sacred streams.  Women in labor are drawn to water, too."  Michel Odent, MD

"Well behaved women rarely make history." Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

"Anything I've ever done that ultimatley was worthwhile...initially scared me to death."Betty Bender

"Courage allows the successful woman to fail- and to learn powerful lessons from the failure- so that in the end, she didn't fail at all." Maya Angelou