Stephanie Coontz

In personal life, the warm glow of nostalgia amplifies good memories and minimizes bad ones about experiences and relationships, encouraging us to revisit and renew our ties with friends and family. It always involves a little harmless self-deception, like forgetting the pain of childbirth.

American Author

Eva Amurri

I've found childbirth to be so unique in its ability to completely humble you while also completely empowering you. It reduces you to your essence and strips you of every pretense. It reminds you that you are no better than all the women who have come before you, but also no worse.

American Actress

Christy Turlington

Every Mother Counts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother. We inform, engage, and mobilize audiences to take action and raise funds that support maternal health programs around the world.

American Model

Robin Williams

My mother's idea of natural childbirth was giving birth without makeup. She was hyper-positive - the world is a wonderful place, rainbows and unicorns. If you said anything contrary to her, you were basically exiled.

American Comedian

Hilaria Baldwin

I did yoga in both of my labors. It's painful, but it helps you, you're supposed to stay active and move around. A lot of squatting. I didn't take any childbirth classes.

American Businesswoman

Jessica Capshaw

Maternal health remains a staggering challenge, particularly in the developing world. Globally, a woman dies from complications in childbirth every minute.

Brigitte Bardot

I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding it.

French Actress

Gloria Steinem

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.

American Activist

Abigail Spanberger

Protecting the lives of women in childbirth and in their postpartum months should be a common priority.

American Politician

Debbie Reynolds

Singin' in the Rain' and childbirth are two of the hardest things I ever had to do in my life.

Often used in medical or healthcare settings, suggesting a clinical atmosphere.

Medical Context

Carries emotional significance, often associated with joy, anxiety, and anticipation.

Emotional Weight

A universal concept, relatable across different cultures and times.

Human Experience

The period of childbirth can vary widely, from a few hours to more than a day.

Duration Variable

May imply extreme physical pain or effort; often an intense experience.

Potential Intensity

Usually involves healthcare professionals to ensure safety during the process.

Medical Assistance

 she jumped out and we ran up the mountain and she said, "What's going on?" And the woman on the right was in labor, and her water had just broken. And they had rented a car and her husband's first wife had died in childbirth. And he was so determined to not have a second wife die in childbirth that he rented this car,

Lynsey Addario: Lens on...

 Twenty years later, following those villages, what we learned is that they had a better quality of life than their neighbors. The families were healthier. The women were less likely to die in childbirth. Their children were less likely to die in the first thirty days of life. The children were better nourished.

Let's put birth control...

 pregnancy and childbirth now after my own brush with one of the leading causes of preventable maternal death I was compelled to do everything that I could to help and prepare and support other women as I would I was becoming more confident and familiar with the practice of mothering my newborn I was also

Caring for maternal...

 After these initial symptoms, late-stage syphilis was known to cause organ damage, heart and brain disorders, and even blindness. It was incredibly difficult to slow the disease’s spread. Experts cautioned against unprotected sex, but the infection could also be passed during childbirth.

Ugly History: The U.S....

 they're very hard to take care of. So evolution has helped us out with this hormone called oxytocin. It's released around childbirth and also during skin-to-skin touch, so it rises even if you didn't give birth to the baby.

A new way to think about...

 Around the world, one woman dies every minute and a half from childbirth. You know, it's not as though we don't have the technological solution, but these women have three strikes against they are poor, they are rural

Sheryl WuDunn: Our...

 And it's been slow to spread. This is not yet our norm in surgery -- let alone making checklists to go onto childbirth and other areas. There's a deep resistance because using these tools forces us to confront

How do we heal medicine?...

 traditionally they only come up during childbirth at doctor's visit or if the woman is caught committing adultery in that case she will pay for her infidelity with an exposed neck for life

Suffering for Tradition...

 proactive services that would activate seamlessly based on different life situations that people might be in, such as childbirth, unemployment or starting a business. Now, of course,

What a digital...

 You know, what about the protection of women's health? Well, the reality is, abortion is already an extremely safe surgical procedure. It is safer than childbirth.