Quotes regarding Childbirth
exerps from MAMATOTO: A celebration of life, published by The Body Shop
"It is with great Pleasure I see at last the Preservation of Children becomes the Care of Men of sense. In my opinion, this business has been too long fatally left to the management of Women, who cannot be supposed to have a proper knowledge to fit them to the Task, notwithstanding they look upon it to be their own Province."
Dr. William Cadogan (1748)

"Those wretched babies don't come out until they are ready" Queen Elizabeth II

"Blessed chloroform!" Queen Elizabeth


Some Statistics

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