It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as it is to insist upon dulling the consciousness of a natural mother who desires above all things to be aware of the final reward of her efforts, whose ambition is to be present, in full possession of her senses, when the infant she already adores greets her with its first loud cry and the soft touch of its restless body upon her limbs. Grantly DickRead
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It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as it is to insist upon dulling the consciousness of a natural mother who desires above all things to be aware of the final reward of her efforts, whose ambition is to be present, in full possession of her senses, when the infant she already adores greets her with its first loud cry and the soft touch of its restless body upon her limbs. This quote is about the pain women feel after giving birth. It's not easy for them to give birth, not because they are weak, but because they are human. A strong woman would never want to impose that much pain on another person.

The doctor should help them through this period because it takes away the pain. If she wasn't in pain, she would never have wanted this child in the first place.

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