preparations

"Childbirth is the perfection of womanhood, and the beautifying of the maternal conscience is one of its most acceptable rewards, not only for the mother herself, but for her home, the community, and the nation . . . those who have known all and suffered little are not slow to sympathize with mere man in that he can never know the joy that is the reward of natural reproduction."

Childbirth without Fear

Grantly Dick-Read