Oxytocin is the hormone of love. We share it when we have a good conversation, we share it when we make love, and when we hug, and BIRTH is the biggest brightest time of rich oxytocin-sharing.

Robin Lim

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Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman... by Robin Lim

Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.

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Every baby's first breath on Earth could be one of peace and love. Every mother should be healthy and strong. Every birth could be safe and loving. But our world is not there yet

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I imagine a world in which all humans are born with an intact capacity to love, and I am willing to devote my life to making it happen.

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I came to the conclusion that bringing Humans to earth with an intact ability to LOVE is essential if we are to survive as a species.

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I learned that a healthy society is made up of loving, trusting individuals, and that these individuals in turn protect their environment, become stewards of our land, air and water, and they make peace, rather than war.

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I became a fierce advocate for gentle birth as a solution for the most pressing problems of our times - a solution that begins at the source.

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I cry when I work in the garden, because the Sun, the rain, the wind and the Earth all work together to make us food and flowers. It just blows me away.

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Women will always pay the price for love, that is why God makes u... by Robin Lim

Women will always pay the price for love, that is why God makes us so much stronger than men.

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Research points to the fact that being born without trauma is the foundation for having an intact capacity to love and trust.

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Gentle birth, protecting mother and baby, is a solution that I believe will result in positive change for our society.

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Childbirth being one's most significant life passage, those close to us when we open to birth a baby will never be forgotten.

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Oxytocin rocks the world. by Robin Lim

Oxytocin rocks the world.

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The amazing heroic women in labor, they are the truest inspiration, and when they push their babies into the light... I am astonished every time.

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Statistically, the United States rates number 39 in maternal mortality. This means that it is safer to be pregnant and to give birth in 38 other countries than the USA... and less expensive too.

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I am just one of many many thousands of midwives, who are devoted... by Robin Lim

I am just one of many many thousands of midwives, who are devoted to saving lives gently.

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I love to receive babies into this world, so crawling around on my knees in the birth room is my best place, and most often you can still find me there.

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In a nutshell, I am a mom, a grandma, and a midwife. by Robin Lim

In a nutshell, I am a mom, a grandma, and a midwife.

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I sing, I clean house, I write poetry. I cry. And I tell everyone... by Robin Lim

I sing, I clean house, I write poetry. I cry. And I tell everyone I can, "I Believe in YOU."

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I get crazy upset when I feel mothers or babies are not getting t... by Robin Lim

I get crazy upset when I feel mothers or babies are not getting the loving care they need.

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I get happy very easily and very often. by Robin Lim

I get happy very easily and very often.