According to traditional wisdom in rural France, a baby in the womb should be compared to fruit on the tree. Not all the fruit on the same tree is ripe at the same time…we must accept that some babies need a much longer time than others before they are ready to be born.
-Michel Odent
Excerpted from “The Tree & the Fruit: Routine Versus Selective Strategies in Postmaturity,” Midwifery Today, Issue 72
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Love the thoughts that come from Michel Odent…so simple and real!