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Quotes About Uterus

Hysteria derives from the Greek word for "uterus," and the extreme emotional state it denotes was once thought to be due to a wandering womb; men were by definition
~ Rebecca Solnit
Your 'hara' is here, where your uterus is if you're a woman, where the tummy sticks out if you're a man, the centre of gravity of the human body. It is the synthesis of our intellect, body and spirit, and by developing our consciousness of it, we can become incredibly rooted.
~ Scilla Elworthy
All that was necessary was a law degree and a uterus: a lethal combination.
~ Margaret Atwood
Dong Quai Another one of the excellent fertility herbs, dong quai specifically helps regulate hormones and tone the uterus. It also helps to maintain estrogen and progesterone balance, which is especially useful for those with estrogen dominance. Also helps with premenstrual depression.
~ Sally Moran
He stared at her. "How do chicks do that?" "We have uteruses- they give us magic color sense.
~ Susan Andersen
in the ordinary course of a healthy labour, the mouth of the uterus opens by some secret agency; or at least without any apparent force.
~ Ina May Gaskin
about one-fifth of the cardiac output goes through the uterus at term increasing the risk from postpartum hemorrhage substantially.
~ Charles R.B. Beckmann
In the fifth century BC, however, Hippocrates noted that aromas didn't seem to be working for this malady, which he had named hysteria, from the Greek word for "uterus.
~ Lori Gottlieb
There is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ, they would brag about it. So should we.
~ Ina May Gaskin
the total number of pregnancies in which powerful and dangerous drugs are used is 60 percent, or nearly two-thirds of all births. It is rediculous to think that two-thirds of American women have such lousy uteruses that they must be whipped into shape with drugs in order to have babies.
~ Unknown
Beyond the immediate risks to her health and the health of her baby, when a woman chooses c-section, she decreases the chance that she will be able to get pregnant again and increases the chance that if she does get pregnant, the pregnancy will occur outside the uterus, a situation that never results in a live baby and is life-threatening to the woman. Furthermore, the risk of having an unexplained stillbirth doubles when a woman has had a previous c-section.
~ Unknown
The uterus is a part of the endocrine system, the macramé of glands, organs, and brain structures that secrete and respond to hormones
~ Natalie Angier