"Learn to respect this sacred moment of birth, as fragile, as fleeting, as elusive as dawn. The child is there, hesitant, tentative, unsure which way he's about to go.
He stands between two worlds.
Yes, this birth, this wave parted from wave, born from the sea without ever leaving her.
Don't ever touch it with your rough hands. You understand nothing of its mysteries.
But the child, the drop from this ocean,KNOWS."
Fredrick Leboyer – Birth Without Violence