"Yes, hell exists. It is not a fairy tale. One indeed burns there. This hell is not at the end of life. It is here. At the beginning. Hell is what the infant must experience before he gets to us." -- Frederick Leboyer
Frederick Leboyer (born November 1, 1918) is a French obstetrician, best known for his 1975 book, Birth Without Violence[1], which popularized gentle birthing techniques, in particular, the practice of immersing newly-born infants in a small tub of warm water ... known as a "Leboyer bath" ... to help ease the transition from the womb to the outside world. He graduated from the University of Paris School of Medicine.
"These hands which stretch out, implore, beg, then rise to the head in a gesture of calamity.""This howling mouth, this head which rolls back and tries to escape.""This tragic brow, these closed eyes, eyebrows raised and knotted."