Quotes About Motherhood

I think I forget every time - you give birth, and you want your stomach to be flat again. It does take a lot of work, but I usually start slowly by going on walks with the baby.

No one argues with the many benefits of breastfeeding for those women who choose it.

My son is my best friend.

I make sure that I spend some time every night with my children and it's great to hear them say, 'Mom you are my best friend!' Only a child can make you feel that special.

She was a wonderful mother. She was my best friend. Same for my brother. And it's funny because we didn't grow up in Hollywood. You know, once she decided that she needed to be a mother, she really gave up her career.

I really do feel like I'm in better shape and look better now - even after having three kids - than I did before.

I feel better now after two children - I think I look better; I feel better.

I'm happy that I have a beautiful, wonderful, amazing child who's made me a better person.

Beyonce adores my little boy. She takes him everywhere.

My biological mother had me at 16, and it was just too young.

Women can have a career, but the real career is to be a woman. It's beautiful to be a woman and give birth.

There's an identity crisis that happens when you give birth. I don't care how confident, how secure you are, how much help you have, how many kids you have. For me, it was major.

You never know what state you're going to be in after giving birth.

I gave birth aged 45, which was a bit of a shock.

I'm still wearing Doc Martens. I'm sure that you can have a baby and wear Doc Martens, but... Maybe I'll be the first person to give birth in Doc Martens!

Birth is such an emotional thing.

My son's birth was pretty life-shattering, in good ways and bad ways. I realized that I needed a doula because I'm not close to my mom, and I don't have a lot of people in New York.

I cannot even begin to express how happy my baby's birth has made me.

Bless my mom. Mom is everything to me.

I have the most wonderful children. I've been very, very blessed.

I, for one, am pretty exhausted since I started blogging almost a year ago. But I am blaming that on my two sons, aged 3 and 6, whose perpetual-motion-machine energy is hard to keep up with at my advanced age.

When you become a mum it's amazing, it blows your mind.

The bond that a mother and son have is stronger than any other bond in the world.

I want Books and Babies and Beef stews.