Quotes About Motherhood

Breastfeeding is nature's health plan.

Boobs are for breastfeeding.

All mothers are working mothers.

In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children.

It's such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother — that's why the world calls her grandmother.

I fell in love with you when you were forming in my womb. Now I carry you in my heart instead of my arms.

Breastfeeding is best.

Woman, behold thy son!

Breastmilk: the gift that keeps on giving.

Does breast milk come in chocolate?

Birth takes a woman's deepest fears about herself and show her that she is stronger than them.

Down there came a fallow doeAs great with young as she might go.

One day you will understand why our prophet said that heaven is under the feet of mothers. Because they suffer so much in delivering humanity into existence.

She said being able to give life was not something anyone should take for granted.

On three great bonds of love do all cultures depend: the love between man and woman in marriage; the love between a mother and her child; and the camaraderie among men, a bond that used to be strong enough to move mountains. The first two have suffered greatly; the third has almost ceased to exist.

I personally don't like family dramas, but don't mind playing a mother or a homemaker, provided that character has an identity.

In 1990, I was an assistant coach at Providence College, but I knew I wanted to get married and have children. I did not think I could be a great basketball coach and be a great mom.

I own full responsibility for providing for my children.

I am providing for my children. I am.

A woman's relationship with her son is psychological, emotional, even physical.

I probably give 80% more to my children than my father gave to me and still it doesn't come up to scratch. I don't feel guilty about it. Do my children love me? I think that is self-evident. Will they have psychological scars? No, because they have a wonderful mummy.

This is a serious, serious condition that is also called postpartum psychosis. And that's where, literally, you get so bad that you end up either hurting the baby or killing yourself.

The moment I gave birth to my son, Eli, was the happiest in my life. He changed my world. My identity had always been shaped by my career - I thought of myself first as a physician and a public health official - but suddenly I thought of myself first, second, and third as a mother.

I'm tired but grateful: choosing to blend parenting and public service has made me a more confident mother and a better legislator.