Quotes About Motherhood

Mama, you know, poor baby, she'd had her family all finished: four daughters and a couple of sons, and suddenly, I arrived in her midlife on Christmas Eve 1922.

My daughters are my Picassos.

My first book was an open letter to my three daughters.

My mother gets told, 'Oh, you're so lucky that your daughters are doing so well.' She never corrects anybody when they assume Helen is her daughter.

After 'Dil Aashna Hai,' I became busy, as my daughters Esha and Ahana were growing up, and I had to look after them.

Sometimes I act younger than my daughters. But that's when they say, 'Mama, stop it!'

I'm a mom of two girls. And my daughters see me... I never want to show them anything that I wouldn't want them to represent as a black woman.

I do look at both of them and think: 'No matter what I have achieved in my career, my daughters are the best thing I have ever created.' No competition at all, really.

I really would like to start a family as well. Whether I can balance the two or have to decide one or the other way, I'm not sure what will happen.

I knew deep down that I was going to have my little girl, even if I had to raise her on my own, which is what I did.

Becoming a mother was the single defining event of my life. It felt like the whole world shifted.

Most important, I am the mother of three delicious angels, and if for no one else, I will not let them watch anyone try to take me down or take away from what I have achieved.

My mum wasn't able to deliver either me or my sister naturally and we're very similar build, so the doctors advised me that I'd most likely run into similar problems. Having C-sections made sense and the doctors were all for it.

The last time I played basketball it was eight weeks after I delivered my second child. You know that expression - the mind believes and the body would not follow? That was me on that particular day.

From 58 kilos when I delivered Rudransh, I went up to 86 kilos.

I have children, and they demand my full and complete attention. They get that when I'm at home, even during the night, but it is really hard, and I do wonder how a lot of women do it without bawling their eyes out every day.

I had to make some adjustments from what my life was like before I was a mom. My kids are so fun and loving, but they are also demanding!

Post-partum depression is real and while I was told about it, I wasn't sure what to expect.

I knew I didn't have post-natal depression because it wasn't all day, every day. But I felt very low. As a woman you think you should still be making dinner and looking nice. You think, 'I can do a million and one things.' But you can't.

I needed to really grow up myself so I could be the woman that my daughter deserves.

It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.

I always think about my lifestyle when designing, so that's being a mother, being a career woman, being a wife, and being a woman who loves to entertain.

I've ended up becoming my mother in some respects, despite my eight years of analysis!

After having babies, I went off most desserts and chocolates. I could never resist a Wispa or a Flake. I can't finish a bar now.