The baby bounced gently off the wall of her uterus. She opened her dressing gown and put her hands back on her belly. It moved again, like a dolphin going through the water; that was the way she imagined it. – Roddy Doyle, The Snapper
By far the most common craving of pregnant women is not to be pregnant. – Phyllis Diller
If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters. – Nora Ephron, Heartburn, 1983
When I had reached my term, I looked like a rat dragging a stolen egg. – Colette
Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped. – Sam Levenson
Pregnancy is a disease from which you recover in 18 years and 9 months. – Carrie Latet
In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves. – Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn, Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting
God schedules a birthday, not man. – Robert A. Bradley
Midwives have skilled hands and know how to sit on them. – Author Unknown
All natural birth has a purpose and a plan; who would think of tearing open the chrysalis as the butterfly is emerging? Who would break the shell to pull the chick out? – Marie F. Mongan, HypnoBirthing
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour. – Ovid
Babies are bits of star-dust blown from the hand of God. Lucky the woman who knows the pangs of birth for she has held a star. – Larry Barretto
Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have. – Robin Lim
Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything. – William Macneile Dixon
Birth matters. It brings us into being, on many levels. – Ananda Lowe
Birth is as safe as life gets. – Harriette Hartigan
The power and intensity of your contractions cannot be stronger than you, because it is you. – Author Unknown
You are pregnant and you are powerful. You are bold and you are beautiful. Go forward in your boldness, in your beauty and in your connectedness. Trust your body to birth and know that the collective power of women worldwide will be with you. – Author Unknown
Giving birth should be your greatest achievement not your greatest fear. – Jane Weideman
Childbirth provided the drama I craved, the thrill of peeking over the primal edge of creation, the rush of the unexpected. – Peggy Vincent
