The dreams that we have in pregnancy are tainted with the worries and joys of pregnancy and the changing roles of our lives. – Robin Elise Weiss

Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers… strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength. – Barbara Katz Rothman

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