Profoundly inspirational maternity quotes will challenge the way you think, and make your life worth living.
Famous Maternity Quotes
Being pregnant was the healthiest I’ve ever been in my life. Except for the cupcakes. Ashlee Simpson
A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years, and in your heart until the day you die. Mary Mason
Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be. Carrie Fisher
Pregnancy is the only time when you can do nothing at all and still be productive. Evan Esar
A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty.
To be pregnant is to be vitally alive, thoroughly woman, and distressingly inhabited. Soul and spirit are stretched along with body making pregnancy a time of transition, growth, and profound beginnings. Anne Christian Buchanan
People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one. Leo J. Burke
If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle. Erma Bombeck
Motherhood: The only place you can experience heaven and hell at the same time
Whether your pregnancy was meticulously planned, medically coaxed, or happened by surprise, one thing is certain your life will never be the same. Catherine Jones
If your baby is beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time you’re the grandma. Theresa Bloomingdale
In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves. Myla and Jon Kabat Zinn
Babies are always more trouble than you thought and more wonderful. Charles Osgood
It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it. Peter Buffett
What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all. Benjamin Spock
Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Paul Pearsall
You are the closest I will ever come to magic. Suzanne Finnamore
The greatest marriages are built on teamwork. A mutual respect, a healthy dose of admiration, and a never ending portion of love and grace. Fawn Weaver
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. Franklin P. Jones
What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family. Mother Teresa
A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on. Carl Sandburg
I’m in love with a human I haven’t met yet. Miss Planner
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 contentment. Trust your body to birth and know that the collective power of women worldwide will be with you.
Loving a baby is a circular business, a kind of feedback loop. The more you give the more you get and the more you get the more you feel like giving. Penelope Leach
There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. Chinese Proverb
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu
A ship under sail and a big bellied woman are the handsomest two things that can be seen as common. Benjamin Franklin
It is the most powerful creation to have life growing inside of you. There is no bigger gift. Beyoncé
We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong. Laura Stavoe Harm
Having a baby is like falling in love again, both with your husband and your child. Tina Brown
Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. Lin Yutang
You are the closest I will ever come to magic. Suzanne Finnamore
In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves. Myla and Jon Kabat Zinn
A new baby is like the beginning of all things: wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. Eda LeShan
If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle. Erma Bombeck
When I was pregnant, I was so huge and people on the bus would get up for me. That made me feel so precious and valued and valuable. I try to treat everyone like they’re pregnant. Mariska Hargitay
Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born. George Bernard Shaw
Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born, I loved you. Before you were here an hour, I would die for you. This is the miracle of Mother’s Love. Maureen Hawkins
You never understand life until it grows inside you. Sandra C. Kassis
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. Rajneesh
We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong. Laura Stavoe Harm
Whether your pregnancy was meticulously planned, medically coaxed, or happened by surprise, one thing is certain your life will never be the same. Catherine Jones
That first pregnancy is a long sea journey to a country where you don’t know the language, where land is in sight for such a long time that after a while, it’s just the horizon and then one day birds wheel over that dark shape and it’s suddenly close and all you can do is hope like hell that you’ve had the right shots. Emily Perkins
Baby in the tummy, it’s all up to mommy. But once the baby’s had, it’s bragging rights for Dad.
Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. Elizabeth Stone
Honey is sweet. A little baby is even sweeter.
One of the hardest things about parenting is that you just never know what the outcome will be. It’s a total leap of faith. Catherine Newman
A grand adventure is about to begin. Winnie the Pooh
Of course I can do this. I’m pregnant, not brain-damaged. My condition doesn’t change my personality. Christine Feehan
No matter how bad my day’s been, it takes one little kick to make everything feel alright. Author Unknown
It is easy when you’re pregnant to spend hours dreaming about the little baby growing inside of you and wondering who in the world they will turn out to be.
A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years, and in your heart until the day you die. Mary Mason
Regardless if your pregnancy was planned or happened by surprise, it is sure to say that your life will be forever changed.
And so in you, the child, your mother lives on and through your family continues to live so at this time look after yourself and your family as you would your mother for through you all she will truly never die. Osho
When a baby is born a life of endless possibilities lies ahead.
Let us make pregnancy an occasion when we appreciate our female bodies. Merete Leonhardt Lupa
Life’s biggest miracle is the gift of having life growing inside of you.
Pregnancy is getting company inside one’s skin. Maggie Scarf
Pregnancy isn’t always easy. The extra emotions, fatigue, morning sickness, and difficulty to find a comfortable position to sleep. But, just knowing your baby is growing inside of you is one of the most rewarding experiences a woman can enjoy.
Whether your pregnancy was meticulously planned, medically coaxed, or happened by surprise, one thing is certain‚your life will never be the same. Catherine Jones
A baby will make your heart fuller, your home happier, and your future brighter.
Giving birth is not a matter of pushing, expelling the baby, but of yielding, surrendering to birth energy. Marie Reid
Expecting a baby is just the beginning, there are so many precious moments to look forward to as your baby grows.
I love you bigger than the world and sky. Marty Klezmer
I know some people find being pregnant so easy, but I can’t relate. It’s hard. It is incredibly beautiful, but it also challenges you in ways you never thought possible.
Now my belly is as noble as my heart. Gabriela Mistral
There is nothing quite like that perfect moment when your holding your baby in your arms and realize you would do absolutely anything for them.
A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten and the future worth living for.
I might only carry my baby inside me for nine months, and in my arms for a few short years, but I will forever hold them in my heart no matter how big they get.
Giving birth should be your greatest achievement not your greatest fear. Jane Weideman
The love for your baby really is like no other. It fills places in your heart that you never even knew were empty.
Of course I can do this. I’m pregnant, not brain damaged. My condition doesn’t change my personality. Christine Feehan
Pregnancy changes you as a person. It is this amazing journey that shifts your focus and pushes you to re evaluate your life and priorities.
I’m never as happy as when I’m pregnant. I literally would have 10 babies if I could! Tori Spelling
From the moment I knew you were growing inside of me; I have loved you.
It’s an established fact. Some women can’t stand being pregnant, getting big and bloated, and hauling around a giant stomach, and some women, for reasons probably understood by Darwin, love it. Rich Cohen
It is crazy how much love you can have for someone you have never met.
Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life. Albert Einstein
When your pregnant little hands pushing and tiny feet kicking remind you that you are never really alone.
