The 70 best phrases about pregnancy and motherhood

Pregnancy and motherhood are the most challenging and beautiful stages many women experience.

Despite representing great changes that can contribute to tiredness and a feeling of defeat, you always quickly find the joy of bringing a new life to this world that is a piece of both fathers. Then hope and excitement are generated to see that little one grow up.

As we know that neither pregnancy and much less maternity is all pink, but rather a wide nuance of colors, including shades of gray, we bring the best quotes about this stage that can help all women to fill up with energy again.

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Famous quotes and reflections on pregnancy and motherhood

It is at this new time in your life when you have to remember that mistakes should be your best reasons to keep going.

1. The boy calls his mother and asks her: "Where do I come from? Where did you find me? The mother listens, cries and smiles, while she presses her son against her chest. You were a wish from within my heart ”. (Tagore)

Children are the greatest desire of many women.

2. With pregnancy my belly is as noble as my heart. (Gabriela Mistral)

The swollen belly is only the representation of the love that a mother has for her children.

3. The smallest feet make the biggest footprints in our hearts. (A stranger)

A new kind of love is reborn in a woman's soul when she becomes a mother.

4. Before conceiving you, I already loved you. Before you were born she already loved you. Before you were an hour old she was dying for you. This is the miracle of mother's love. (Maureen Hawkins)

The best way to bring a baby into the world is to want it from the start.

5. The woman as a child is a very soft dragonfly of alabaster prodigies; when she is young she is the flower of life; when mother becomes substance of the universe. (Luis Alberto Costales)

When a woman becomes a mother she discovers abilities that she did not know she possessed.

6. Any mother could do the work of multiple air traffic controllers with ease. (Lisa Alther)

Being a mother is a complex and complicated job.

7. Mothers are like glue. Even when you don't see them, they continue to support the family. (Susan Gale)

Not for nothing do they say that mothers are the breadwinner of the home.

8. The heart of a mother is an abyss at the bottom of which there is always forgiveness (Honoré de Balzac)

Mother's love is so great that you can never find a grudge in it.

9. Feeling fat lasts for nine months, but the joy of becoming a mother lasts forever. (Nikki Dalton)

Physical changes are not significant at all when a new life is brewing.

10. Pregnancy is the only time you will love someone, even if they kick you in the belly and deprive you of sleep at night.

A reality of love that is felt while pregnant.

11. A baby is something that you carry within you for nine months, in your arms for three years, and in your heart until the day you die. (Mary Mason)

A mother will always be a mother, even after death.

12. Thinking, you are not used to thinking. When you have a son at 17 with the only man you've ever kissed and then another at 19 with the same man, and you also live in a trailer in your mother's garden, and your father has been in jail for 10 years, you don't have time to think, maybe he has forgotten you for lack of practice.

The dark side of a mother when she is not ready to be.

13. A mother is the most loyal friend we have. (Washington Irving)

A mother will never let you down.

14. Being a full-time mother is one of the highest paying jobs, as the salary is pure love (Mildred B. Vermont)

Despite being exhausted or frustrated, mothers will always have a smile on their faces.

15. The symbiotic union has its biological pattern in the relationship between the pregnant mother and the fetus. There are two and yet only one. They live together (sym-biosis), they need each other. (Erich Fromm)

The symbiotic union, despite breaking in childhood, lasts forever.

16. Pregnancy is a kind of miracle. Especially one that shows that a man and a woman can conspire to force God to create a new soul. (Robert Anton Wilson)

Bringing a baby into the world should be the ultimate show of love in a couple.

17. No state is as similar to madness, on the one hand, and divine, on the other, as being pregnant. The mother is doubled, then divided in half, and will never be complete again. (Erica Jong)

Women cease to be unique to be a complete entity when they become mothers.

18. There is no way to be a perfect mother, but there are a million ways to be a good mother. (Jill Churchill)

The perfect mother does not exist, but it is possible to improve each time.

19. Giving birth must be one of your greatest achievements, not one of your greatest fears. (Jane Weideman)

A pregnancy should always bring joy and fear disappear, not the other way around.

20. Making the decision of having a child is transcendental. It's about deciding that your heart will always walk outside your body. (Elisabeth Stone)

Having a child represents the greatest display of responsibility in the world.

21. I want to live only for the love of man and as an artist. As a lover, as a creator. No motherhood, immolation, generosity. Motherhood would be loneliness again: give, protect, serve, surrender. (Anais Nin)

Motherhood is not necessarily the ultimate dream or end goal of all women.

22. If you still have your mother, you are a lucky person, she lives with that happiness that only that beautiful being can inspire. (Abel Pérez Rojas)

Take advantage of every moment you have with your mother.

23. Motherhood: all love begins and ends there (Robert Browning)

Motherhood is perhaps the greatest sign of love.

24. In a sense, the mystery of the incarnation is repeated in every woman; every child that is born is a god who becomes man. (Simone de Beauvoir)

Every new life that comes into this world is a miracle.

25. Life is a flame that is always burning, but ignites once more each time a child is born. (George Bernard Shaw)

The greatest sign of life is a birth.

26. If all the displays of affection and all the honest and generous actions of which we are proud are could discover the first and the true germ, we would almost always discover it in the heart of our mother (Edmondo de Friends)

A great vision of the abundant affection of a mother.

27. Think of pregnancy stretch marks as service marks. (Joyce Armor)

Don't worry about the marks on your body, because that is the sign that you are bringing a new life to the world.

28. A baby comes to fill a place in your heart that you never knew was empty. (Anonymous)

Many mothers agree that when they met their babies they knew true love.

29. You have been nine months in my belly, but you will be my whole life in my heart. (Unknown author)

Children never leave the space they have inside a mother.

30. I have understood that true faith is where man and love are. It comes from the woman in her selfless motherhood and returns to her in hers, her children, it descends from her with the gift of the one who gives and opens in the heart of the one who accepts. (Rabindranath Tagore)

Motherhood is one of the greatest displays of faith.

31. My mom was my best teacher. She taught me to have compassion, to love and not to be afraid. If love is sweet like a flower, my mother is that sweet flower of love. (Stevie wonder)

From whom we have our first teaching, she is from our mother.

32. The phrase "working mother" is redundant (Jane Sellman)

All mothers are workers.

33. You will see my body become a cradle for the child of your dreams to be born. (Laura Victoria)

Again, having a child should be a choice and a wish, not an obligation.

34. Whether your pregnancy was meticulously planned, the doctor convinced you, or it happened by surprise, one thing is certain; your life will never be the same. (Catherine Jones)

Every pregnancy completely changes the life of the parents.

35. The mother is stronger than the gods. (Chinese proverb)

A mother is the oldest of the superheroines.

36. Motherhood has a humanizing effect. It all comes down to the essentials. (Meryl Streep)

It is impossible not to become more tame around a mother.

37. Pregnant women are the possessors of the most beautiful gift, giving life.

A gift that only women can have.

38. There is no friendship, no love, like that of a mother for her child. (Henry Ward Beecher)

The relationship of mothers and their children is unique and special.

39. Motherhood is not just about taking nine months and giving birth to healthy bodily beings, but about giving birth to them spiritually. That is, not only to live with them, with them, but before them. I believe more than anything in the force of example. (Victoria Ocampo)

Motherhood is not only gestation, but accompanying your child on his own way to go.

40. Everything I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my successes in this life to the moral, intellectual and physical training that I received from her. (George Washington)

Mothers can be great role models.

41. Children are the anchors of a mother's life. (Sophocles)

While children represent a great joy to parents, they cannot be a lifesaver for them.

42. Enjoy the miracle of giving life to a being that you will love for the rest of your life. (Unknown author)

Enjoy the time you have with your mother, because they are the most special.

43. The future of a child is the work of his mother (Napoleon Bonaparte).

A large part of the future of their children depends on parents.

44. No effort is worth more than that put into the act of giving birth.

Never underestimate the pain and strength you have when you give birth.

45. Giving birth is the deepest initiation into spirituality a woman can have. (Robin Lim)

Although it can be one of the most painful moments, it is also one of the most mystical.

46. No language can express the power, beauty, and heroism of a mother's love. (Edwin H. Chapin)

A mother's love is so immense that it cannot be understood.

47. A mother's joy begins when a new life stirs inside her, when she listens to her heart for the first time, and when a playful kick reminds you that you are no longer alone. (Unknown author)

This is the best way to describe the pregnancy experience.

48. To a woman who can boast of having two children, she is always considered rich. (Robert Browning)

Women who have many children are admired.

49. There is no influence as strong as that of a mother. (Sarah Josepha Hale)

Directly and indirectly, mothers can influence the lives of their children.

50. I had to believe in a mother who taught me to believe in myself (Antonio Villaraigosa)

Mothers can give their children the boost they need to succeed.

51. Expecting a baby is always waiting for a little bundle of joy, which can last you a lifetime.

A beautiful insight into pregnancy.

52. In the moments of childbirth, all the forces of the universe flow through the woman's body. (Sandra K. Morningstar)

A very pleasant comparison.

53. Mothers voluntarily forget that the umbilical cord is cut at the time of delivery. (Vera Caspar)

Some mothers feel the need to tie their children to them.

54. There are few milestones more famous in the life of any woman than pregnancy.

A pregnancy is always a time to celebrate.

55. Pregnancy is a process that invites you to surrender to that invisible force that drives all life. (Judy Ford)

The best way to carry a pregnancy is to let it all flow.

56. In front of a woman never forget your mother. (Constancio C. Vigil)

Building a life doesn't mean you have to put your parents aside.

57. Motherhood is difficult and rewarding. (Gloria Estefan)

The two realities that coexist in motherhood.

58. Making the decision of having a child is transcendental. It's about deciding that your heart will always walk outside your body. (Elisabeth Stone)

Being a parent is the biggest decision in life.

59. There is no greater gift than being able to have a child, because a child is the greatest proof of love that exists in the world.

A child will always be a gift.

60. Childbirth is the only blind date where you know you will meet the love of your life. (Anonymous)

It is a blind date with an always favorable outcome.

61. A man who has been the undisputed favorite of his mother maintains throughout his life the inner attitude of a conqueror, a confidence in his success that often leads to real success. (Sigmund Freud)

Those who enjoy the support, love and discipline of their mother, can have security on her side.

62. Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. (Lin Yutang)

Remember that being a mother should be a wish, not an obligation.

63. Babies always bring more trouble than you thought, but they are also more wonderful. (Charles Osgood)

Not only is pregnancy difficult, but so is parenting.

64. If we repudiate things as old, we should eliminate the moon and the sun and maternal love. (Anonymous)

Maternal love has always existed and will always exist.

65. Biology is the smallest thing a mother makes someone (Oprah Winfrey)

A mother is not only a mother for having given birth, but for giving a good upbringing.

66. This continuous inner dichotomy, this double polarity, this intermittent feeling of unfulfilled duty, today towards the family, tomorrow towards work; this is the weight of the working mother. (Golda Meir)

Women who are professionals and mothers have the greatest challenges in life.

67. Being a mom is not a job. Nor is it a duty, far from it. It is just one right among many others. (Oriana Fallaci)

A phrase that explains very well what motherhood should be.

68. By giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves. (Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn)

Children are also sources of education for parents.

69. The moment a baby is born, the mother is also born. It had never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother never. (Osho)

No woman can understand what it is like to be a mother until she becomes one.

70. Don't prepare the way for the baby, prepare the baby for the way. (Anonymous)

Focus on educating your son or daughter to be independent.