What to Expect When You're Expecting By Heidi Murkoff
Welcome to the World By Steve Wilson
The First Forty Days By Amely Greeven, Heng Ou, and Marisa Belger
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth By Ina May Gaskin
Real Food for Pregnancy By Lily Nichols
Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy By The Mayo Clinic Staff
- “There is nothing quite like finding out you’re pregnant. You walk down the street feeling like you have this fantastic secret inside you” Kit
- When I had discomforts the best thing was to get some fresh air and go for a walk.
- When you feel that first kick, that's amazing.
- No matter how hard my day has been, all it takes is one little kick to make everything alright
- "You are the closest I will ever come to magic."- Suzanne Finnamore.
- "Let us make pregnancy an occasion when we appreciate our female bodies."- Merete Leonhardt-Lupa
- “You realise that everything in your life is going to change – but because the baby hasn’t been born yet, you don’t know exactly how it’s going to change. It’s a strange feeling, especially when you’re so used to having things under control. You feel as if you’re heading into some unknown place.” Carolyn
- "A baby is God's opinion that life should go on."- Carl Sandburg.
- "The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never."rajneesh
- "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
- "Feeling fat lasts nine months but the joy of becoming a mom lasts forever."- nikki dalton
- ‘The love for your baby really is like no other. It fills places in your heart that you never even knew were empty.’
- ‘A baby will make your heart fuller, your home happier, and your future brighter.’
- Life’s biggest miracle is the gift of having life growing inside of you
- When a baby is born a life of endless possibilities lays ahead
- ‘Regardless if your pregnancy was planned or happened by surprise, it is sure to say that your life will be forever changed.’
- There are good days and there are bad days but the key is to stay positive and to support one another. (to be-mom and dad)
- Just remember that the food you’re eating right now is to help you grow a whole person. It’s developing their brain and their body and everything…so put into perspective what you’re eating and why it’s important.
- After waiting for nine months to see my baby, planning the nursery, taking my maternity leave, I couldn’t believe it when I actually went into labour. It all felt like such a whirlwind. And at the end of it, they handed me my baby. How did it happen? Here I was, a mom.
- Just before labour I found walking around as much as I could, finding a focus object on the wall in the room and having a good coach was helpful. My husband and my mom were there.
- Women may think labour happens on your back, but it happens in whatever position feels good at the time.
- “Pregnancy is a process that invites you to surrender to the unseen force behind all life.” — Judy Ford
- “You do a lot of growing up when you’re pregnant. It’s suddenly like, ‘Yikes. Here it is, folks. Playtime is over.’” — Connie Fioretto
- “No matter how bad my day’s been, it takes one little kick to make everything feel alright.”
- “A grand adventure is about to begin.” — Winnie the Pooh
- “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
- “Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born.” — George Bernard Shaw
- “Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.” — Lin Yutang
- “We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” — Laura Stavoe Harm
- “There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.”
- “Babies are always more trouble than you thought—and more wonderful.” — Charles Osgood
- “Motherhood: The only place you can experience heaven and hell at the same time.” — Unknown
- “People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.” — Leo J. Burke
- “A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty.” — Unknown
- "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
- “Being pregnant was the healthiest I’ve ever been in my life. Except for the cupcakes.” — Ashlee Simpson
- "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
- At the beginning of my pregnancy, there were times when I didn’t want to do anything! My neighbor tried to get me to go for walks with her and after, I always felt better. Having someone to support me really helped because it would have been harder to go on my own.