PREGNANCY QUOTES II
quotations about pregnancy
It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics and chemistry.
H. L. MENCKEN
"Minority Report", Notebooks
Every woman while she would be ready to die of shame if surprised in the act of generation, nonetheless carries her pregnancy without a trace of shame and indeed with a kind of pride. The reason is that pregnancy is in a certain sense a cancellation of the guilt incurred by coitus; thus coitus bears all the shame and disgrace of the affair, while pregnancy, which is so intimately associated with it, stays pure and innocent and is indeed to some extent sacred.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
Essays and Aphorisms
My first pregnancy, my pregnancy was the only thing on my mind at all times, more or less. At the very least it co-occupied space with more pressing matters. I could tell you how many weeks and days pregnant I was. Second time around I frequently forgot.
JAMIE KENNEY
"10 Reasons Your Second Pregnancy Is Way Easier Than Your First", Romper, October 13, 2016
Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to conceive.
DON HEROLD
Strange Bedfellows
The first pregnancy is the most self-indulgent thing in the world because you get massages and prenatal yoga and hypnotherapy CDs. During this one I forget that I'm even pregnant. I'm hoisting my 2-year-old around.
EMILY BLUNT
"Anne Hathaway Is the Epitome of Perfect Spring Fashion in First Post-Pregnancy Red Carpet Appearance", E Online, May 13, 2016
All the time we wondered and wondered, who is this person coming, growing, turning, floating, swimming deep, deep inside?
CRESCENT DRAGONWAGON
attributed, Postcards from the Bump
How can I have morning sickness when I don't get up till noon?
RITA RUDNER
attributed, Oh Baby, I'm Having a Baby!
True, the reason you don't have to worry about getting pregnant is because you're already pregnant, but hey -- you don't have to worry about getting pregnant. If you're a frisky pregnant lady, that's a perk to enjoy.
SABRINA JOY STEVENS
"10 Necessary Mantras For Women Who Hate Pregnancy", Romper, September 21, 2016
Pregnancy is a wonderful thing for the woman, it's a wonderful thing for the husband, it's certainly an inconvenience for a business. And whether people want to say that or not, the fact is it is an inconvenience for a person that is running a business.
DONALD TRUMP
interview, Dateline, October 2004
Morning sickness ranks high on the list of "Least Favorite Pregnancy Symptoms," right along with sore breasts and crying at insurance commercials. Morning sickness, which is, of course, all day and night sickness (ever woken up in the middle of the night to dry-heave? It's pretty rad) affects up to 90% of all women during the first three months of pregnancy. It can range from mild nausea here and there to "toilet, you're my only friend" level puking. Some have it for just a few months, while other poor souls can have it for their entire pregnancies. Some can eat whatever they want without a problem, while for others just thinking the word "fish" can send them running to the nearest bathroom. But no matter what kind of morning sickness you have, we can all agree that it sucks big time.
MEREDITH BLAND
"Morning Sickness During Pregnancy Is Actually A Good Sign", Scary Mommy, September 27, 2016
Of course I can do this. I'm pregnant, not brain-damaged.
CHRISTINE FEEHAN
Ruthless Game
I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.
LORETTA LYNN
attributed, Oh Baby, I'm Having a Baby!
Pregnancy can be a magical, wonderful time, when you may experience a dramatic improvement in your general health, and feel unusually happy, harmonious and healthy, a pattern which may continue in subsequent pregnancies.
MIRANDA CASTRO
Homeopathy for Pregnancy, Birth, and Your Baby's First Year
Because they've either conveniently forgotten with time or they're trying to be supportive, most mothers won't tell you how hard pregnancy (and then childbirth) can be. Let me tell you, it is. It's brutal sometimes! But, if I did it, ANYONE can do it. I mean, I always knew I was meant to do something really BIG in life, and now I know that this was it. Screw winning an Academy Award someday ... I GAVE BIRTH!
JENNY MCCARTHY
Belly Laughs
The shamans are forever yacking about their snake oil miracles. I prefer the real McCoy, a pregnant woman.
ROBERT HEINLEIN
Time Enough for Love: The Lives of Lazarus Long
Yes, pregnancy is wonderful and beautiful and all of those great, magical things, but it's also scary and kind of gross and, well, like every horror movie I have ever seen.
JENNIFER GERMANO
"12 Moments When You Realize Pregnancy Is Exactly Like A Horror Movie", Romper, September 28, 2016
All the earth is made anew--
Far the false, and fair the true--
Where a little life begins,
Free of sorrow, free of sins,
And Baby comes.
MARY CLEMMER AMES
"When Baby Comes"
People always say that pregnant women have a glow. And I say it's because you're sweating to death.
JESSICA SIMPSON
"13 Brutally Honest Celebrity Quotes About Pregnancy", Marie Claire, March 30, 2016
You may hate being pregnant, but the minute the baby is born, she is God's precious child, given to you as a gift.
SANDRA DALLAS
A Quilt for Christmas
Once pregnancy is confirmed, women find themselves under surveillance. They are expected to attain (and are measured against) standards and targets which they cannot hope to achieve unless they successfully fulfil criteria relating to health appointments, screening, diet and lifestyle. Thus, 'choices' about what to eat and drink, and how best to cope with the work involved in managing pregnancy, are rarely left to the discretion of the pregnant woman herself.
CAROLINE GATRELL
Embodying Women's Work