905 Quotes About Birth

Má leaves me but I'm not alone, and a terrifying thought creeps into my head. Family is now something I have created and not just something I was born into.

Babies cry at birth because it is the first time they experience separation from love.

With regard to things such as independence, mental capabilities, and sexuality, a very old man is nothing but a gigantic infant with white hair and wrinkles.

Physicality’s a cage. And a liberation.The cells I’ll fill in, they’re magnificent, burgeoning with aliveness! I’m dialed into them like a station on a radio transmitting constantly. First faint and distant, but growing, amassing, volumizing the very idea of a person this body aims to harbor. Glowing like the universe, always growing. Each new cell increases my momentum, tightening the tether.

The sacred gift of parenthood is inscribe in the universal words ‘Papa’ and ‘Mama’.

Every baby is born beautiful. It's what we project on them that makes them ugly.

I am giving birth. I am midwife to myself. Now is a new life full of possibilities. I must be strong like a child.

It is a sign of immaturity to believe that being older than someone (automatically) makes you more (mentally) mature than them.

The baby, when he or she is ready to be born, will send a message that tells the mother’s body that it is ready. The mother’s body can then begin labour by slowly releasing oxytocin, the hormone of love. The mother and baby work together to bring the baby into the world.