Quotes tagged ‘Motherhood’

“What I failed to mention is that I struggle with my role as a mother nearly every day. In between the moments of joy that I post, there’s an ugly side to this life that doesn’t get captured on my phone or shared on social media.”

— Julie Trites, scarymommy.com

“Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I was destined for great things. I was going to be somebody. Person of significance. Star of the silver screen, I once thought. But...my dreams became nightmares. Instead of laurels, funeral wreaths. Instead of glory, heh, bitter disappointment. Cruel afflictio…”

— Jessica Sharzer, Constance Langdon, Jessica Lange, imdb.com

“Motherhood means I'm aways a little bit awake, a little bit alert at all times.”

— Shonda Rhimes, amazon.com

“I figure, when my husband comes home at night, if those kids are still alive, hey, I’ve done my job.”

— Roseanne Barr, vanityfair.com

“Have you always lived on the sappy side, or did that come out when you became a mother?”

— Erica Messer, Breen Frazier, Antonia Slade, Frances Fisher, imdb.com

“Maternal desire is the profound emotional need to mother a baby. This stems from either the tragic loss of her own child, or the inability to have one at all.”

— Janine Sherman Barrois, Jennifer Jareau, A. J. Cook, imdb.com

“I don't know how to do this. I can't stop thinking about Henry. He goes for a walk almost every single day at Potomac Park. What type of mother am I if I don't at least call and tell him to stay home?”

— Oanh Ly, Jennifer Jareau, A. J. Cook, imdb.com

“So I'm healthy enough to fuck but not to be the mother of our child.”

— Sharr White, Alison Bailey, Ruth Wilson, imdb.com

“She's still your mother….Women like your mom, they don't do so good without family.”

— Chris Collins, Kurt Sutter, Nero Padilla, Jimmy Smits, imdb.com

“Stahl: Donna, what kind of mother are you going to be? Donna: The kind who doesn't bail on her family.”

— Dave Erickson, Kurt Sutter, Agent June Stahl, Ally Walker, imdb.com

“A mother who is not everything for her children: a friend, a teacher, a confidant, a source of joy and founded pride, inducement and soothing, reconciliator, judge and forgiver, that mother obviously chose the wrong job.”

— Joseph Goebbels, en.wikiquote.org

“No. It’s not your job to make me feel better. It’s not. It’s my job. It’s my job to keep standing there with my arms wide open, waiting for you to maybe someday fall inside if you needed it. And if you do, I’ll love you. And if you don’t, I’ll love you, too. Because that’s what it means to be a pare…”

— K.J. Steinberg, Shukree Tilghman, Jas Waters, Rebecca Pearson , Mandy Moore, imdb.com

“When you’re a mom, you get a front row seat to the best show in town: watching your kids grow up.”

— Tyler Bensinger, Jas Waters, Rebecca Pearson , Mandy Moore, imdb.com

“The weight a woman gains during pregnancy, known as gestational weight gain (GWG), has important health implications for both mother and child.”

— Nicholas P. Deputy, cdc.gov

“Pack on way too many pounds and you increase your chances of gestational diabetes, hypertension and complications during labor and delivery (not to mention you’ll more likely find yourself with stretch marks plus extra pounds to shed once you've delivered).”

— What To Expect When You're Expecting, whattoexpect.com

“Conventional wisdom says that you should gain 1-5 pounds in the first trimester and 1 pound per week for the rest of the pregnancy. However, few women follow this pattern exactly, so don’t stress out about it.”

— Mama Natural, mamanatural.com

“In certain overachieving circles, breast-feeding is no longer a choice—it’s a no-exceptions requirement, the ultimate badge of responsible parenting. Yet the actual health benefits of breast-feeding are surprisingly thin, far thinner than most popular literature indicates.”

— Hanna Rosin, theatlantic.com

“In reality, pregnancy medical care seemed to be one long list of rules.”

— Emily Oster, theatlantic.com

“The debate about breast-feeding takes place without any reference to its actual context in women’s lives.”

— Hanna Rosin, theatlantic.com

“Since I had my first child I’ve learned that worrying about what people consider 'selfish' in mothers is a huge waste of time.”

— Claire Zulkey, mom.me