Quotes added on Tuesday, May 12 2015

A mother does not become pregnant in order to provide employment to medical people. Giving birth is an ecstatic jubilant adventure not available to males. It is a woman's crowning creative experience of a lifetime.
~John Stevenson

Of course I can do this. I'm pregnant, not brain-damaged. My condition doesn't change my personality.
~Christine Feehan, Ruthless Game

The condom broke. I know how stupid that sounds. It's the reproductive version of the dog ate my homework.
~Quoted by Jennifer Weiner, in Little Earthquakes

You can hear now. Your inner ear is formed.
I shout "I love you" into the bedroom. Then I feel stupid. Then I don't. This is pretty much the story of my life.
~Sam N. Jr

Remember this, for it is as true as true gets: Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not a careless mechanic. Human female bodies have the same potential to give birth well as aardvarks, lions, rhinoceri, elephants, moose, and water buffalo. Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.
~ Sam N. Jr

There is such a special sweetness in being able to participate in creation.
– Pamela S. Nadav

The most important thing she’d learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.– Jill Churchill