“When you have lost people like I lost my birth mom at a young age and you remember the whole process of losing her, you want to grab on to something that makes you whole.” PeopleWantWholeAgeRememberYoungLostProcessMomBirthLosingYoung AgeLosing Her Author:Reese Hoffa
“Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children.” ThinkingGivingChildrenMotherBabyMomBirthMy MomMotherhoodMothers DayYour MomMotheringMother And DaughterGiving BirthHappy Mothers DayMother And ChildMother And SonYour MumMothers Day InspirationalMother ChildGood Happy Mothers DayJust A MomMothers Day MessagesFunny MotherhoodMother CareMother FlowerFunny MotherMom And ChildLove MomGreatest Mothers DayLoving ChildrenSingle Motherhood Author:Maxim Gorky
“I'm a mom. I'm from Ethiopia. I gave birth in the U.S. and had all the proper care available to me. If I had given birth in Ethiopia - I don't know if I might have even survived it.” IfsKnowsMightCareGivenMomBirthAvailableSurvivedEthiopia Author:Liya Kebede
“I wish I had read Sacred Pregnancy when I was pregnant instead of the dozen books I had to piece together to try to make sense of it all. Anni Daulter has created what should be the new standard for today's mom: birth journals, labor workbooks, pregnancy memoirs, and holistic wisdom. It is gentle and enlightening, and lays the foundation for what we know helps women have the labor and birth they want and deserve: support, self-knowledge, and empowerment.” KnowsWantShouldTryingBookSelfHelpingTodayTogetherWishSupportPiecesMomBirthStandardsDeserveEmpowermentLaborFoundationSacredLaysMemoirMake SenseGentlePregnancyDozenPregnantSelf KnowledgeJournalEnlighteningHolisticWere Pregnant Author:Mayim Bialik
“In 1984, my mom gave birth to my older sister, Teresa. Due to a complicated delivery, she needed a blood transfusion, and at that moment, my mom had HIV+ blood put into her body.” MomentsBodyBloodMomBirthNeededMy MomComplicatedDuesThat MomentHivDeliveryTeresaOlder SisterBlood Transfusion Author:Ryan Lewis
“When I was born, the umbilical cord came wrapped around my neck, so when I came out, I wasn't breathing. The cord had cut off my oxygen - not the entire time, just at the end, when my mom was giving birth. When I came out, I wasn't conscious, so they had to work on bringing me back. It was a crazy moment.” GivingEndsMomentsBornCuttingCrazyMomBirthConsciousMy MomBreathingNecksOxygenCordsGiving BirthUmbilical Cord Author:LaMarcus Aldridge
“I felt so proud to be having a baby and so excited. And I felt closer to other women - to my sisters, to my mom. I felt empowered, like, 'I've given birth. I did it! There's nothing I can't handle.' I've really enjoyed this time that I have taken to be with Suri, as well as the challenges of the first couple of months: feeding and pumping, learning to decipher what each cry means - is she hungry? Is she tired? Does she need a fresh diaper? - and figuring out how to really help her.” NeedsFirstsWellsMeanDoeI CanHelpingGivenFeltChallengesTakenCryBabyMomMonthsProudBirthCoupleTiredExcitedMy MomHungryHandleEnjoyedMy SisterFeedingEmpoweredDiapersHaving A BabyDecipher Author:Katie Holmes
“My favorite shirt to sleep in is the one my birth mom was wearing when she died in my arms. Morbid for some perhaps but comforting to me.” SleepArmsMomBirthDiedMy FavoriteShirtsComfortingMorbid Author:Jillian Barberie
“It was hard for me, as a father, to imagine going through what my birth mom went through, to raise a child inside of her for nine months, and then have to say goodbye. And so it's hard for me to understand that pain and that process.” ChildrenHardPainFatherProcessImagineMomMonthsBirthRaisesNineGoodbyeSaying GoodbyeNine Months Author:Michael Franti
“I had amazing midwives when I first became a teen-aged mom, and each of the five times I gave birth.” FirstsFiveMomBirthMidwife Author:Robin Lim