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Pregnancy Quotes and Sayings for New Expectant Mothers
Pregnancy Quotes and Sayings
Pregnancy is a time of joy, apprehension, and definite change for any woman. Every child is a blessing no matter what circumstance they are born into. Motherhood is celebrated everywhere, at all times, because from it springs one of the purest forms of love, from conception, to gestation, through to birth. Below are half a dozen hand picked inspirational pregnancy quotes, culled from various sources, and lovingly dedicated to all women who are anticipating the birth of a tiny person whom they can nurture into adulthood.
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-Mark Twain
For thee, little boy, will the earth pour forth gifts
All untilled, give thee gifts
First the wandering ivy and foxglove
Then colocasia and the laughing acanthus
Uncalled the goats will come home with their milk
No longer need the herds fear the lion
Thy cradle itself will bloom with sweet flowers.
-Excerpt from the poem For The Little Boy, by Virgil (70-19 BC)
Inspiring Pregnancy Quotes and Sayings
“A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.”
-Canadian author Thomas C. Haliburton
“I was pregnant and a pirate – a beautiful experience.”
– New mom Penélope Cruz, on what it was like filming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides while expecting, to Vogue
Inspirational Pregnancy Quotes
Nobody's gonna kill your dreams
Or tell you how to live your life
There'll always be people to make it hard for a while
But you'll change their heads when they see you smile
The times you were born in may not have been the best
But you can make the times to come better than the rest
I know you will be honest if you can't always be kind
Oh yes, sweet darling
So glad you are a child of mine
-Excerpt from the song Child of Mine by Carole King
Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.
-Meryl Streep
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