350 Inspirational Doula Quotes: Empowering And Encouraging

1. “There is such a special sweetness in being able to participate in creation.” – Unknown

2. “For men and women alike, this journey is a the trajectory between birth and death, a human life lived. No one escapes the adventure. We only work with it differently.”

3. I can do it!

4. “Birth isn’t something we suffer, but something we actively do and exult in.” – Unknown

5. “Nothing better than spending an entire morning staring into my baby daughter’s eyes, whispering, “I can’t do this.” -Ryan Reynolds

6. “Although there are many trial marriages there is no such thing as a trial child.” – Gail Sheehy

7. “Fear can be overcome only by Faith.”

8. “When you have come to the edge of all light that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown,

9. “A baby is born with a need to be loved – and never outgrows it.”

10. “The woman’s stomach stuck up so high I couldn’t see her face or the upper part of her body at all. She seemed to have nothing but an enormous spider-fat stomach and two little ugly spindly legs propped in the high stirrups and all the time the baby was being born she never stopped making this unhuman whooping noise.”

11. “The wisdom and compassion a woman can intuitively experience in childbirth can make her a source of healing and understanding for other women.” – Stephen Gaskin

12. The instant of birth is exquisite. Pain and joy are one at this moment. Ever after, the dim recollection is so sweet that we speak to our children with a gratitude they never understand.

13. “It is not only that we want to bring about an easy labor, without risking injury to the mother or the child; we must go further.

14. “30,000 women will be giving birth with you today.

15. ”Mother is her son’s first God. She must teach him the most important lesson of all – how to love.” – T. F. Hodge

16. “When you change the way you view birth, the way you birth will change.”

17. “Just as a woman’s heart knows how and when to pump, her lungs to inhale, and her hand to pull back from fire, so she knows when and how to give birth.” – Virginia DiOrio

18. “Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.”

19. “Whenever and however you give birth your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life.”

20. “…Respecting the woman as an important and valuable human being and making certain that the woman’s experience while giving birth is fulfilling and empowering is not just a nice extra, it is absolutely essential as it makes the woman strong and therefore makes society strong.” – Marsden Wagner

21. “I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted baby food.”

22. “There is a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” -Laura Stavoe Harm

23. “The same movements that get the baby in, get the baby out.”

24. “If I have a monument in this world, it is my son.”

25. “If I have a monument in this world, it is my son.” – Maya Angelou

26. “It is true. Despereaux’s eyes should not have been open. But they were. He was staring at the sun reflecting off his mother’s mirror. The light was shining on the ceiling in an oval of brilliance, and he was smiling up at the sight.”

27. “Birth is a rite of passage of women. Their journey should be honored, their rights should be fiercely protected, and their stories should be shared.” – Marcie Macari

28. “Let choice whisper in your ear and love murmur in your heart. Be ready. Here comes life.”

29. “The day of birth is a sacred day.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

30. I feel confident, strong, and brave.

31. “I am pretty sure that the day I gave birth to my first child, angels clapped and the moon danced with the stars.” – Unknown

32. “There is a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful.

33. “An infant’s smile was the greatest promise that the world would go on, no matter how much the grown-ups mucked around with it.”

34. I’m feeling relaxed and putting all fears aside as I look forward to delivery.

35. “With every newborn baby a little sun rises.”

36. “Imagine what might happen if women emerged from their labor beds with a renewed sense of the strength and power of their bodies,

37. ″‘Don’t tell me from genetics. What’ve they got to do with it?’ said Crowley. ‘Look at Satan. Created as an angel, grows up to be the Great Adversary. Hey, if you’re going to go on about genetics, you might as well say the kid will grow up to be an angel. After all, his father was really big in Heaven in the old days. Saying he’ll grow up to be a demon just because his dad became one is like saying a mouse with its tail cut off will give birth to tailless mice. No. Upbringing is everything. Take it from me.‘”

38. “The purpose exceeds the pain.” – Beth Moore

39. “Before we know the word for it, before we know that there are words, out we come, bloodied and squalling...with the knowledge that for all the points of the compass, there’s only one direction and time is its only measure.”

40. “But how do you know when the tracing looks bad enough? Which is worse, being born too early or waiting too long to deliver? ‘Judgment call.’ What a call to make. In my life, had I ever made a decision harder than choosing between a French dip and a Reuben? How could I ever learn to make, and live with, such judgment calls?”

41. “A daughter is a mother’s gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of herself. And mothers are their daughters’ role model, their biological and emotional road map, the arbiter of all their relationships.” – Victoria Secunda

42. “My dad told me that when I was born my cheeks were so fat the doctors didn’t know which end to spank.”

43. “Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers – strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.” – Barbara Katz Rothman

44. “I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.”

45. “Only with trust, faith, and support can the woman allow the birth experience to enlighten and empower her.” – Annie Kennedy and Penny Simkin

46. I feel beautiful and inspired both inside and out.

47. “Women are strong, terribly strong. We don’t know how strong until we’re pushing out our babies.” -Louise Erdich

48. “There is a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.”

49. “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

50. “There is a secret in our culture, and it’s not birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.”

51. I feel blessed and happy that I will finally meet my baby.

52. “Children are like a book which we should write in and which we should read.”

53. “There is no force equal to that of a determined woman.”

54. “Birth and death were easy. It was life that was hard.”

55. “A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty.” -Unknown

56. “A child enters your home and for the next twenty years makes so much noise you can hardly stand it. The child departs, leaving the house so silent you think you are going mad.”

57. “Only with trust, faith, and support can the woman allow the birth experience to enlighten and empower her.”

58. “Life only demands from you the strength you possess.”

59. “The evil genius of darkness presided at its birth, it came forth under the veil of mystery, its true features being carefully concealed, and every deceptive art has been and is practicing to have this spurious brat received as the genuine offspring of heaven-born liberty.”

60. “Every individual is at once the beneficiary and the victim of the linguistic tradition into which he has been born - the beneficiary inasmuch as language gives access to the accumulated records of other people’s experience, the victim in so far as it confirms him in the belief that reduced awareness is the only awareness and as it bedevils his sense of reality, so that he is all too apt to take his concepts for data, his words for actual things. That which, in the language of religion, is called “this world” is the universe of reduced awareness, expressed, and, as it were, petrified by language.”

61. “The Angel that presided o’er my birth

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

63. “Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”

64. “It does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby… it inspires him.”

65. “Birth is about radical, creative, life affirming change. It is about adaptation on a nearly unbelievable scale.”

66. “A new baby is like the beginning of all things – wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.” – Eda J. Le Shan

67. “The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.”

68. “In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves.”

69. “Birth isn’t something we suffer, but something we actively do and exult in.”

70. “It sailed through the farmland high on a breeze...over the ocean... and through the trees..until everyone hear and everyone knew of the one and only ever you.”

71. “To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, raise them to be kind.” – Shannon L. Alder

72. “The wisdom and compassion a woman can intuitively experience in childbirth can make her a source of healing and understanding for other women.”

73. Being a parent is one of greatest mindfulness practices of all.

74. “Babies are always more trouble than you thought – and more wonderful."

75. “The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.”

76. “And she loved a little boy very, very much, even more than she loved herself.” – Shel Silverstein

77. “When the polar bears heard, they danced until dawn.”

78. “Birth is the epicenter of women’s power.” – Ani DiFranco

79. “Regardless if your pregnancy was planned or happened by surprise, it is sure to say that your life will be forever changed.” -Unknown

80. “Raising kids is a walk in the park. Jurassic Park.” -Unknown

81. “Babies are always more trouble than you thought and more wonderful.” – Charles Osgood

82. “Whenever and wherever you intend to give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life.”

83. “Loving a baby is a circular business, a kind of feedback loop. The more you give, the more you get and the more you get, the more you feel like giving.”

84. “As a black birth worker and mother, I understand the obstacles we as black birthing women face in the birth rooms, but what about the racism and ignorance we receive a birth workers? I recently attended a birth of white client, and while I sat by her bed, supporting her through her labor, her white mother decided to grab my braids in her hand and closely inspect them. She asked a series of questions ranging from how its done, how long do I keep my hair like this, and “is it your hair or yarn?” As I uncomfortably shifted in my chair, my smile waning, I brushed off her comments and tried to remain professional and keep space for my laboring client. Her mother also continued with the microaggression and inappropriate comments as we discussed hair color of the soon to be born baby (black, blonde or red), as she asked (with a wink) “Oh what color were both of your babies born with?” There was no longer strength to muster up a smile. I stared at her with a blank look on my face.

85. “Labor is also teamwork. It is a mother and baby learning together how to push and how to be born, how to yield and separate from the union of pregnancy. You are not in control nor are you out of control during labor. The best way to approach labor is with an attitude of learning rather than controlling.” – Gayle Peterson

86. “Birth is the doorway for integration of body and mind.”

87. “A baby boy has a special way of bringing out the man in his father and the little boy in his grandfather.”

88. “Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers-strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.”

89. “Birth is not only about making babies. It’s about making mothers…

90. “Babies are like little suns that, in a magical way, bring warmth, happiness and light into our lives.

91. “There are no words that can describe the euphoria you feel when your baby recognizes you for the first time and smiles.” – Jared Padalecki

92. “We all come into existence as a single cell, smaller than a speck of dust. Much smaller. Divide. Multiply. Add and subtract. Matter changes hands, atoms flow in and out, molecules pivot, proteins stitch together, mitochondria send out their oxidative dictates; we begin as a microscopic electrical swarm. The lungs the brain the heart. Forty weeks later, six trillion cells get crushed in the vise of our mother’s birth canal and we howl. Then the world starts in on us.”

93. “The knowledge of how to give birth without outside interventions lies deep within each woman.” – Suzanne Arms

94. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop and look fear in the face.”

95. “Your firstborn baby’s arms are the most precious jewel you can ever have hanging around your neck.” – Unknown

96. “Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of.” – Bethany Hamilton

97. “We are all born mad. Some remain so.”

98. “Having your first child feels like smelling the lilies from a spiritual garden.” – Unknown

99. “No other natural bodily function is painful and childbirth should not be an exception.”

100. My mind and body are completely relaxed.

101. “All destruction eventually leads to construction, all death eventually leads to birth, all pain eventually leads to pleasure.”

102. “Before I got married I had six theories about raising children. Now, I have six children and no theories.”

103. “Birth is an opportunity to transcend. To rise above what we are accustomed to, reach deeper inside ourselves than we are familiar with, and to see not only what we are truly made of, but the strength we can access in and through birth.”

104. “Birth inequities don’t have to exist, but they do. We shouldn’t have a black maternal mortality crisis, but we do. Black mothers should feel empowered & supported throughout there pregnancy, birth and after delivery, but they often don’t, especially when interfacing with medical staff and navigating through our biased medical system. Black mothers, their babies and there families should be valued in society, but oten they are not. I am committed to changing the world we live in through my work as a birth doula and holding black mothers up in love, support, and empowerment. “- Celina Sargusingh Cruz, Birth Doula

105. “She’s green, you mean. It’s a she, for heaven’s sake. ”

106. “As a black woman who is also a doula and lactation consultant my main goal is to inform and educate! I’m a firm believer in allowing people to make the best choices for themselves but that can not occur without increasing the knowledge on birthing and breastfeeding. Discussing my professions with my family and friends has allowed me to help them process and analyze birthing experiences from present day to over 30 years ago. A consistent theme in my family includes women not knowing what to expect and therefore not being able to effectively advocate for themselves… but that has changed!

107. “It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position.”

108. “The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.” – Johnny Depp

109. “A newborn baby is like a tiny piece of heaven sent from God.” – Unknown

110. “The purpose exceeds the pain.”

111. Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.

112. “The major role that the body’s natural oxytocin plays in birth encourages the idea that birth is an experience of love… Birth is a spiritual experience simply because it is largely an act of love on the part of the body physiology and the indwelling spirit.” – Cathy Daub

113. ‎"Laughter is one of the best medicines around for relieving stress and for creating a more healthy spirit. And, one of the greatest aspects is that it is totally free and can be done by anyone."

114. “Birth is as safe as life gets.” – Harriette Hartigan

115. I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.

116. “Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.” – Gloria Steinem

117. “Children bring us a piece of heaven on earth.”

118. “The birth of a child is a joy to the parent and the world.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

119. “There’s nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn’t even have to matter what they’re laughing about.”

120. My baby is healthy and strong just as I am.

121. “Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated.” ― Erma Bombeck

122. “If I have to pick the best day of my life, it will be the day I gave birth to my first child without any second thoughts.” – Unknown

123. “Birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers.” – Anita Diamant

124. “She philosophically noted dates as they came past in the revolution of the year; the disastrous night of her life at Trantridge with its dark background of The Chase; also the dates of the baby’s birth and death; also her own birthday; and every other day individualized by incidents in which she had taken some share.”

125. “The need to pursue healthy birth options and birth rights for women and babies doesn’t end with our own births;

126. “A woman who has just given birth to her first child is like an angel sent to Earth by God to shower a newborn baby with pure love and affection.” – Unknown

127. “To celebrate the birth of a new life, is to appreciate the miraculous work of the creator.”

128. “A new baby is like the beginning of all things – wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.”

129. “It’s a great thing about being pregnant – you don’t need excuses to pee or to eat.” ― Angelina Jolie

130. “A new baby is like the beginning of all things-wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.”

131. “In the garden of humanity every baby is a fresh new flower.”

132. “Life’s only worth living if you’re being loved by a kid.”

133. “You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.”

134. “For far too many women, pregnancy and birth is something that happens to them rather than

135. “He looked in the birth and death room. It was once more used for storage. It seemed strange beyond belief that he had ever lain so long in the room. And in a way he had died in that room; at least something had happened and the bright little silversmith’s apprentice was no more. He stood here again at the threshold, but now he was somebody else.”

136. “Giving birth should be your greatest achievement not your greatest fear.” – Jane Weideman

137. “A baby is an inestimable blessing.”

138. “Childbirth is a lot of hard work, and the sensations that accompany it are very strong, but there is nothing wrong with labor."

139. “In this way, every birth is a natural birth: each of us is part of nature, not separate from it, and nature is always stunning in its variety. Your birth, then, is part of the natural world, however it unfolds.”

140. “A baby is a blank check made payable to the human race.” – Barbara Christine Seifert

141. “The birth of a child is a joy to the parent and the world.” -Lailah Gifty Akita

142. “A strong intention, a relaxed body and an open mind are the main ingredients for an active birth.” – Janet Balaskas

143. “The first breath of every child takes away the breath of its parents.” – Unknown

144. “In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves.” – Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn

145. “The instant of birth is exquisite. Pain and joy are one at this moment. Ever after, the dim recollection is so sweet that we speak to our children with a gratitude they never understand.” – Madline Tiger

146. “A strong intention, a relaxed body and an open mind are the main ingredients for an active birth.”

147. “Birth isn’t something we suffer,

148. “I saw the old woman who had delivered me from my mother’s womb. I knew she held the secret of my destiny.”

149. “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”

150. “Newborn babies are like little Suns. They bring light and warmth into your life.” – Unknown

151. “My father took one look at me when I was born and must have thought I had the face of someone dignified and sad like an old-fashioned queen or a dead person, but what I turned out like in plain, not much there to notice.

152. “Birth is a beautiful thing.” – Julian Casablancas

153. “Birth isn’t something we suffer, but something we actively do and exult in.” – Sheila Kitzinger

154. “Birth is the epicenter of women’s power.”

155. “Babies used to make me nervous, but these squirmy things are awesome once you’ve read the manual.”

156. “But Missis didn’t have just one puppy. Or two. Or three. She had fifteen!”

157. “If we want to find safe alternatives to obstetrics, we must rediscover midwifery. To rediscover midwifery is the same as giving back childbirth to women. And imagine the future if surgical teams were at the service of the midwives and the women instead of controlling them.” – Michel Odent

158. “A healthy woman who delivers spontaneously performs a job that cannot be improved upon.”

159. “A birth plan is like having a baby monitor in a studio apartment. It’s useless.” -Unknown

160. “A baby boy has a special way of bringing out the man in his father and the little boy in his grandfather.” – Tanya Masse

161. Before you were born I carried you under my heart. From the moment you arrived in this world until the moment I leave it, I will always carry you in my heart.”

162. “Let choice whisper in your ear and love murmur in your heart. Be ready. Here comes life.” – Maya Angelou

163. “A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” – Irish proverb

164. I feel confident going through each birth stage.

165. “Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.”

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167. “Childbirth is an experience in a woman’s life that holds the power to transform her forever. Passing through these powerful gates – in her own way – remembering all the generations of women who walk with her… She is never alone.” – Suzanne Arms

168. “Sometimes, the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”

169. “Birth is powerful… Let it empower you.”

170. “On the night you were born, the moon smiled with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered, ‘Life will never be the same.’ ”

171. “Keeping active during labour and adopting natural, upright or crouching birth positions is the safest, most enjoyable, most economical and sensible way for the majority of women to give birth.” – Janet Balaskas

172. I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.

173. “The effort to separate the physical experience of childbirth from the mental,

174. I trust that my body was designed for delivery and it knows what to do.

175. I trust my intuition.

176. “A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on. “

177. “When enough women realize that birth is a time of great opportunity to get in touch with their true power, and when they are willing to assume responsibility for this, we will reclaim the power of birth and help move technology where it belongs – in the service of birthing women, not their master.” – Christiane Northrup

178. “We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” – Laura Stavoe Harm

179. “There is power that comes to women when they give birth. They don’t ask for it, it simply invades them. Accumulates like clouds on the horizon and passes through, carrying the child with it.”

180. “Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.” – Robin Lim

181. “Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.”

182. When in doubt, choose the kids. There will be plenty of time later to choose work.

183. “Some babies are sweet and pink as peaches; / others are wrinkled, and scream like herons; / dispositions not optional / all sales final.” – Barbara Crooker

184. “A woman in birth is at once her most powerful, and most vulnerable. But any woman who has birthed unhindered understands that we are stronger than we know.”

185. “You know what the great thing about babies is? They are like little bundles of hope. Like the future in a basket.”

186. “Childbirth provided the drama I craved,

187. “You will never know the amount of love you can give to somebody until you give birth to your first child.” – Unknown

188. “The power and intensity of your contractions cannot be stronger than you, because it is you.” – Unknown

189. “Having a baby is like having an eight-pound to-do list. Every moment of the day is filled with something to feed, wipe, bathe, or put down.” – Kathleen Laccinole

190. ‎”Rain, after all is only rain; it is not bad weather.

191. “A baby is like the beginning of all things: wonder, hope a dream of possibilities. In a world that is cutting down its trees to build highways, losing its earth to concrete, babies are almost the only remaining link in nature, with the natural world of living things from which we spring.”

192. “Heaven on earth is looking at my little boy. The minute he was born, I knew if I never did anything other than being a mom, I’d be fine.” – Jenny McCarthy

193. “Childbirth is both a physical and spiritual achievement. It’s the ultimate perfection of human love.” – Unknown

194. “Carrying her first child is the biggest reward that God can give to a woman.” – Unknown

195. “So enchanted with you were the wind and the rain that they whispered the sound of your wonderful name.”

196. “Peeing on a stick then preserving that stick is the first of many disgusting things I will do as a mother” – Unknown

197. “If I don’t know my options, I don’t have any.”

198. “Giving birth is an ecstatic jubilant adventure not available to males. It is a woman’s crowning creative experience of a lifetime.”

199. “The so called miracle of birth is nature getting her own way.”

200. “I have had high times. But the best times of all were afterward, just afterward, with the gun warm in my hand, the bite of smoke in my nose, the taste of death on my tongue, my heart high in my gullet, the danger past, and then the sweat, suddenly, and the nothingness, and the sweet clean feel of being born.”

201. “Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.”

202. “The knowledge of how to give birth without outside interventions lies deep within each woman.”

203. “There is such a special sweetness in being able to participate in creation.”

204. “To witness the birth of a child is our best opportunity to experience the meaning of the word miracle.”

205. “Giving birth in ecstasy: This is our birthright and our body’s intent. Mother Nature, in her wisdom, prescribes birthing hormones that take us outside (ec) our usual state (stasis), so that we can be transformed on every level as we enter motherhood.” – Sarah Buckley

206. “All natural birth has a purpose and a plan; who would think of tearing open the chrysalis as the butterfly is emerging?

207. “You start understanding life once a baby starts to grow inside your belly.” – Unknown

208. I’m proud of myself, my body, and my baby.

209. “When you change the way you view birth, the way you birth will change.” – Marie F. Mongan

210. “Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.”

211. “Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.” – Erma Bombeck

212. “Heaven blew every trumpet and played every horn on the wonderful, marvelous night you were born.”

213. “Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect.

214. “It seems that many health professionals involved in antenatal care have not realized

215. “I have always been ridiculous, and I have known it, perhaps, from the hour I was born.”

216. Just as there is no warning for childbirth, there is no preparation for the sight of a first child... There should be a song for women to sing at this moment, or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name the moment.

217. ‎”No amount of prenatal blood sampling, uterine testing, ultrasounds, amniocentesis,

218. “Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of.”

219. “No daughter and mother ever live apart, no matter what the distance between them.” – Christie Watson

220. “Strength doesn’t come from what you can do…

221. “Birth is an experience that demonstrates that life is not merely function and utility, but form and beauty.” – Christopher Largen

222. “Every newborn baby is a signal from God that life should keep going on.” – Unknown

223. “Having your first baby changes your life in ways that you can never even dream of.” – Unknown

224. “Mothers and daughters together are a powerful force to be reckoned with.” – Melia Keeton-Digby

225. “The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.”

226. “Words are not enough to express the unconditional love that exists between a mother and a daughter.” – Caitlin Houston

227. “Call it “womb awe” or even “womb worship” but it’s not simple envy.

228. “Mothers of daughters are daughters of mothers and have remained so, in circles joined to circles, since time began.” – Signe Hammer

229. “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.” – Ina May Gaskin

230. Life doesn’t get more real than having a newborn at home.”

231. “The whole point of woman-centered birth is the knowledge that a woman is the birth power source.

232. “There are no words that can describe the euphoria you feel when your baby recognizes you for the first time and smiles.”

233. “Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers — strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.”

234. ‎”The wisdom and compassion a woman can intuitively experience in childbirth

235. “As a doula and a soon to be mama, I feel so blessed to have the knowledge that I have surrounding pregnancy and birth as I embark on this journey into motherhood! As a black woman, learning of the disparities related to pregnancy and childbirth for black women was eye opening to me and it is one of the main reasons I decided to become a doula. I take joy in knowing that my child will soon be brought into this world in a calm, safe, supported, and empowering environment, and I am committed to providing nothing less for all my clients!” Lashell Chaffins, Birth Doula

236. “Those who fear birth, also fear those who don’t fear birth.”

237. “Sons are the anchors of a mother’s life.” – Sophocles

238. “Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.” -Robin Lim

239. “Birth is an opportunity to transcend. To rise above what we are accustomed to, reach deeper inside ourselves than we are familiar with, and to see not only what we are truly made of, but the strength we can access in and through birth.” -Marcie Macari

240. Birth is the ultimate act of unconditional love.

241. “The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.” – Rajneesh

242. “A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother.” – Mark Twain

243. “The whole point of woman-centered birth is the knowledge that a woman is the birth power source. She may need, and deserve, help, but in essence, she always had, currently has, and will have the power.” – Heather McCue

244. “There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart.” – Washington Irving

245. “Giving birth to your first child is the closest you can ever come to doing magic.” -Unknown

246. “I am the hero of this story”

247. “Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.” – William MacNeile Dixon

248. I focus on breathing and I know that everything will be just fine.

249. “Birth is a mystery. Words are not enough.” – Marie O’Connor

250. “We know that birth takes a woman from one place in her life to another. The birth of a child certainly does change her viewpoint of herself and I believe her viewpoint of the world.” – Sameerah Shareef

251. “In the great forest a little elephant is born. His name is Babar. His mother loves him very much. She rocks him to sleep with her trunk while singing softly to him.”

252. “The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority.”

253. “Truly oh Gilgamish he is born in the fields like thee. The mountains have reared him.”

254. “It seems that many health professionals involved in antenatal care have not realized that one of their roles should be to protect the emotional state of pregnant women.” – Michel Odent

255. “Women are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don’t know how strong until we’re pushing out our babies.” – Louise Erdrich

256. “You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.”

257. “Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.” – Gloria Steinem

258. “There may never be a baby book that offers the conclusive answer to every question,

259. “Giving birth to your child doesn’t only give you a cute little baby to love for the rest of your life but it also strengthens your bond with your husband as a couple.” – Unknown

260. “And then one day, after the longest (and somehow, shortest) nine months of your life you get to take part in a miracle. It’s a blur of pain (which you promptly forget) and joy (which you remember forever). And then, suddenly, you’re cradling a tiny bundle in your arms.”

261. “Let choice whisper in your ear and love murmur in your heart. Be ready. Here comes life.” -Maya Angelou

262. “No woman should ever feel guilty about the choices she makes regarding childbirth, breastfeeding, or the manner in which she cares for her baby.” – Amy Tuteur

263. “A woman in birth is at once her most powerful, and most vulnerable. But any woman who has birthed unhindered understands that we are stronger than we know.” – Marcie Macari

264. “All natural birth has a purpose and a plan; who would think of tearing open the chrysalis as the butterfly is emerging? Who would break the shell to pull the chick out?” – Marie Mongon

265. “Birth matters, and I believe the way a child is brought into the world has an important impact on the rest of life. Helping with that transition is an honor.”

266. “Not once had there been such eyes, such a nose, such silly, wiggle, wonderful toes.”

267. “Childbirth is an experience in a woman’s life that holds the power to transform her forever. Passing through these powerful gates – in her own way – remembering all the generations of women who walk with her… She is never alone.”

268. “Giving birth should be your greatest achievement not your greatest fear.”

269. “It is as natural to die as it is to be born.”

270. I feel my body and mind filled with positivity.

271. “A daughter is one of the best gifts this world has to give.” – Laurel Atherton

272. My delivery will be easy and have no complications.

273. “Very new things and very old things are much alike. Everything is a circle. Both ends meet. There is nothing much older or more wrinkled-looking than a baby just born.” – Monica Shannon

274. “If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.”

275. “A baby is something you carry inside you for the nine months, in your arms for three years, and in your heart until the day you die.” -Mary Mason

276. “A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give.”

277. “So the question remains. Is childbirth painful? Yes. It can be, along with a thousand amazing sensations for which we have yet to find adequate language. Every birth is different, and every woman’s experience and telling of her story will be unique.” – Marcie Macari

278. “Your birth, Will, completed a circle that has been growing for four thousand years in every oldest part of this land: the circle of the Old Ones. Now that you have come into your power, your task is to make that circle indestructible.”

279. “One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.”

280. “You’re born and you keep getting older and grayer and sicker, and no matter what efforts you make to reverse the process, you die, every single time. To repeat: worse, worse, worse, and then death. I have a long way to go before the worst. This is only the beginning.”

281. “Just as a woman’s heart knows how and when to pump, her lungs to inhale, and her hand to pull back from fire, so she knows when and how to give birth” – Unknown

282. “Space needs to be held to allow for black mothers to be held, loved and nurtured so that she can hold, love and nurture her baby. Oftentimes that space holder is a black doula.”- Kim Stinger, Licensed Massage Therapist, Placenta Encapsulator, Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula

283. “The best way to avoid a cesarean is to stay out of the hospital.”

284. “A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing.

285. “The instant of birth is exquisite. Pain and joy are one at this moment.

286. “If you don’t believe in love at first sight, wait until you give birth to your first baby.” – Unknown

287. “Nobody’s going to save you. No one’s going to cut you down, cut the thorns thick around you. No one’s going to storm the castle walls nor kiss awake your birth, climb down your hair, nor mount you onto the white steed. There is no one who will feed the yearning. Face it. You will have to do, do it yourself.”

288. “Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.” ― Bill Cosby

289. “You will always be the miracle that makes my life complete.”

290. “There is power that comes to women when they give birth. They don’t ask for it, it simply invades them. Accumulates like clouds on the horizon and passes through, carrying the child with it.” – Sheryl Feldman

291. “There is power that comes to women when they give birth. They don’t ask for it, it simply invades them. Accumulates like clouds on the horizon and passes through, carrying the child with it.” -Sheryl Feldman

292. “There is such a special sweetness in being able to participate in creation.” -Pamela S. Nadav

293. “A newborn baby is the beginning of a dream of possibilities.” – Unknown

294. “Death, taxes and childbirth! There’s never any convenient time for any of them.”

295. “Birth is an opportunity to transcend. To rise above what we are accustomed to, reach deeper inside ourselves than we are familiar with, and to see not only what we are truly made of, but the strength we can access in and through birth.” – Marcie Macari

296. “Birth is about radical, creative, life-affirming change. It is about adaptation on a nearly unbelievable scale.” – Mark Sloan

297. “Attending births is like growing roses. You have to marvel at the ones that just open up and bloom at the first kiss of the sun but you wouldn’t dream of pulling open the petals of the tightly closed buds and forcing them to blossom to your time line.” – Gloria Lemay

298. “Deep within each woman, lies the Knowledge of how to give birth without outside interventions.”

299. “A mother teaches her daughter how to feel about herself, about handling pressure, about relishing life’s joys and conquering fears.” – Melissa Harrison

300. Relax and breathe and do nothing else.

301. “Birth is the epicenter of women’s power.” -Ani DiFranco

302. “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.”

303. “Giving birth should be your greatest achievement, not your greatest fear.”

304. “Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children.”

305. ″Basically, disappointment, embarrassment, and all these places where we just cannot feel good are a sort of death. We’ve just lost our ground completely; we are unable to hold it together and feel that we’re on top of things. Rather than realizing that it takes death for there to be birth, we just fight against the fear of death.″

306. “Just as a woman’s heart knows how and when to pump,

307. “Sons are born to make their fathers better men.” – Mekael Shane

308. “The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.” -Rajneesh

309. “You are constructing your own reality with the choices you make…or don’t make.

310. “Mothers need to know that their care and their choices won’t be compromised by birth politics.”

311. “Every newborn baby is its mother’s definition of perfect.” – Unknown

312. “Giving birth is a transformation and it doesn’t matter whether you’ve had eight babies before. It’s still a transformation the next time you have another baby, because you are no longer the same woman you were before you had that baby.” – Penny Handford

313. “Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.”

314. “Giving birth and being born brings us into the essence of creation, where the human spirit is courageous and bold and the body, a miracle of wisdom.”

315. “Learn to respect this sacred moment of birth, as fragile, as fleeting, as elusive as dawn.” – Frederick Leboyer

316. “Focus on what you can do, then do it with all your heart.”

317. “When people congratulate me, I like to say ‘For What?’ and then watch them freak out!” -Unknown

318. “Your firstborn baby may only hold your hand for a little while but it will hold your heart for the rest of your life.” – Unknown

319. “Having a baby is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.” – Carol Burnett

320. “Just as a woman’s heart knows how to pump, her lungs know how to inhale, and her hands to pull back from fire, so she knows when and how to give birth.” -Virginia DiOrio

321. I can feel my baby moving down smoothly.

322. “Giving birth to your first child is the closest you can ever come to doing magic.” – Unknown

323. “I had a C-section and I found it fascinating. I didn’t find it a sacrifice and I didn’t find it a painful experience. I found it a fascinating miracle of what a body can do.” – Angelina Jolie

324. “Birth is a three legged stool, a healthy mom, a healthy baby and a healthy birth. Without ANY one leg, it is equally unstable!” – Sharon Muza

325. “To celebrate the birth of new life, is to appreciate the miraculous work of the Creator.” – Wayne Chirisa

326. “The knowledge of how to give birth without outside interventions lies deep within each woman.

327. “A happy baby has shining eyes. It walks open hearted into the world and spreads magic.”

328. “Having a baby is part of a woman’s life, and it is surely a great waste to be afraid of life.”

329. “Babies are the buds of imagination that are ready to bloom with lights of love and affection.”

330. “A baby’s cry is precisely as serious as it sounds.”

331. “The power and intensity of your contractions cannot be stronger than you,

332. The laugh of a child is like a star in the sky.

333. “Many women have described their experiences of childbirth as being associated with a spiritual uplifting,

334. “Just as a woman’s heart knows how and when to pump, her lungs to inhale, and her hand to pull back from fire, so she knows when and how to give birth.”

335. “How you approach birth is intimately connected with how you approach life.” – William Sears

336. With each surge, I’m closer to meeting my baby.

337. When you change the way you view birth, the way you birth will change.

338. ″‘Never mind girl,’ she said to baby Kahu. ‘Your birth cord is here. No matter where you may go, you will always return. You will never be lost to us.‘”

339. “Nobody can possibly define the euphoria that you feel when your firstborn baby recognizes you for the very first time.” – Unknown

340. “I had a C-section and I found it fascinating. I didn’t find it a sacrifice and I didn’t find it a painful experience. I found it a fascinating miracle of what a body can do.” -Angelina Jolie

341. “If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy,

342. “Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.”

343. “I have a 14-month-old daughter. I had a lot of help in my birth. I had a home birth, and she was almost 10 pounds and did not want to come out. … We needed like a team of doulas at my birth, which I had, luckily.” – Gaby Hoffmann

344. “Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.”

345. “Giving birth should be your greatest achievement, not your greatest fear.” -Jane Weideman

346. “It’s easy to talk to a horse if you understand his language. Horses stay the same from the day they are born until the day they die. They are only changed by the way people treat them.”

347. “Babies are such a nice way to start people.”

348. “Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.”

349. “The most important mark I will leave on this world is my son.” – Sarah Shahi

350. “Birth is an experience that demonstrates that life is not merely function and utility, but form and beauty.”