I feel like if you are with someone through the process of pregnancy and delivery, if nothing else, there is such an incredible amount of respect that would lead into some sort of love in one way or another.
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Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love.
The birth mother is placing the baby out of love. I still believe that. Well, the ones we've dealt with who were actually pregnant, anyway.
Knowing someone else is going through the bizarreness of pregnancy with you makes it feel a little less impossible.
When you love somebody, it's like in a couple - you want to create something. Sometimes, it's a baby.
A part of me isn't like those women who love being pregnant. I love my baby, and I miss that feeling of being attached to him when he's kicking, but I was so ready to not be pregnant.
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
When I gave birth to my son, something happened. It is a huge thing for a woman: a whole set of emotions you never had before arrives, and a love you never had before in your life is now on tap.
When you love somebody, and they have a child, you love their child. You just accept it as a part of who they are, and you care about them and theirs.
Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.
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