We should recognize that women become mothers the moment they are pregnant.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't know if there's any change more significant that a human being can make than that of a woman becoming a mother. There's no change more dramatic.
I think we are not yet well aware that, unfortunately, we have a short time to be moms. This is not to suggest that we should rush to have children or do it in a crazy way. I think that's the most important decision of a woman's life.
I think pregnancy is a huge responsibility.
In many countries, women aren't jubilant when they learn they are pregnant. Quite the opposite - they're terrified.
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.
The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.
Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.
Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children.
A pregnancy is a marvelous moment that I would love to repeat and repeat.
Because our generation has waited so long to have babies, we feel we've 'discovered' something that women have been doing for thousands of years. I have no illusions that I will be in the same situation as the average working mother. I'm not trying to prove anything - I just want to have kids.