How come life is so important in the nine months before birth, but then we sort of forget about the importance, we're not worried about whether that baby lives in poverty once he or she is born.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I was seven months pregnant with my son, my mother and I took a trip to El Salvador, where she's from. Frequent visits with her to see my extended family have taught me how different life can be if you are born into poverty.
With longer life spans and better health and education, many feel that giving birth to a baby a mere couple of decades after they themselves were in the cradle is a little premature.
Having a child is arguably the most important thing you do in life.
The most important thing in life is having a child. Nothing is more special than a child.
There's nothing more important than the health of our babies.
No one understands the shift in priorities about having a child in your life... until you have a child in your life.
Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.
The first thousand days of a baby's life are likely to determine the rest of her life - whether she grows up to be healthy or not, both physically and emotionally.
A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.
Seeing my child born is so much more important than anything else I've got going on.