Natalie Wood Quotes

When I became a mother, my life completely changed.

I don't think anything changes after marriage. Things change in a big way after becoming a mother.

When I had a kid, it was a game changer.

Having children is one of the most passionate and involving bits of business in human life.

All those things they say about a baby changing your perspective - it does!

Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is.

Something like a divorce does change you, but children change you more, and now I've had three.

You always hear people say that having kids changes everything, but you can't fully realize it until you have children yourself.

My first child, I think I was completely shell shocked. I was ecstatic but in shock that I was now responsible completely for another life and it was my co-creation and how did I manage that?! I was in awe that I had actually done what millions of other women had done, given birth and now an added responsibility of 'mommy' in my life ahead!

I don't remember my life before I had children.

I have been a parent since I was 25. That's a large chunk of my adult life. Mother or father, it transforms you completely.

What having a child - and especially a daughter - has done is lifted more of the veil for me: allowed me to see things on another level compared to how I used to see them.

Having a child, particularly your first child, is such a life-changing moment. Nothing can really prepare you for that.

Motherhood is such an evolving journey.

My whole life turned upside down once I became a mother.

It's just a great feeling, once you have a child.

I think that having a baby is going to change my mind in so many ways. I have no idea how, but I'm looking forward to finding out.

I can't help but be a different person now that I've had kids. That really does change your whole perspective on life for the better. I definitely feel like I've grown up. So, I guess in a way parts of me are going to be different, but in general I'm still the same girl from the Bronx who had big dreams.

You have to die a few times before you can really live.

You're freaked out that you're going to be having a child, and once you're looking after your daughter, it's the most beautiful thing in the world.

I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.

I love the surprise element of being a mom.

Children change you. They really do.

I was married by 18 and I had a beautiful little girl.

Nothing can prepare you for the all-consuming nature of motherhood, and I am very aware of my good fortune, as I spent years fretting about whether I'd ever meet anyone to have a baby with.