Penny Junor Quotes

I like trying to get pregnant, I'm not so sure about childbirth.

In the pregnancy process I have come to realize how much of the burden is on the female partner. She's got a construction zone going on in her belly.

You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.

Your forties is not the time to be thinking about getting pregnant.

I don't have those great, strong, glowing pregnancies.

I, as a man, don't even pretend to know what a woman goes through during pregnancy.

In the first movement alone, I took note of six pregnancies and at least four miscarriages.

I've had great pregnancies, and healthy, beautiful children.

I get pregnant pretty easily, but I have a hard time keeping them.

I love pregnancy and the bump and the whole thing.

There's a saying in Africa: 'To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.'

I don't know why this is, maybe because I am 33 or what, but I didn't think it would be that easy for me to get pregnant. But it was.

There's a reason women are pregnant for nine months; by the end, you're ready to have this baby.

Being pregnant is the most natural thing our bodies can do. Our grandparents did it without all these books, and they came out okay.

While I was pregnant, I had dozens of checkups. They covered everything from blood tests to ultrasounds, and I even had the option of attending birthing classes with my husband.

When you get pregnant, you start reading pregnancy books. Everything has been pretty textbook. It's amazing how they can say, 'This week, this might happen,' and it kind of does. I had typical nausea the first trimester, which was no fun. And extreme tiredness.

Pregnancy is of course confined to women, but it is in other ways significantly different from the typical covered disease or disability.

Sharing our experience with pregnancy was incredibly important because we realized how challenging and difficult that was, and there are really dark moments where you think you're alone.

I never understood when people go, 'Oh my gosh, it's so easy being pregnant.' No, it's hard. It's the most beautiful thing, yes, but it's hard.

I think pregnancy is a huge responsibility.

Childbirth and being pregnant is something that I've always wanted. I feel like you feel the most feminine; you look the most feminine.

It's true what they say, and I am now a firm believer in the fact that every pregnancy is different for every woman!

At about 33 weeks along in my pregnancy, the doctor suggested that I stay pretty close to home and not be touring and flying around. I was really left to face the kind of deep thinking that comes along with being a mother and bringing a child into the world.

I feel tired, but in general, I do love being pregnant and always feel pretty good. I'm lucky. I always hear, like, horror stories.

Talking to women about birth can be polarizing.