Gilbert Parker Quotes

I was at the birth of my two girls.

Carrying a baby is the most rewarding experience a woman can enjoy.

The births of my two girls were wonderful - I felt proud to have helped bring new life into this world.

It's a very nice thing to have a baby.

But at the same time that the experience is pulling you apart, it's also bonding you. You have this joint venture! You both made this baby. And that's the thing I still can't get over.

I think it's such a blessing to be able to have a child, and good and bad, whatever you go through, it's so worth it, and it's such an unbelievable time - you have someone growing inside of you!

Becoming a mother has been the best experience of my life, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

It's the most amazing feeling to hold your child in your arms.

My heart has been resuscitated as a result of becoming a mom.

My daughter is my biggest achievement. She is a little star and my life has changed so much for the better since she came along.

Birth is such an emotional thing.

When I became a mother, my life completely changed.

All parents remember the moment when they first held their children - the tiny crumpled face, an entire new person, emerging from the hospital blanket.

It's a profound thing to watch another human being come out of your body.

I guess if there is a big spiritual experience in my life, it is me becoming a mother.

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.

However motherhood comes to you, it's a miracle.

The artist and the mother are vehicles, not originators. They don't create the new life, they only bear it. This is why birth is such a humbling experience. The new mom weeps in awe at the little miracle in her arms. She knows it came out of her but not from her, through her but not of her.

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.

I believe that bringing a life into this world is the single most important thing a person can undertake, and it can also be the most challenging. I think as mothers we are all just trying our best.

The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.

A pregnancy is a marvelous moment that I would love to repeat and repeat.

Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house.

Birth is a beautiful thing.

When you discover that you are going to have a child, it stirs up memories of your own childhood.