Naomi Judd Quotes

And I remember that the editors wanted to have a witness to say that this was really the case, because it was a very sharp picture of the just the face, the head of the fetus inside the womb.

I looked at a fetal development chart at the Operation Rescue Office in Dallas. I had a lot of emotions stirring up inside of me. That's when I decided that it was wrong in any stage of pregnancy.

Sprout's a really cool app for pregnant women. It shows you what your baby's development is in real time, so I find myself checking it quite often.

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

Twins are a high-risk pregnancy, by definition. The quieter I am, the longer I can keep them growing.

My pregnancy was great, but the last three weeks were manic because my blood pressure was going up and up.

Nausea is a normal but unpleasant effect of pregnancy and a really good sign that it is going well. Women who experience nausea in early pregnancy are less likely to miscarry.

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

The best a health care system can do is to equip itself to meet the needs of each individual woman and birth. Those needs run the gamut from undisturbed home birth to planned cesarean section.

Two premature babies was not a genetic thing; we were just unlucky.

Modern technology gives us surprising glimpses into human development. It helps us plan for and celebrate new life.

My entire pregnancy with Major, I was nervous about enduring another long labor.

As an O.B. doctor of thirty years, and having delivered 4,000 babies, I can assure you life begins at conception.

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

Taking pre-natal vitamins can minimise birth defects and can lower the chances both of morning sickness and premature delivery.

These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.

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.

The biggest food-related risk in pregnancy is listeria. It's a dangerous bacteria, to which pregnant women are especially susceptible, that can lead to miscarriage or stillbirth.

You don't want people to suffer or get fat when they're pregnant.

I was the first in my peer group to get pregnant. All I craved was reassurance. I needed someone to tell me that all the seemingly random symptoms I had - weird things, such as excess saliva - were normal. And I was worried because I wasn't getting any morning sickness.

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

There was a woman in Tunisia called Madame Pinot. She was a midwife and had helped in the birth of my siblings and me. I assisted her. I helped women give birth to a lot of babies when I was very young.

I feel so privileged as a mom to be part of a significant organization like the March of Dimes that works hard to prevent prematurity and helps moms to have healthy babies.

Midwives and doctors play a crucial role preventing unnecessary maternal deaths. They educate women about nutrition, health and family planning. And they step in when complications arise.

Abortion is never necessary to save a mother's life.