Lisa Ling Quotes

I'm pretty chill, but once birth starts, I go the opposite of chill.

At 41 and a half weeks pregnant, I started to have second thoughts about becoming a mother.

When I first got pregnant, I freaked out. Then I had to remind myself: I'm turning 30.

I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry a child and breast feed.

It's scary having a baby, especially as a first-time mother. I think a lot of women can relate to having a moment during the process where you're like, 'You know what? No thanks, I don't want to do this anymore.'

Suspense-is Hostiler than Death-Death- tho soever Broad, Is just Death, and cannot increase- Suspense-does not conclude-.

My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.

It's incredibly stressful when the person you love is having a child.

When I was pregnant with my first child, I was 35 years old, and I was working in a pet shop.

I'm the most boring pregnant woman ever.

Being pregnant is a marvellous experience. Before, I was afraid about the idea of giving birth, but now, I'm really looking forward to it.

'Singin' in the Rain' and childbirth are two of the hardest things I ever had to do in my life.

Watching people see your picture for the first time is such a public agony.

I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful.

I think pregnancy is a huge responsibility.

We tried every single way of giving birth. It didn't work. I wasn't too crazy about having to do a C-section and take all the drugs. Finally, I just had to be like, 'Let it go.'

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

I want babies.

I was so anxious for it to be my turn, for the manager to read the letter from my mum. I waited and waited for it. The manager had spoken to the mothers of every player in the team; he'd been reading a message before every game for months, and finally my turn had come.

I'm acutely aware of my anxiety.

I have a whole new perspective on pregnancy and motherhood now that I'm experiencing it. Just because it's so hard and so confusing and so exciting. Women are so amazing that their bodies can do this and that they're strong enough to do this. I can't believe almost every woman goes through this, because it's so hard.

The scariest thing I ever did was give birth in the kitchen by myself, with my three-year-old bashing me on the head with a sword, but it's not like you have a choice is it.

I gave birth to our daughter Coco in Pisa, and it was a wonderful time in all our lives.

There are such wonderful blessings in my life - I have this amazing baby, an amazing family, and I loved X Factor - all these moments of joy, and then these sharp drop-offs. I'd be awake, lying in bed, crying. There's these weird moments of misplaced anger I have.

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.