Lucy McBath Quotes

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

When I was about 3 months pregnant, I was running, looked down, and there was blood everywhere. I totally freaked out, but the doctor said everything was okay, except that I had to stop running.

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

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 could foresee some terrific political and legal battles if women find out they have Zika in the later terms of their pregnancy.

Pregnancy is treated like an illness in some sections of our society.

I was always a little worried, because I had heard different things from different people about their pregnancies; some people have to stay in bed for months... you never know what you're going to get.

The world was full of dangers now that she was pregnant: mercury in tuna, hot tubs, beer, secondhand smoke, over-the-counter medicine. Not to mention crazy baby-abducting fairy kings.

I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.

Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.

Directing at seven-and-a-half months pregnant was lots of fun.

In many ways, being pregnant and working were more difficult than motherhood.

I learned so much about the toxicity of our environment while trying to get pregnant, I didn't want to do anything to mess up the kid now that she was finally here.

I was eating lots of vegetables and fruit every day during my pregnancy - my baby needed the best of the best, so it was the opposite of overeating. I had this being inside of me, and I was responsible for everything he got.

I think that there's a real sense in which pregnancy should be something that you do with your doctor, but I think that for a lot of women the time you have with your doctors is limited and it can be difficult to get all of the answers to your questions.

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

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

I had a really scary pregnancy and a very difficult delivery. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive.

I had absolutely no idea how I had ballooned during my pregnancy. All I thought about was eating plenty of food to keep my baby healthy.

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.

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

I feel blessed to be having a really easy pregnancy.

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.

Prenatal care is one of the most effective ways to reduce maternal mortality because it identifies complications or high risks before emergency situations.

A pregnant woman facing the most dire circumstances must be able to count on her doctor to do what is medically necessary to protect her from serious physical harm.