Camila Alves Quotes

I know we can't always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural - no epidural, no interventions. Wish me luck.

My mother had morning sickness after I was born.

If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.

Every one and every single time is different, and I didn't have C-sections, which I don't know if that's lucky or unlucky, but I was able to feel every contraction. You forget what it feels like. God's got a great way of making women forget what it's like because we would never go through it again.

I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut.

When I asked what people would change about their bodies on Twitter, the birthing process was an extremely popular response!

Labor is really going to hurt.

If you want to know the feeling [of labor pain], just take your bottom lip and pull it over your head.

my cousin Shirley, who never complains, screamed and screamed when she was having her baby. True, this was just during conception.

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

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

A lot of women say they love being pregnant, but I wasn't such a big fan.

I watched Ricki Lake's documentary, 'The Business of Being Born,' and that led me to call a midwife, and not an ob-gyn, when I found out I had conceived. My delivery was not easy - they call it 'labor,' not 'a vacation!' - but I was incredibly grateful that I did it that way.

I love babies. I love being pregnant and I loved giving birth.

With Ciel and with Rex, I said 'no epidural.' I recovered, I was walking right after I had them, just did a lot of praying all through my pregnancy that they would be healthy and my deliveries would go without a problem. I was really blessed.

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

I find that women want to tell me about their birthing experiences. In the most excruciating detail. It's not put me off having children, but I do feel like I know too much.

I delivered my son. There were other people with me, but I was actively involved.

Birth is such an emotional thing.

Personally, I'd have a baby just for the epidural.

I've been in the hospital once when I had my daughter, and, oh, when I broke my elbow, but other than that, I've been very fortunate.

I had my first baby at twenty-one.

My mother was in labour for two full days before having me on a sunny August afternoon. She went into labour on the 7th, and I chose to make my big entrance on the 9th.

'BUMP' deals with all the joys and trauma that comes with a woman's changing body and the struggles of going through labor. It's a beautiful ensemble cast of wonderful people, and I get emotional just being part of the process.

I remember giving birth in Bromley Hospital annexe. It was painful. Zowie was 8 lb. 8 oz. David was there the whole time. It was the first and only time I saw David cry.