Rachel Cusk Quotes

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

"I can't believe you recently had a baby. How do you do it?" The baby starts to come down...and once that happens you can't-it comes out. Whether you let it or not, the baby comes out. So that's how I did it.

Mimicking childbirth on 'Grey's' has taken the mystery out of it.

I've had great pregnancies, and healthy, beautiful children.

My mother had morning sickness after I was born.

The best gift you can give a baby is a full nine months of pregnancy.

My husband and I were excited about having a kid - it was having a baby that had us worried. We had a lot to learn, so like good liberal arts graduates, we signed up for a class.

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

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.

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

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.'

It turns out childbirth is really... messy.

I will say no matter how many times you go through pregnancy and then phase into newborn life, it never becomes routine or normal.

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.

Having a baby can be a scream.

After about five hours of pushing, my midwife and my birthing assistant said, 'You know, we have a few suggestions.' And I was like, 'Really? After five hours of pushing you have a few suggestions? You couldn't have told me five minutes in?'

Talking to women about birth can be polarizing.

I know being pregnant and giving birth is the most wonderful thing on Earth. I know that after you have a baby, there is a sense of addiction, a need to have another. It's biological.

Watching a baby being born is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat door.

I love being pregnant in general.

A woman can tell me about her having a baby, but I'll never know what it is to have a baby.

My wife and I would be very comfortable having a baby at home or using one of the terrific nurse-midwives at the hospital.

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

I wasn't scared of childbirth. I educated myself and did my fair share of research, and that made me feel a little more prepared.

It's always when you think that you've lost a little of the baby weight that someone steps in grabs a handful of a now sans baby soft belly and asks the inevitable 'When are you due?'