Kylie Bax Quotes

You're freaked out that you're going to be having a child, and once you're looking after your daughter, it's the most beautiful thing in the world.

When Mary arrived, I felt a mixture of emotions, including panic and overwhelming love. I felt a great sense of responsibility, not just towards my child but also towards her father. There have been many influences on my life, but that thing of finally becoming a family person was the greatest.

When somebody's calling you 'Mommy,' it's a wonderful thing. But also to have that responsibility and to know that you and your partner have this little thing that's totally relying on you - and it made me, I suppose, less selfish. Not that I was mega-selfish to start with, but it's lovely having that responsibility. It's scary.

It's just a great feeling, once you have a child.

The artist and the mother are vehicles, not originators. They don't create the new life, they only bear it. This is why birth is such a humbling experience. The new mom weeps in awe at the little miracle in her arms. She knows it came out of her but not from her, through her but not of her.

It is the most powerful creation to have life growing inside of you. There is no bigger gift.

I believe that bringing a life into this world is the single most important thing a person can undertake, and it can also be the most challenging. I think as mothers we are all just trying our best.

When you discover that you are going to have a child, it stirs up memories of your own childhood.

I love the surprise element of being a mom.

I was married by 18 and I had a beautiful little girl.

Nothing can prepare you for the all-consuming nature of motherhood, and I am very aware of my good fortune, as I spent years fretting about whether I'd ever meet anyone to have a baby with.

Having children is one of the most passionate and involving bits of business in human life.

The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken lightly.

There is no real way to prepare yourself for having a child other than just getting thrown in the deep end pretty quick.

To be honest, I can't wait to be a dad. I really hope that that's how the cookie crumbles for me.

I want to be a dad. That's floating to the top of my list. I think it's such an important thing. I'm at the age where everyone has kids, and I ask them, 'Is it like a puppy?' And they go, 'It's 10 times a puppy.'

A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.

Having a child, particularly your first child, is such a life-changing moment. Nothing can really prepare you for that.

Really, it is all so worth it when you have your precious baby in the end.

I'm completely excited and confident going into fatherhood.

It's just amazing being a parent, being a little nervous at first, but then everything falls into place naturally.

I always wanted children but I was scared. Being responsible for a baby is such a big thing so I was nervous!

Fatherhood isn't always a planned thing, but when it happens you just do it. It's very natural and in that sense it's not really difficult.

I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.

Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.