Joan Rivers Quotes

Women have nine months more experience than you do - nine months to prepare for being a parent.

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

I also didn't consider myself a huge baby person.

I loved being pregnant.

I'm one of those hovering mothers and I know it's really important to have an independent child, so I'm trying to back off, but it's hard. I love him so much, and he's so funny and cute to me.

The pain of childbirth is not remembered. It's the child that's remembered.

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

It took me three and a half years to become a mom, so it makes me feel so good to know I'm giving my baby the best chance I can to develop a strong immune system and live a healthy life.

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

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

I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby.

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

All of a sudden I had a baby, because it went really quick. It was like, 'Oh! I have a baby!' So, it's great. I'm just having a great time with my children. They're here in New York with me.

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

I love that time when all you want to do is cocoon with your baby in your own little world, when you carry them around all the time in a little pouch or sling.

After having a real baby, I was sitting on a doughnut for a month.

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

I had my first baby at twenty-one.

When you're pregnant or living with an infant, there's a kind of sacredness around your body that affects everything you do.

I was actually born in the front bedroom while my dad sat on the wall outside, feeling sick. Twenty minutes after my mother gave birth, she went downstairs and made my old man a cup of tea.

I don't understand why you would want to watch someone giving birth.

I was born, and the doctor left. And then the nurse is like, 'Doctor, I think there's another one.'

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.

I really want to take time and be in the moment with my kid for at least the first year. I know she's not going to remember that, but it's really for the family chemistry.

The best parenting advice I actually got was from Shane McMahon. He was great with me when Brie was pregnant and all that. He said, 'When you have that baby, make sure you take care of Brie first.'