Priscilla Chan Quotes

Going into a pregnancy is a really challenging time for a woman, because it's forever-changing, both mentally and physically.

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

Becoming pregnant can be difficult at the best of times.

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.

I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding it.

In the pregnancy process I have come to realize how much of the burden is on the female partner. She's got a construction zone going on in her belly.

Toward the end of my pregnancy, I felt really big - I gained about 40 pounds, which is a lot for my size.

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

I wanted to deliver babies and become a midwife. I think childbirth is one of the most amazing things you could ever experience, and I loved working with people and seeing the joys in family when they welcome a new member to it. It really brought me joy to be around that.

When you're pregnant, you go out and buy every single book; you have this stack of books on your nightstand, but there was nothing that was preparing me for anything even remotely resembling what my life was going to look like.

My own pregnancies were all about me, me, me. My aches, my pains, my swollen feet, and my body that looked like the Michelin Man.

I don't have those great, strong, glowing pregnancies.

I think pregnancy is a huge responsibility.

About six months after I had my little boy in April 2014, I ended up getting a kidney disease.

I didn't think of my pregnancy as a handicap for one minute, but having said that, I think the only big challenge was being so tired all the time.

The idea for 'Ballet Baby' started when I was going through my own pregnancy.

During my high-risk pregnancy, I consistently experienced subpar care from my hospital, which led me to hire two midwives instead. They provided me with excellent and loving care, and they made my pregnancy a truly special and powerful moment in my life.

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.

Knowing someone else is going through the bizarreness of pregnancy with you makes it feel a little less impossible.

I think that what scares me more than getting fat during pregnancy is the responsibility of a child.

At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone.

While I was pregnant, I had dozens of checkups. They covered everything from blood tests to ultrasounds, and I even had the option of attending birthing classes with my husband.

I'm kind of lucky that we've finished shooting 'Cougar Town,' so I'm able to kind of just enjoy my pregnancy and be a stay-at-home mom and go to prenatal Pilates and do all that fun stuff that, if I were working, would be almost impossible to do.

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

Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran mother. It can occur a few days... or a few months after childbirth.