Amy Heckerling Quotes

When you get pregnant, you start reading pregnancy books. Everything has been pretty textbook. It's amazing how they can say, 'This week, this might happen,' and it kind of does. I had typical nausea the first trimester, which was no fun. And extreme tiredness.

Everyone knows now how early a fetus becomes a baby. Women who have been pregnant have seen their babies on ultrasounds. They know that there is a terrible truth to those horrific pictures the anti-choice fanatics hold up in front of abortion clinics.

I've had rough first trimesters. But once you get into the second, it's fine after that.

Sprout's a really cool app for pregnant women. It shows you what your baby's development is in real time, so I find myself checking it quite often.

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.

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

Ultrasound is instrumental in the fight against abortion precisely because it allows women to make an informed choice by shedding light in a place which, for most of its history, has been shrouded in secrecy.

I went up a pants size during my pregnancy.

Pregnancy isn't 'I can eat whatever I want,' because you have to remember you're going to be stuck with a lot of that weight afterwards that you need to try to get off.

The good thing about being pregnant is that I don't have to worry about sucking it in or dieting!

I love being pregnant!

Taking pre-natal vitamins can minimise birth defects and can lower the chances both of morning sickness and premature delivery.

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

Nausea is a normal but unpleasant effect of pregnancy and a really good sign that it is going well. Women who experience nausea in early pregnancy are less likely to miscarry.

I've always been told I have a giant placenta.

My first pregnancy, I gained 75 pounds.

I gained 60 pounds, and I'm proud of it. Why do I need to watch my weight when I'm pregnant? I could eat whatever the hell I want to eat.

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

I think the word 'pregnant' is funny.

I like trying to get pregnant, I'm not so sure about childbirth.

But when you have a baby inside you, you're like 'Whoa!' Anything can happen here, I've got to give this baby all the nutrients it needs and really take care of myself, so this is definitely the healthiest I've ever been in my life.

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

God, my brain really goes to mush when I'm pregnant.

Pregnancy is of course confined to women, but it is in other ways significantly different from the typical covered disease or disability.

When I was pregnant with my first child, I was 35 years old, and I was working in a pet shop.