Ayelet Waldman 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.

He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.

It's the most amazing feeling to hold your child in your arms.

I was just so excited to have a child! I held him up like he was Simba in 'The Lion King.' I wanted to sing 'The Circle of Life.'

The first moment I saw my wife breastfeed our daughter minutes after birth, I was hit with a thunderbolt of understanding and awe for the miracle of it all, and I still feel that way.

I love being a mom - I really do! I didn't realize how much I would love it!

My children were the center of my life.

All parents remember the moment when they first held their children - the tiny crumpled face, an entire new person, emerging from the hospital blanket.

I can not forget the moment when I first saw my baby and touched her. My husband Srivatsan was with me in the labour room and his presence energised me.

The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.

Oh, my God. I want to be a mother, and I anticipate loving my children quite fiercely. I think about it all the time, though it's a silly thing to think about because the kind of mother I'll be depends on the kind of children I have. I can't wait to meet them.

I have three sons, and I think we're both fierce protectors of our children.

When you have the baby, there is no BlackBerry, no computer; you just have the baby on your stomach, and your heart is beating the same time as the baby's. It's very nice.

My best moment of 2011 would definitely be the birth of my daughter six weeks ago, on September 25.

Obviously, I'm suffering from lack of sleep, but it truly is a blessing to be a mother.

You'll have an unbelievable sense of calm when you have a baby.

Attraction doesn't stop when a child is born. It's the opposite. Being a mum and dad makes you even sexier.

Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.

I understood once I held a baby in my arms, why some people have the need to keep having them.

It is amazing how a new child can refocus one's direction seconds after its birth.

This baby comes out of you and there's no handbook. They hand you this child and say, 'Don't kill it. Feed it, clothe it and shelter it.' I never knew what that kind of love was. I remember looking at my daughter for the first time and wondering if that's the way my father looked at me.

I thought being on stage was an amazing feeling, but there is nothing that can top watching my wife bring our son into this world.

I think some parents think, 'Oh, having kids is so beautiful; I want others to feel the joy I do.'

I can't stop staring at my beautiful new baby.

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