Daniela Ruah Quotes

I was 17 pounds when I was born. My mother couldn't walk for three weeks.

I know we can't always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural - no epidural, no interventions. Wish me luck.

I had a really scary pregnancy and a very difficult delivery. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive.

When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds; but God let it live.

Two premature babies was not a genetic thing; we were just unlucky.

It wasn't such a pleasant experience. We went through 14 hours with contractions every two minutes, no epidural, no nothing. Every two minutes, I would pass out. I went to the hospital on Saturday, and Levi was born on Monday.

I know that I have this platform with our fans and with social media and all of that good stuff. I really hope that people become more aware of premature birth, and I hope there's more that can be done to prevent this.

I love being a mom and having two kids. But I've had two C-sections, and I have suffered enough. That's my favourite mantra when it comes to motherhood.

Everyone has an image of a premature child, but until you live it and experience it, you just don't know how bad it is.

I encourage my fans to get involved, whether it's just educating yourself on premature birth, or you can donate or volunteer.

I nearly missed the births of both of my children, and both were around international weeks.

I might not be here if it wasn't for the research and the technology that March of Dimes provided for my family and me.

I'm working with the March of Dimes to help make sure more babies have the chance of tomorrow.

I was born on the eighteenth of December, 1935, in the town Bourg-en-Bresse, about thirty miles northeast of Lyon, the second of three sons of Jeanne and Jean-Victor Pepin. Weighing only two and one half pounds, I nearly died at birth.

I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.

The target audience goes back to conception. That means pre-natal care, safe delivery, post-natal screening, and the ordinary stuff you do in pediatrics.

The mind is more powerful than anything. So, during the birth I wasn't thinking about the pain. I was in a meditation state. I was concentrating the whole time, thinking, 'Oh my God, it's time. I am going to meet my baby. What is he going to look like?'

There is nothing that anyone can say to prepare you for childbirth. Each woman's experience is so different; you never know how it will be for you!

If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.

With Ciel and with Rex, I said 'no epidural.' I recovered, I was walking right after I had them, just did a lot of praying all through my pregnancy that they would be healthy and my deliveries would go without a problem. I was really blessed.

The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow with one's mind.

Anybody who knows about having a premature baby, it's horrific. He was part of a twin, and I lost his sister.

I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.

The main concern with a very large baby is difficulty in delivery.

I feel so privileged as a mom to be part of a significant organization like the March of Dimes that works hard to prevent prematurity and helps moms to have healthy babies.