The most empowering feminist act is for women to be taught about the ways babies bond and then decide what they want to do.
Babies did not attract me, and I was altogether without the maternal sense so highly developed in small and adolescent girls.
I'm doing stand-up comedy. I'm working on a one-woman show about how I don't like my baby. There is a period of time where a baby is born where the next 3 months is harrowing. A lot of people say it's the most wonderful time, but for me it was harrowing.
I breastfed my son for 13 months, and I plan to do at least the same with my daughter. That's an amazing thing for babies, but it's also really good for the mother because it regulates your body again after pregnancy.
I admire the women who can have babies and jump right back to work. As a nursing mother, I couldn’t sit there and just pump all day. I needed to be close to my baby.
Somehow I am really relaxed within the chaos of having a baby - and anyone who's a mother knows it's very hard to relax, because there is so much to do and worry about!
I met Drew Barrymore, and she was so cool. She told me, 'I know I just had my baby three weeks ago, and that's why I'm emotional, but I cried when you performed.' And then she pulled out a tissue and said, 'Look, I was sobbing.'
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.
Reason number 106 why dogs are smarter than humans: once you leave the litter, you server contact with your mothers.
I deal with postpartum feelings by reaching out to mom friends. I became very close with some of the women in my prenatal yoga class.
Breastfeeding is this savage ritual that just reminds you that your body is a cafeteria now.
My sisters and mom raised me to respect women and open doors for them.
I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.
There are unwanted emotions and pain that goes along with any birth.
I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I'm trying to be what my mother wasn't for me. My mother's battled depression, so I understand it now as a parent, some of the things that she must have been going through.
My mother made soft polenta often, and as a child, I would watch her stir until she looked like her arm would fall off.
Maybe mothers - consciously or subconsciously - repelled their daughters in different ways.
The mother's love is at first an absorbing delight, blunting all other sensibilities; it is an expansion of the animal existence.
Pregnancy is a time for women to feel more connected with their bodies, and yet often the opposite occurs.
The invisible bond that gives the baby rein to discover his place in the world also brings the creeping baby back to home base....In this way he recharges himself. He refuels on the loving energies that flow to him from his mother. Then he's off for another foray of adventure and exploration.
To be honest, I wish I had more mom friends.
My producers and directors are pampering me like crazy. I don't mind being pregnant forever.
The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.
My childhood was lonely. Both my parents were away a lot, working, and the maid basically raised me. And I think that's where a lot of my comedy comes from. Not only was the maid very funny and witty, but when my mother came home I'd use humour to try and get her attention. If I made mommy laugh, then maybe everything would be all right. I think that's where it [my comedy] all started.
I believe that connecting with other moms is so important; after all, we are all on this crazy journey together and no one understands what we're going through better than each other.
