Motherly Feelings Quotes

I think I would probably have been a good mother.

The instant feeling I had after I gave birth was you couldn't get that baby in my hands fast enough.

Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.

...for, however all other feelings may be withered in a woman's nature, there is always one bright smiling spot in the maternal breast, and that is where a dearly-beloved child is concerned.

I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.

No one believes me when I talk about this, but I'm really, really maternal.

I was always very maternal with my friends. I wasn't the kind of little girl that played with dolls and pretended I was the mommy. I wasn't that child, so when I say I was always maternal, I don't mean in that sense - but I've always been a nurturer.

I was never the girl who yearned for children. I pretended to be interested in other people's kids, but that was obviously just an act.

Being a mum is something that's never bothered me too much. I have never felt a strong need to have children, but I am not averse to it either.

Some things make me emotional in a good way. When my son does well in school, I get real emotional because that's a testament to what I'm feeding him at home on a daily basis as far as knowledge goes. I wasn't so emotional until I had my first son.

Right now I'm still only 25 and I don't think the maternal bug has hit me yet.

You don't realize how easy one is until you have two. Now I'm really a mom. Oh, I am a mom now! This is for serious — I am responsible for two people now.

I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids.

I would love to have children, as I am such a mommy. I have always been like that.

I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted so badly to be.

I happen to find motherhood a very natural state, but I know a lot of other people don't.

I remember noticing, when I had my babies, how much I liked them, and not just loved them, but I was really into them. I knew I was going to be curious about them and up for the mayhem ahead. But at the same time, I remember noticing I was relieved this thing was present in me. And I hadn't realised there might be a doubt.

So far I'm not surprised by anything about being a mom. It's all pretty great - but that's what I expected.

Motherhood is not only something very pure and very full of love, it can be full of dark things, too.

I love motherhood. I certainly wasn't aware of any mothering instincts until I had babies. I wasn't a person who desperately wanted to have kids, but you don't get it until you do it, and, suddenly, this nurturing instinct exists.