At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone.
Boris Pasternak

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.
Gloria Steinem

I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding it.
Brigitte Bardot

I have always wanted to act ever since I was a little girl. I would put a blanket under my shirt and pretend that I was pregnant. Then, I would go through childbirth.
Dakota Fanning

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

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

I once heard two ladies going on and on about the pains of childbirth and how men don't seem to know what real pain is. I asked if either of them ever got themselves caught in a zipper.
Emo Philips

It is incumbent upon us to respond to the unique needs of military women and ensure they receive proper care during the first year following childbirth.
Susan Collins

On the one hand, we'll never experience childbirth. On the other hand, we can open all our own jars.
Bruce Willis

Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran mother. It can occur a few days... or a few months after childbirth.
Richard J. Codey

Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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.
Margaret Mead

We in the West do not refrain from childbirth because we are concerned about the population explosion or because we feel we cannot afford children, but because we do not like children.
Germaine Greer