Parenting: New Mom Quotes

Discover a thoughtful collection of quotes for new moms, highlighting encouragement, patience, and the small victories of early parenthood. Selections span gentle wisdom, light humor, and heartfelt reminders to rest, breathe, and celebrate progress. Find words that honor the bond forming with your baby, acknowledge sleepless nights, and support self-kindness as routines evolve. Whether seeking a quick lift or a meaningful line to share, these quotes offer calm perspective and steady reassurance for the newborn season.

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"Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head"

Carol Burnett, Actress

"A lot of women say they love being pregnant, but I wasn't such a big fan"

Marion Jones, Athlete

Marion Jones

"I didn't worry about leaving the fast lane - I was just so consumed with my baby that it seemed like the right thing to do. I never felt like I left New York, though. If you've lived in a place and loved it, you never feel like you left it"

Sissy Spacek, Actress

"They are very healthy. Yes, they were sucking and breathing on their own and everything when they came out. So there was no need to stay in the hospital. So we took them home the next day"

Cheryl Tiegs, Model

Cheryl Tiegs

"Normal birth to me should not be numb from the waist down and waiting for the doctor to tell you to push. There's a reason we feel it. There's a reason we need to feel it"

Ricki Lake, Entertainer

"I just had a baby. I'm not going to work unless it's something really special and meaningful, because I can't imagine missing all that time with my daughter"

Gwyneth Paltrow, Actress

"I did kung fu up until two weeks before Benjamin was born, and yoga three days a week. I think a lot of people get pregnant and decide they can turn into garbage disposals. I was mindful about what I ate, and I gained only 30 pounds"

Gisele Bundchen, Model

"Being pregnant was the healthiest I've ever been in my life. Except for the cupcakes"

Ashlee Simpson, Musician

Ashlee Simpson

"When I was pregnant, I exercised and was healthy, but it was also the first time since I was 14 that I wasn't on a diet"

Liv Tyler, Actress

"In the pregnancy process I have come to realize how much of the burden is on the female partner. She's got a construction zone going on in her belly"

Al Roker, Entertainer

"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, Scientist

Margaret Mead

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

George Eliot, Author

George Eliot

"Let's get a couple of things straight. It hasn't been years and years since I made a movie. I'm not coming back from the dead - I've just had two kids! I have no intention of retiring, but I do think it's impossible to do movie after movie, because there aren't that many good films made"

Julia Roberts, Actress

Julia Roberts

"I'm not interested in being Wonder Woman in the delivery room. Give me drugs"

Madonna Ciccone, Entertainer

Madonna Ciccone

"In the period where I had to live the life of a citizen - a life where, like everybody else, I did tons of laundry and cleaned toilet bowls, changed hundreds of diapers and nursed children - I learned a lot"

Patti Smith, Musician

"Oh, yeah, I see the world differently now. Actually, when I first had the baby, I was breast-feeding him for two years straight. So we were together for two years of his life, every single day, all hours of the day. So I was two people, and I eventually morphed back into one"

Erykah Badu, Musician

Erykah Badu

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

Natalie Wood, Actress

"For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby"

Natalie Wood, Actress

"I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom"

Kristi Yamaguchi, Athlete

"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, Actress

"When I got pregnant my foot grew, but I was denying it. I've been denying it for three years"

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Actress

"I think that what scares me more than getting fat during pregnancy is the responsibility of a child"

Carol Alt, Model

Carol Alt

"I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor"

Loretta Lynn, Musician

Loretta Lynn

"But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted"

Mercedes Ruehl, Actress

Mercedes Ruehl

"You really don't need to study how to change a diaper. As a new mom, you learn pretty darn quickly!"

Ivanka Trump, Businesswoman

Ivanka Trump

"It was weird because I was pregnant throughout that, so it was weird being a pregnant witch. I was in a really bad mood, but luckily, because I sleep with the director, he just sort of scheduled me so I only had to do it two nights"

Helena Bonham Carter, Actress

"The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken lightly"

Gloria Estefan, Musician

Gloria Estefan

"So, I kind of rather was hoping that people thought it would have a nice mixture of different topics and it also takes in the fact that I've had two children recently"

Jo Brand, Comedian

"Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully"

Fay Weldon, Novelist

"It changed me more than anything else. You don't want to get to that place where you're the adult and you're palpably in the next generation. And, this shoved me into that"

Gwyneth Paltrow, Actress

"Because I was newly pregnant, I was sick as a dog, yet I knew all my lines from a year before"

Gwyneth Paltrow, Actress

"It's really unfair to working women in America who read celebrity news and think, 'Why can't I lose weight when I've had a baby?' Well, everyone you're reading about has money for a trainer and a chef. That doesn't make it realistic"

Rachel Zoe, Designer

"I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings. PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not"

Brooke Shields, Actress

Brooke Shields

"There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer"

Nana Mouskouri, Musician

"Well, the first year I lost my voice, I didn't mind so much because I was going to have a baby and I was distracted with him anyway, I didn't even think about it that much, well, OK, this is what's happening"

Rosanne Cash, Musician

"I have the greatest husband. The baby is my main focus right now. We're both so excited. I mean, this is definitely the happiest moment in my life"

Ashlee Simpson, Musician

Ashlee Simpson

"The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important"

Brooke Shields, Actress

Brooke Shields

"I knew it was going to be the most extraordinary thing in my life, but how powerful it is you can never know until you have a baby"

Celine Dion, Musician

"I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart from the contracts I have, and then I only let them use my face"

Gisele Bundchen, Model

"Maybe I was just lucky, but I had the best pregnancy, and I loved giving birth. It was just the most amazing thing, so surreal but so real"

Ashlee Simpson, Musician

Ashlee Simpson

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