Quotes about pregnancy for mums-to-be

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by Lorna White |
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It's nearly impossible to sum pregnancy up in just a few words. But sometimes, especially if you're having one of those days, an inspiring quote about pregnancy can really help sum up how you're feeling.

When it comes to relatable pregnancy quotes, different quotes will be needed on different days depending on how you feel. Some days, you might need a comforting quote to ease your nerves about becoming new parents or a quote to inspire you on your path to motherhood.

Below, we've rounded up some quotes for when you're feeling the love, quotes for pregnant couples, quotes for those days you are struggling, pregnancy quotes to make you laugh and pregnancy quotes for when you need a boost of positivity.

Love being pregnant quotes

  1. "You never understand life until it grows inside of you." —  Sandra Chami Kassis
  1. "My body has given me the greatest gift of my life." —  Hilary Duff
  1. "I am in love with a human I haven't met yet." —  Ivonne Maria Reynolds
  1. "A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty." — Unknown
  1. "Being pregnant means every day is another day closer to meeting the other love of my life." —  Unknown
  1. "9 months preparing to fall in love for a lifetime."
  1. “Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be.” —  Carrie Fisher
  1. “Pregnancy is getting company inside one’s skin.” — Maggie Scarf
  1. “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” — A.A. Milne
  1. "You are proof that love before first sight does exist." - Araceli M. Ream

Pregnancy quotes for pregnant couples

  1. You don't know love until you've grown a life inside of you that is half of the one you can't live without.
  1. “The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” — George Satayana
  1. “To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with.” — Mark Twain
  1. “Family is not an important thing, it’s everything.” — Michael J. Fox
  1. “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” — Audrey Hepburn
  1. "Having a baby is like falling in love again, both with your partner and your child" - Tina Brown
  1. "I never knew how much I loved your daddy until I saw how much he loved you."
  1. "Once you're parents your marriage matters more not less, because now, other people are counting on you."
  1. "We've been through a lot already, and have many more hurdles to cross , but I can't wait to cross them together."
  1. "Isn't it cool that one day you might have little people running around your house that are half you and half the person you love."

For the days you're struggling with pregnancy

  1. "Some of the days you feel so inadequate that you might not be strong enough to be a mother, there's a lively kick inside you and it reminds you there's someone who already believes in you."
  1. "No matter how hard my day has been, all it takes is one little kick to make everything feel alright."
  1. "Feeling fat lasts nine months but the joy of becoming a mom lasts forever." - Nikki Dalton.
  1.  “Inhale. Exhale. Everything is going to be okay. Actually, it’s going to turn out better than okay, you’ll see”  – Notsalmon.com
  1. "Bad moments don’t make bad mamas” – Lysa Terkeurst
  1. “I hope you know you’re capable and brave and significant. Even when it feels like you’re not.” – Thethingswesay.com
  1. "A new baby is like the beginning of all things – wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.” – Eda LeShan
  1. “Think of stretch marks as pregnancy service stripes.” – Joyce Armor
  1. “Of course I can do this. I’m pregnant, not brain-damaged. My condition doesn’t change my personality.”  Christine Feehan
  1. "Part of being a parent is rolling with the punches, so consider an unexpected pregnancy the universe’s way of helping you to learn to do that." - Heather Wittenberg

Funny pregnancy quotes

  1. "Pregnancy is the happiest excuse for feeling like crap."
  1. "There are two things in life for which we are never fully prepared: twins" — Josh Billings.
  1. “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
  1. “People always say that pregnant women have a glow. And I say it’s because you’re sweating to death.” — Jessica Simpson
  1. “Every four weeks I go up a bra size… it’s worth being pregnant just for the breasts.” — Natasha Hamilton
  1. “If you want to know the feeling, just take your bottom lip and pull it over your head.” — Carol Burnett
  1. “During my first pregnancy, the people I was around told me how great I looked, asked me how I was feeling, saved the comfiest chairs for me, and stocked the office with decaf tea. This time around, the person I spend the most time with—although she seems to think I'm swell—insists on eating my food and waking me up early every morning.” — Emily Fisk
  1. "That first pregnancy is a long sea journey to a country where you don't know the language." - Emily Perkins.
  1. "It’s an established fact. Some women can’t stand being pregnant, getting big and bloated, and hauling around a giant stomach, and some women, for reasons probably understood by Darwin, love it." - Rich Cohen.
  1. “Everybody leave me alone. I’ve had a busy day being pregnant and I have to do it again tomorrow.”

Positive pregnancy quotes

  1. "It is the most powerful creation to have life growing inside of you. There is no bigger gift." —  Beyonce
  1. "Even miracles take a little time" —  Unknown
  1. "The funny thing about pregnancy is that you are not just creating a child, you are also creating a mother."
  1. “You are already my favourite adventure.” — Hannah Ferrier
  1. “We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” — Laura Stavoe Harm
  1. “You are pregnant and you are powerful. You are bold and you are beautiful. Go forward in your boldness, in your beauty and in your contentedness. Trust your body to birth and know that the collective power of women worldwide will be with you.” — Unknown
  1. “When I was pregnant, I was so huge and people on the bus would get up for me. That made me feel so precious and valued and valuable. I try to treat everyone like they’re pregnant.” — Mariska Hargitay
  1. “Pregnancy is the only time when you can do nothing at all and still be productive.” — Evan Esar
  1. "Pregnancy can be a time when you take tremendous pleasure in eating, not only because you may enjoy food more but also because you know that it is nourishing both you and your baby.” — Martha Rose and Jane L. Davis
  1. "Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body." - Amy Adams
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