Birth mothers choose life, and a family, for their child. But this choice is rarely celebrated. Women routinely face family, friends and even health-care providers who think that adoption equals abandonment, according to researchers and conversations with birth mothers.
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Related Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers ~ strong, competent, capable mo... BARBARA KATZ ROTHMAN Birth unites women in the power of oneness; the extraordinary gift we deeply share as mothers. Belly... MAHA AL MUSA Having a little girl has been like following an old treasure map with the important paths torn away. HEATHER GUDENKAUF A mother isn’t the person who births you; it’s the person who rears you and shows you love. RAQUEL CEPEDA Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but ... life... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ ...human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but...lif... GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ Life is this simple ~ birth, eat, drink, play, explore, and relate to family and friends; be happy a... JAMES A. MURPHY He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on... 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It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles de... KRISTIN HANNAH World fertility surveys indicate that anywhere from one third to one half of the babies born in the ... DONELLA MEADOWS I can't describe our happiness in words. This is a new birth for the whole family. DHARITRI ROUT Women without children are also the best of mothers,often, with the patience,interest, and saving gr... LOUISE ERDRICH I see myself as having three families: my birth family, the family that raised me, and my Cree famil... BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his. OSCAR WILDE Obviously, it's the women who are the 'mothers' who will stay home to take care of their young. Spok... C.J. STEVENS And an unaware witch means a witch who doesn't know she's a witch, and because she's a women that ma... JOSEPH DELANEY In addition to balancing work and family, women need to think about their own health and their own w... DANA HURST Because I know my daughter," she said. "And I know very well that the only way to absolutely ensure ... JIM BUTCHER All I know is that I carried you for nine months. I fed you, I clothed you, I paid for your college ... JODI PICOULT How big are souls anyway?" asked Coraline. The other mother sat down at the kitchen table and l... NEIL GAIMAN I suppose the mothers of most twelve-year-old boys live with the uneasy conviction that their sons a... SHIRLEY JACKSON My biggest wish is to meet with ordinary and common people, to visit their families, that face curre... ISLOM KARIMOV Probably there is nothing in human nature more resonant with charges than the flow of energy between... ADRIENNE RICH Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose ... OLIVER HUDSON Dying is an integral part of life, as natural and predictable as being born. But whereas birth is ca... ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS sometimes moms are bribes, bludgeoning, with tongues that chase you whenever you... KAY ULANDAY BARRETT Mothers and daughters together are a powerful force to be reckoned with MELIA KEETON-DIGBY Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of... MARY ANTIN It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting littl... ROALD DAHL Who said Relationship doesn’t need afford is not at relationship at All. THANH LUU Readers tell me that my novels are filled with significant mothers. Do I realize this? Do I do it on... JULIA GLASS Most of these women are returning to work anywhere from six to 12 weeks after giving birth. There is... PAT MCGOVERN This is extremely convenient if there's like a birth in the family that you want to send meals to. DIANE CHEEK What's really fun is seeing mothers bringing their daughters to the shows. And the best part is ... PETER NOONE Who comes with Summer to this earth
And owes to June her day of birth,
With ring of Agate on h... UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR Wear Red Day is an opportunity for everyone to remember their female friends and family members who ... ALICE JACOBS 35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of ... OSCAR WILDE It was not very effective, especially among women who already have given birth to a child. JAMES TRUSSELL The gangs filled a void in society, and the void was the absence of family life. The gang became a f... DREXEL DEAL What's happened with the over-the-counter birth control issue is that the Democrats didn't s... KELLYANNE CONWAY Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who ... OSCAR WILDE I'm not a good father and they're not children any more; the eldest is in his fifties. My re... WILBUR SMITH Women who miscalculate are called mothers. ABIGAIL VAN BUREN So, the total number of hours spent on the stuff you have to do to take care of a family, working an... JAMES LEVINE The old philosophy was that parents, especially mothers, caused their kids to become schizophrenic. ... DR. JOHN TALBOTT Social services, not wealth per se, seem to be the key to lower birth rates. The Chinese, although a... DONELLA MEADOWS Family planning, birth control, no Muslim family can practice such an understanding. RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN When mothers earn their fair share, young children have greater access to quality health care, educa... KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND Real mothers don't just listen with humble embarrassment to the elderly lady who offers unsolicited ... JODI PICOULT Madlen came to sit beside her on the bed. "Lady Queen," she said with her own particular brand of ro... KRISTIN CASHORE Most young men are such bores. They haven't lived long enough to learn that they are not the wonders... L.M. MONTGOMERY I think home has become my friends and family, wherever they are. RACHEL BROSNAHAN Mothers who know do less. They permit less of what will not bear good fruit eternally. They allow le... JULIE B. BECK We encourage women with breast cancer to carefully consider their treatment options in consultation ... ANN GEIGER I've spent a great deal of time over the past decade as a caregiver for various family members. ... WENDY E. LONG I had a lot of conversations with my family, my close friends, with my pastor, with God, and kind of... CAITLYN JENNER Listening to Eddy describe his relationship with our mom seemed to indicate that what I feared would... JANET LOUISE STEPHENSON It's a notion that career-oriented women often neglect their families. But we should cut them so... MADHURI DIXIT And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refuse... LOUISE SLAUGHTER To the former child migrants, who came to Australia from a home far away, led to believe this land w... MALCOLM TURNBULL The images I like best are parts of series that I've started, in some cases, with the pregnancie... JOCK STURGES When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it's a mere formality. It doesn't matter if ... ERMA BOMBECK All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his. OSCAR WILDE All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No
man does. That is his. OSCAR WILDE (OSCAR FINGAL O'FLAHERTIE WILDE) Adoption is a beautiful, burdensome blessing. JODY CANTRELL DYER My own mother, my sister and nearly all the women in my family had full-time jobs as mothers. They w... JANINE DI GIOVANNI TV family sitcoms have always been about fathers who know best and mothers who are so enchanted with... ROSEANNE BARR
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