Julie Andrews Quotes

I never thought I would be one of those wacky chicks who say, 'I loved my labor,' but I loved every part of it. It was the best day of my life.

All those cliches, those things you hear about having a baby and motherhood - all of them are true. And all of them are the most beautiful things you will ever experience.

I think it's such a blessing to be able to have a child, and good and bad, whatever you go through, it's so worth it, and it's such an unbelievable time - you have someone growing inside of you!

You don't know what love is until you meet your child.

Seeing my child born is so much more important than anything else I've got going on.

I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.

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.

I am very lucky. I have known wonderful romantic love in my life but to actually see this little creature and find him to be the most beautiful creature in the world. I know all mothers and fathers feel that way.

The joy and happiness it gives you or the emotions you go through when you hold your child in your arms for the first time are indescribable! I really thought that there was going be this moment when a ray of light from heaven would come pouring in, background music would start playing with angels singing, but none of that happens!

All parents remember the moment when they first held their children - the tiny crumpled face, an entire new person, emerging from the hospital blanket.

I guess if there is a big spiritual experience in my life, it is me becoming a mother.

I love being pregnant, I love giving birth, I love all that, it's like wearing a wedding dress, I don't want that all to be over.

All my labours were very different, but that moment when you look in your child's eyes for the first time and that feeling of love wooshes into every part of your being was the same for all of them.

The bond between mother and baby is so interesting. Women have been giving birth since the beginning of time, but when it happens to you it feels like a miracle.

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.

I can't think why mothers love them. All babies do is leak at both ends.

You meet your soulmate, and you're like, 'Well, this is it. This is the feeling of falling in love, and it's the most intense it can ever be.' Then you have a child, and it's like - it's huge!

I was there at the birth of my son and had the extraordinary feeling when I first saw him of thinking this was the first person I would willingly die for. I had the same strong feelings when my daughter was born.

When you have the baby, there is no BlackBerry, no computer; you just have the baby on your stomach, and your heart is beating the same time as the baby's. It's very nice.

To be a mother is a magical experience. The whole body is transformed by this.

Having a child makes you realize the importance of life - narcissism goes out the window. Heaven on earth is looking at my little boy. The minute he was born, I knew if I never did anything other than being a mom, I'd be fine.

Becoming a mother has been the best experience of my life, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

It's the most amazing feeling to hold your child in your arms.

When my daughter was born, I said: 'I feel like I know what I've been waiting my whole life to be.'

Carrying a baby is the most rewarding experience a woman can enjoy.