Because parents are transients in the maternity care system, there is little cumulative birth experience over successive generations of mothers. Women giving birth don't make the same mistakes as their mothers or grandmothers-they make new ones. — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
“mum's dress. mum loved big parties. she loved dressing up and champagne bubbles tickling her nose, and dancing with her arms above her head,… — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
“You've got the wrong criteria." Huh?" You need to make more intellectual decisions, fewer emotional ones..." 'Decisions' came out a bit slurred. What the… — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
Childbirth calls into question our very existence, requiring an expectant couple to confront not only new life but death, pain, fear and, most of… — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
“You made new rules for the people you loved. They weren't subject to the same judgment criteria you reserved for the rest of the… — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
“ed. now. picking at the scab that was starting to heal over. why did guys do that? too little too late?” — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
“please don't carry my love for you with you forever. but don't let that be all. our capacity to love is vast - all… — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
“when she was younger, hannah liked to feel sad, so long as it was artifical sad' that was what she called it when the… — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
Adulthood isn't black and white - it's a thousand shades of grey. Or taupe. It's not who you are, it's where you are. — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
“the big problem with motherhood of girls, it seems to me, is that we're both women. ” — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
“she was a person, jen, and people aren't perfect. and she wasn't perfect. and that's okay” — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
“I don't remember why it all went so wrong. I mean, I do remember. I remember what i did. I just don't remember why anymore. This - you and me - this feels so right. It just seems stupid - so stupid - that we had it before, and we let it go. We wasted so much time. I'm sorry.'… — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share
“I can't believe you came all this way, No one ever did anything like that for me before.' His eyes bored into her. 'No… — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
