Awful Quote by Sylvia Plath

For the first few months, I was a comically inept parent. The first night home from the hospital, I held her bare body against…

— Nick Flynn

Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption.

— Paul Reiser

All unwillingly I opened my eyes - then I opened them wider, and lifted my head. The heat, my weariness, were quite forgotten. Piercing…

— Sarah Waters

After I'd given birth to Stella, some woman at the market grabbed my belly and asked when I was due. When she had the…

— Tori Spelling

When my first daughter was born, my husband held her in his hands and said, 'My God, she's so beautiful.' I unwrapped the baby…

— Ayelet Waldman

I remember seeing a photograph of myself en pointe with my hand over my head and the other hand turned in under my breast…

— Lisa Yuskavage

I was always dragging my poor mother to some school production, and sometimes shed be so embarrassed shed want to slide under the table,…

— Kim Wayans

I remember my eldest daughter pulling herself up on the sofa and using it as a balance point. I was calling to her across…

— Adrian Lester

When I was little, I fell in the toilet and somebody had to come get me out. I was really embarrassed because I was…

— Nick Cannon

I was born an ugly duckling due to my mother's ill health. She wasn't supposed to be pregnant, there were all kinds of complications,…

— Bernie Siegel

Giving birth to my daughter was certainly memorable, like a slap in the face. I arrived at the hospital in total denial, having not…

— Angela Scanlon