Quotes about pregnancy can help you relate to your new world when no one else can. They can provide inspiration, wisdom, and hope for the future.
On the other hand, funny pregnancy quotes can help you lighten the load when the journey seems too heavy.
Whether you’re looking for pregnancy quotes for a card, to announce you’re expecting, or to relate with other mothers, there’s a saying here for you.
Keep reading to find:
- Pregnancy announcement quotes
- Being pregnant quotes & quotes about pregnancy
- Pregnancy quotes that are inspirational
- Pregnancy quotes that are funny
Pregnancy Announcement Quotes
If you’re looking for a heartfelt or interesting way to share the good news, scroll through this list of pregnancy announcement quotes. Consider using these pregnant quotes in:
- Announcement cards
- Announcement emails
- Social media post announcements
- Photo captions for your maternity photoshoot
- Display on a letterboard for your maternity photoshoot
- Make a quote wreath to hang in your home
- Include quote in pregnancy announcement video (here’s how to make a video including your baby’s heartbeat!)
The best pregnancy announcement quotes include:
- Roses are red, violets are blue, on [date] our baby is due
- The bun in the oven will be fully cooked on [due date]
- On [due date], God will gift us the best gift in the world
- A baby is brewing
- Our wishes came true. We’re now expecting baby number 2.
- We made a wish. And it came true. Times two! (For announcing twins)
- Oops, I did it again.
- Do you smell that? There’s a bun in the oven!
- We’re one step off from a minivan!
- All our hard work has paid off. We’re pregnant!
- Tiny hands and tiny feet. There’s a baby in the womb to meet.
- So you were wondering why I declined that glass of wine…
- Baby is loading…
- We’ll meet the new love of our life on [due date]
- “A grand adventure is about to begin.” -Winnie the Pooh
- “Now my belly is as noble as my heart.” -Gabriela Mistral
Being Pregnant Quotes & Quotes About Pregnancy
Quotes about pregnancy can make you feel less alone in your experience. Share the joys and the challenges through these sayings.
Here are the best being pregnant quotes and quotes about pregnancy.
“Pregnancy seems designed to prepare you for life as a mother. You start making sacrifices nine months before the child is born, so by the time they put in an appearance you are used to giving things up for them.” -Brett Kiellerop-Morris, My Big Fat Gay Life
“You do a lot of growing up when you’re pregnant. It’s suddenly like, ‘Yikes. Here it is, folks. Playtime is over.’” -Connie Fioretto
“To be pregnant is to be vitally alive, thoroughly woman, and distressingly inhabited.” -Anne Christian Buchanan.
“Pregnancy is getting company inside one’s skin.” -Maggie Scarf
“I’m never as happy as when I’m pregnant. I literally would have 10 babies if I could!” -Tori Spelling
“I think I enjoy being pregnant more than not being pregnant.” -Chrissy Teigen.
“Feeling fat lasts nine months but the joy of becoming a mom lasts forever.” -Nikki Dalton.
“My body has given me the greatest gift of my life.” -Hilary Duff
“A baby is a wishing well. Everyone puts their hopes, their fears, their pasts, their two cents in.” -Elizabeth Bard
“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” — A.A. Milne
“When you moved, I felt squeezed with a wild infatuation and protectiveness. We are one. Nothing, not even death, can change that.” -Suzanne Finnamore, The Zygote Chronicles
“Making the decision to have a child – it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” -Elizabeth Stone.
“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
“I know you, but only because I feel you. How is it possible to love someone so much already? All I know for sure is it’s the strongest feeling I’ve ever felt. We’ve been sharing this body for quite some time, and we’ve already experienced so much together. We can’t wait to meet you.” -Nikkie Reed
“It is the most powerful creation to have life growing inside of you. There is no bigger gift.” -Beyonce
Pregnancy Quotes Inspirational
Pregnancy and motherhood are inspirational: They remind us of our ability to create life. In bringing someone new onto earth, we tend to become more introspective about ourselves and the world around us.
Below are the best inspirational pregnancy quotes.
“In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves.” -Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Let us make pregnancy an occasion when we appreciate our female bodies.” -Merete Leonhardt-Lupa
“We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” -Laura Stavoe Harm
“You never understand life until it grows inside of you.” -Sandra Chami Kassis
“You are the closest I will ever come to magic.” -Suzanne Finnamore
“Maternity is a glorious thing, since all mankind has been conceived, born, and nourished of women.” -Martin Luther
“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.” -Rajneesh
“The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority.” -Olivia Wilde
“Babies are bits of star-dust blown from the hand of God.” -Larry Barretto.
“A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.” -Carl Sandburg
“My goal is to appreciate my body for what it has done.” -Sia Cooper
“A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.” -Amy Tan, The Bonesetter’s Daughter
“There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.” -Chinese Proverb
“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” -George Santayana
“Motherhood is the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge and scary—it’s an act of infinite optimism.” -Gilda Radner
“Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body – meaning that it wasn’t put on this earth to look good in a swimsuit.” -Amy Adams
“In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves.” -Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn.
“There is nothing like a newborn baby to renew your spirit – and to buttress your resolve to make the world a better place.” -Virginia Clinton Kelley.
“There is no way to be a perfect mother… but a million ways to be a good one.” –Jill Churchill
“Whether your pregnancy was meticulously planned, medically coaxed, or happened by surprise, one thing is certain – your life will never be the same.” –Catherine Jones
“There are words in the soul of a newborn baby, wanting and waiting to be written.” -Toba Beta, Betelgeuse Incident
“This is the most extraordinary thing about motherhood – finding a piece of yourself separate and apart that all the same you could not live without.” -Jodi Picoult, Perfect Match
Pregnancy Quotes Funny
You have to admit, pregnancy has its funny, quirky, and awkward moments! Below are the best funny pregnancy quotes.
“Being pregnant was the healthiest I’ve ever been in my life. Except for the cupcakes.” -Ashlee Simpson
“People always say that pregnant women have a glow. And I say it’s because you’re sweating to death.” -Jessica Simpson
“Of course I can do this. I’m pregnant, not brain-damaged. My condition doesn’t change my personality.” -Christine Feehan, Ruthless Game
“By far the most common craving of pregnant women is not to be pregnant.” -Phyllis Diller.
“The condom broke. I know how stupid that sounds. It’s the reproductive version of the dog ate my homework.” -Jennifer Weiner, Little Earthquakes
“Every four weeks I go up a bra size… it’s worth being pregnant just for the breasts.” -Natasha Hamilton
“Months have an average of 30 days, except the 9th month of pregnancy which has about 1,000 days.” -Unknown
“Being pregnant has all kinds of advantages. People keep telling you how beautiful you look. They do it over and over.” -Caterina Fake.
“I have two brains in my body, but I’ve never been so dumb” –Modern Family
“A good way to prepare yourself for parenthood is to talk to rocks because they have similar listening habits.” -Rodney Lacroix
“You don’t realize how many people your friends hate until you have to name your baby.” -Unknown
“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.
“When people congratulate me, I like to say, ‘For what?’ and watch them panic.” -Unknown
“So I asked around and apparently I have a baby bump. And I’m here to tell you that I do! I am not pregnant, but I have had three kids and there is a bump. From now on ladies, I will have a bump. And it will be my baby bump. And let’s just all settle in and get used to it. It’s not going anywhere.” -Jennifer Garner
“Prenatal yoga focuses on breathing and stretching. So does napping.” -Unknown
Summary: Pregnant Quotes
Reading through pregnant quotes can help you reflect on your experience as a parent-to-be. Find inspiration, humor, and nuggets of wisdom by scrolling through the quotes about being pregnant above.
P.S. Have you used a pocket fetal doppler yet? They’re easy to use and allow you to hear your baby’s heartbeat before birth. They provide another level of reassurance and bonding for the whole family.