#maternity

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#been #companion #dinner #done #go

I used to forget that I was an Indian woman. I would even forget that I was a woman. I don't think of myself as bringing to the table a lot of 'women's issues.' I don't feel the need to write about maternity. I grew up thinking that the talented people in comedy were hard-joke writers. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#bringing #comedy #even #feel #forget

I demand for the unmarried mother, as a sacred channel of life, the same reverence and respect as for the married mother; for Maternity is a cosmic thing and once it has come to pass, our conversation must not be permitted to blaspheme it. ↗

— Ben Lindsey

#come #conversation #cosmic #demand #i

Many of our problems in US maternity care stem from the fact that we leave no room for recognizing when nature is smarter than we are. ↗

— Ina May Gaskin

#maternity-care #nature #technology #nature

Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits. ↗

— Dale Dauten

#benefits #birth #bureaucracy #expects #gives

War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace. ↗

— Benito Mussolini

#i #i do #man #maternity #peace

I'm excited about going back to 'Today,' but, at odd moments, I'll grit my teeth in anxiety. I feel like a student before the start of school. I've got my new shoes and my book bag, but I'm not sure I'll remember how to do trigonometry. During my maternity leave, I haven't used many words of more than one syllable. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#anxiety #back #bag #before #book

Hospitals are very extreme places - you can be in a maternity room one minute, and by someone's bedside as they're dying the next. ↗

— James Purefoy

#dying #extreme #hospitals #maternity #minute

I'm not taking maternity leave from 'Big Brother.' I e-mailed my boss over there this weekend and I said, 'Don't worry. I can still do the show! ↗

— Julie Chen

#big brother #boss #brother #i #i can

And under Obamacare, insurance companies can no longer discriminate against women. Before, some wouldn't cover women's most basic needs, like contraception and maternity care, but would still charge us up to 50 percent more than men - for a worse plan. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#basic #basic needs #before #care #charge