We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings.

It's tricky because you have to treat the mother and the baby. The mothers are in turmoil, so we try to reassure them that they will do well and get them to concentrate on delivering the baby.

A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary

A praying mother is more precious and valuable than all the riches in the world.

[Pending legislation would put the brakes on drive-through deliveries. Insurers would be forced to allow new mothers and their babies 48 hours in the hospital after a normal birth, 96 hours for a cesarean section.] Our bill, ... seeks to ensure that the bottom line of the insurance industry will never be able to inflict such tragedy again.

There are various names for god- Allah, Almighty, Jesus and hundreds of other names but the one I like the most is 'mother'.