10 Famous Motherhood Quotes For Struggling Postpartum Mamas

Motherhood is about connection. 

It’s about the connection we feel to our newborns, our growing children. 

It’s about the connection we feel with other women in similar stages of life as our own. 

It’s about the reconnection with ourselves as we redefine who we are and work towards restoring much-needed balance.  

But it’s not an easy road. We’re often disappointed in its outcomes, even if we didn’t think things would turn out this way. 

Maybe life as a new mom is not how we had imagined it would be, and now, more often than we care to admit, we’re constantly weighed down by the “shoulds” of motherhood, doubting our readiness to be mothers. 

Maybe we don’t have many people we can go to who can understand what we’re going through, to help validate so many of our more complex feelings. 

Or maybe we’ve lost a vital piece of ourselves in our deepest struggle to find a new normal. 

Mama, we want to remind you that you’re not alone. 

In fact, there are so many women out there who not only agree but understand you deeply and thoroughly. 

Here are our 10 favorite postpartum quotes from famous mamas that’ll help you feel validated, heard, and connected. 

1.  Princess Diana

“It had been quite a difficult pregnancy — I hadn't been very well throughout it — so by the time William arrived it was a great relief because it was all peaceful again, and I was well for a time. Then I was unwell with postnatal depression, which no one ever discusses, postnatal depression, you have to read about it afterward, and that in itself was a bit of a difficult time. You'd wake up in the morning feeling you didn't want to get out of bed, you felt misunderstood and just very, very low in yourself. … I received a great deal of treatment, but I knew in myself that actually what I needed was space and time to adapt to all the different roles that had come my way. I knew I could do it, but I needed people to be patient and give me the space to do it.”  

2. Danielle Brooks 

"I gained a lot of weight during my pregnancy, and I think I did go through postpartum depression. I was trying to stay positive when it felt like my whole world had flipped upside down. Creating a human takes a toll on women's bodies. Sometimes we don't give ourselves enough love or patience about that."  

3.  Sarah Michelle Gellar 

“Having kids is wonderful, and life-changing, and rarely what you're prepared for. I love my children more than anything in the world. But like a lot of women, I too struggled with postpartum depression after my first baby was born. I got help and made it through, and every day since has been the best gift I could ever have asked for. To those of you going through this, know that you're not alone and that it really does get better.”  

4. Bryce Dallas Howard 

“Postpartum depression is hard to describe — the way the body and mind and spirit fracture and crumble in the wake of what most believe should be a celebratory time. I cringed when I watched my interview on television because of my inability to share authentically what I was going through, what so many women go through. I fear more often than not, for this reason alone, we choose silence. And the danger of being silent means only that others will suffer in silence and may never be able to feel whole because of it.”  

5. Adele 

“I had really bad postpartum depression after I had my son, and it frightened me. … My knowledge of postpartum — or postnatal, as we call it in England — is that you don’t want to be with your child; you’re worried you might hurt your child; you’re worried you weren’t doing a good job. But I was obsessed with my child. I felt very inadequate; I felt like I’d made the worst decision of my life. … It can come in many different forms.”  

6. Judy Dippel 

“Being a new mother is supposed to be the happiest time of your life, but postpartum depression and anxiety strip that away for a time, but trust that it will not last forever.” 

7. Polly Berrien Berends 

“Parenthood always comes as a shock. Postpartum blues? Postpartum panic is more like it. We set out to have a baby; what we get is a total take-over of our lives.”

8. Courtney Cox 

“I couldn’t sleep. My heart was racing. And I got really depressed. I went to the doctor and found out my hormones had been pummeled.” 

9. Amy Poehler 

“I mean, I look back now and realize that I was unprepared for what my emotions and body and energy level would, you know, consist of…There’s not enough, in my opinion, not enough working mothers who kind of talk about who they leaned on and how they got through that difficult time.”  

10. Serena Williams 

"Sometimes I still think I have to deal with it. I think people have to talk about it more, because it’s almost like the fourth trimester, it’s part of the pregnancy. I remember one day, I couldn't find Olympia’s bottle and I got so upset I started crying ... because I wanted to be perfect for her."

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Mama, it’s never wrong to need more support. You’re so much stronger than you know, even if you’re feeling completely insecure. 

The resources are here for you. 

Here at Bloome, we are dedicated to transforming the narrative around motherhood – celebrating the joyous highs and supporting you in the moments that seem impossible to get through. 

We are here for you, guiding you through one of the most emotional journeys you’ll ever take. 

Book a free consultation with us. We have a process in place that’ll make this SO much easier on you so that you can focus on your well-being with an open heart. 

Always in your corner, 

Team Bloome