45 Best Postpartum Quotes to Inspire New Moms

Check out these incredibly powerful postpartum quotes to help you along this new motherhood journey! I hope you find comfort in these quotes about postpartum if you are a first time mom.

Welcoming a newborn into the world is a miraculous experience, but it can also be a challenging one for new mothers. The postpartum period can be physically and emotionally exhausting, leaving many women feeling overwhelmed and isolated.

Positive postpartum quotes have the power to inspire, uplift, and motivate new moms during this special time in their lives. These new mom quotes can help new mothers find comfort in the knowledge that they are not alone in their struggles and that there is hope for a brighter tomorrow.

They can also serve as a reminder that motherhood is a journey, and while it may be difficult at times, it’s also one of the most rewarding experiences a woman can have.

Here are 45+ postpartum inspirational quotes for new moms and anyone who needs a mental health pick me up during this postpartum period.

This site is for educational purposes only. It does not give diagnoses, and it does not serve as a substitute for seeking help from a licensed professional. Always talk to your doctor or therapist for physical, mental, and emotional concerns.

Best Postpartum Quotes 

Pregnancy is oftentimes filled with joyful, happy moments, filled with excitement of your newborn baby arriving. However, when you bring home your new baby, it changes you. You absolutely love your child but you are feeling unsure in your ability as a mom.

These are some quotes about postpartum that I especially loved that talk about this postpartum period.

1. “There will be so many times you feel like you’ve failed. But in the eyes, heart and mind of your child, you are super mom.” -Stephanie Precourt
2. “You’ll learn to lower your expectations about what you can accomplish in a day. Some days, it will be all you can do to keep a baby safe, warm, and fed, and that will be enough” -Unknown
3. “You’re always going to wonder if you’re doing things wrong, but that’s what it means to be a mom, to care so much about someone else that you just want to be perfect as possible.” -Naya Rivera
4. “Birth takes a woman’s deepest fears about herself and show her that she is stronger than them.” -Unknown
5. “in communities where you see more support, there is less depression.” -Ariel Gore
6. “Postpartum is very real. And there’s so many resources that we just have to help each other find what they are and keep getting the word out there.” -Reese Witherspoon

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Postpartum Depression Quotes

I have endured postpartum depression, and it is still something I am constantly working on, even three years after my last baby was born.

Postpartum depression is a mental illness that needs to be taken very seriously. While you can read these postpartum depression quotes, they will not cure you or “put you in the right mindset” and you’ll feel all better.

These quotes about postpartum depression are more to hep you know that you are not alone and that you can reach out and get help. It is so worth it when you finally get the help you desperately need!

7. “Do I wish I had never endured postpartum depression? Absolutely. But to deny the experience is to deny who I am.” -Bryce Dallas Howard
8. [Postpartum] is a raw time when you need your friends and family to swoop in a very real way. -June Diane Raphael
9. “There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” -Jill Churchill
10. “Now let me be clear: There is absolutely nothing wrong with taking anti-depressants or any other medication prescribed by your doctor for postpartum depression or any other illness. And just like there is no one-size-fits all postpartum-depression diagnosis, there is no one-size-fits-all cure.” -Rasheeda Frost
11. “There is hope in knowing this about postpartum depression: You are not the only one to experience this confining, crazy making inner chaos within yourself.” -Judy Dippel
12. “Mental illness lives all around us every day. I’ve seen it in other family members, I’ve seen it in friends, and I’ve dealt with it myself with my own postpartum depression.” -Rachel Hollis

If you are struggling with postpartum anxiety or depression, you can and will feel better with the right help.

Check out these mom anxiety quotes too!

Postpartum Depression Quotes for Husband 

Even dads struggle during the postpartum period too! Here are some postpartum quotes for your husband so he knows he is not alone either!

20. “Many dads tell me they don’t think they’re doing a very good job at it either. And to say men get confusing messages from our culture today is a huge understatement. Making it even worse is that unlike for a lot of moms, being a dad doesn’t come very naturally for some guys. Add it all up and being a dad is hard, which can make any dad depressed at times.” -Dr. Kurt
21. “What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.” -Benjamin Spock

New Mom Struggling Postpartum Body Quotes 

Here are some loving your body after baby quotes that I think all moms need to read. We are so judgmental on our bodies, when we don’t have to be!

We gave birth to a baby! We held them inside of us for 9ish months! That is incredible. Your body won’t just bounce back, and despite your best efforts, you might not be able to jump right back into your postpartum fitness plan.

If you are struggling with how you look right now in your postpartum diapers, you will love these love your postpartum body quotes I found. Hopefully they encourage you as they have me!

13. “Our body and its form is in continuous evolution throughout our lives, it is just more noticeable and dramatic than ever after giving birth.” -Kimberly Ann Johnson
14. “My body has given me the greatest gift of my life.” -Hilary Duff
15. “Healing from birth is no joke. … So proud of this body and what it went through to bring this angel boy into this world.” -Witney Carson
16. “My body doesn’t define my self-worth anymore — and what’s more, my body has a story. I actually think my body is awesome for what it’s done.” -Jane Porter 
17. “My goal is to appreciate my body for what it has done.” -Sia Cooper
18. “I had a baby. I’m a superhero.” -Kelly Rowland
19. “Feeling fat lasts nine months, but the joy of becoming a mom lasts forever.” -Nikki Dalton

Check out these other 20+ incredible postpartum body quotes.

Stretch Marks Quotes 

I had to include these quotes on stretch marks too. You created, held, and birthed a baby mama. That takes a lot on your body. Use these proud of my body quotes whenever you are feeling down on how you look, especially when you touch or see those beautiful warrior stripes!

30. “Every mark on me now, every shape that has changed since I had kids, that’s evidence of the fact that I am a superhero.” -Kristen Bell
31. “Stretch marks are natures badge of achievement. They show that you suffered morning sickness, heartburn, back pain and child birth to bring a new life into the world.” -Unknown
32. “Only a mother knows how beautiful her baby’s first drawing was.” -Sri Harshitha
33. “I used to have a beautiful belly, Now I have beautiful kids. I see my marks as service stripes and a reminder that I had the privilege to bring life into world.” -Unknown
34. “My body tells a story with every stretch mark. And I love that!” -Amanda

Learn how to make your own postpartum survival kit.

Quotes About Having a Baby Changing Your Life 

Take a look at these positive baby quotes when you want to feel inspired and know you made the right decision about being a mom!

Babies do in fact change your life in the most positive ways too! These quotes about having a baby changing your life are not negative, but positive and uplifting. Don’t let anyone show you the negatives, you only need to view the positives on this one.

22. “You birthed a baby, and you birthed yourself into a new phase of life. There is no more pronounced shift in body, mind, and spirit than becoming a mother.” -Kimberly Ann Johnson
23. “A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty.” -Unknown
24. “A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years, and in your heart until the day you die.” -Mary Mason
25. “Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” -Elizabeth Stone
26. “There is a wondrous curiosity in every young mother. It is a strange miracle to see, to hold a living being formed in and coming out of one’s self.” -Simone De Beauvoir
27. “Go out, have fun, don’t let it hold you back. You are beautiful — flaunt it!” -Kai
28. “The truth is, I’m a mother, and I look like one. I believe in a world where mothers are not expected to shed any physical evidence of their childbearing experience.” -Olivia Wilde
29. “I’ve housed a human being. A miracle. A life. If it takes a while for me to get back to my normal self, then so be it. This is. Me. And I love me.” -Tia Mowry

After Giving Birth Quotes 

New moms often struggle after giving birth. These quotes will help you see and remind you of the good times you are and will have with your little one.

No matter what, always remember you are an amazing mother!

35. “Bad moments don’t make bad mamas.” -Lysa Terkeurst
36. “Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.” -Ricki Lake
37. “Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.” -Tina Fey
38. “The moment a baby is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before.” -Rumi
39. “Giving birth was the most intense experience of my life. It was also the most rewarding.” -Lisa Ling
40. “There is no greater joy than holding your baby for the first time and looking into their eyes.” -Unknown
41. “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

Here are some birthing affirmations and postpartum affirmations as well.

Postpartum Motivational Quotes 

Here are some more postpartum motivational quotes I wanted to add to the list as well. Can you ever have too many postpartum quotes? I don’t think so!

42. “Creating a human takes a toll on women’s bodies. Sometimes we don’t give ourselves enough love or patience about that.” -Danielle Brooks
43. “Part of taking care of your baby is taking care of yourself.” -Jenna Bradley
44. “It’s ok to be grumpy sometimes, to have bad days to struggle, to make mistakes, to say the wrong thing, feel overwhelmed and under-appreciated, to be out-of-sorts and sort-of-over-it all. It’s ok for us big humans, and it’s ok for our little humans, too. After all, we’re all humans, right? How else will our little humans learn that it’s okay to be human? Remember, we’re imperfect humans growing imperfect humans in an imperfect world, and that’s perfectly okay.” -L.R. Knost
45. “Whenever you feel discouraged, just remember, you are the center of the universe to tiny humans you made from scratch. You’re kind of a big deal!” -Unknown

Postpartum Quotes Wrap-Up

Hopefully these postpartum quotes have encouraged, uplifted, and helped you see how incredible you truly are mama. You are amazing. This postpartum period will not always last. If things are rough now, don’t worry; you will have good moments too.

You can do this!