The journey of pregnancy, from the exhilarating moment of announcing it to the sacred experience of holding new life in your arms, is a story that imprints itself in the heart of every mother forever. These precious moments captured in maternity photos, whether in chic maxi dresses or elegant traditional wear, freeze in time the period when love grew not only within but in all facets of life. Babies, tiny bundles of profound love, truly embody the most miraculous creation, ushering in a tide of new feelings, adventures, and everlasting memories.
Crafting the perfect words to frame these priceless moments can be both delightful and challenging. Fear not, as our handpicked collection of maternity quotes and Instagram captions is crafted to beautifully express every sentiment, every landmark, and every delight of your maternal voyage, resonating not just with you but with the entire world that joins in celebrating the wonder of life.
Let each word softly touch and tenderly express your happiness to the world, turning every shared snapshot into an eternal treasure.
Heartiest congratulations!
SWEET MATERNITY QUOTES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
“A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty.”
“Every kick reaffirms life.”
“Growing a baby is a miraculous feeling.”
“The littlest feet make the biggest footprints in our hearts.”
“Love makes the belly go round.”
“Let me love you a little more before you’re not little anymore.”
“First we had each other, then we had you. Now, we have everything.”
“Twinkle twinkle little star, do you know how loved you are?”
“A grand adventure is about to begin.” – Winnie the Pooh
“You are the best thing I never knew I needed.”
“Tiny fingers, tiny toes, little itty bitty clothes.”
“Little one, you are on our mind, all the time.”
“Your little hands stole my heart, and your little feet ran away with it.”
“Love begins in the belly.”
“I am proud of many things in life, but nothing beats being a mother.”
“Waiting for you is the hardest and most beautiful thing I have ever done.”
“You are the dream I’ve been waiting for.”
“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.”
“Before you were conceived, I wanted you. Before you were born, I loved you. Before you were here an hour, I would die for you. This is the miracle of love.”
“Every good and perfect gift is from above.” – James 1:17
“Sometimes, the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” – Winnie the Pooh
“Something tells me I am going to love him forever.”
“Let them be little, because they’re only that way for a while.”
“Though she be but little, she is fierce!” – William Shakespeare
“Such a big miracle in such a little girl.”
“Children bring us a piece of heaven on earth.”
“Little hands and little feet, little toothless grins so sweet, little eyes that shine so bright, little arms to hug you tight, everything’s little except your joy when you have a new baby boy.”
“His little hands stole my heart, and his little feet ran away with it.”
“Here sleeps a girl with a head full of magical dreams, a heart full of wonder and hands that will shape the world.”
“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
“Though she be but little, she is fierce.”
“Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will move mountains.”
“Let him sleep, for when he wakes, he will move mountains.”
“A baby makes love stronger, the days shorter, the nights longer, savings smaller, and a home happier.”
“Children bring us a piece of heaven on earth.”
“Little hands and little feet, little toothless grins so sweet, little eyes that shine so bright, little arms to hug you tight.”
“His little hands stole my heart, and his little feet ran away with it.”
“Here sleeps a girl with a head full of magical dreams, a heart full of wonder and hands that will shape the world.”
“Your first breath took ours away.”
“Little one, you are on our mind, all the time.”
“Your little hands stole my heart, and your little feet ran away with it.”
“Love begins in the belly.”
“I am proud of many things in life, but nothing beats being a mother.”
“Waiting for you is the hardest and most beautiful thing I have ever done.”
“You are the dream I’ve been waiting for.”
MATERNITY QUOTES BY FAMOUS PEOPLE
“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
“Pregnancy is a process that invites you to surrender to the unseen force behind all life.” – Judy Ford
“Every child begins the world anew, bringing joy and hope as only a newborn can.” – Carl Sandburg
“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
“A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Unknown
“Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born.” – George Bernard Shaw
“A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.” – Carl Sandburg
“Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.” – Robin Lim
“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
“Pregnancy is getting company inside one’s skin.” – Maggie Scarf
“Feeling fat lasts nine months but the joy of becoming a mom lasts forever.” – Nikki Dalton
“A moment in my tummy, a lifetime in my heart.” – Unknown
“Pregnancy is a uniquely intimate relationship between two people. All of us luxuriate in this relationship once, and half of us are lucky enough to be able to do it all over again a second time, from the other side as it were.” – David Bainbridge
“To be pregnant is to be vitally alive, thoroughly woman, and distressingly inhabited. Soul and spirit are stretched – along with body – making pregnancy a time of transition, growth, and profound beginnings.” – Anne Christian Buchanan
“There is such a special sweetness in being able to participate in creation.” – Pamela S. Nadav
“A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.” – Unknown
“Pregnancy is a kind of miracle. Especially so in that it proves that a man and woman can conspire to force God to create a new soul.” – Robert Anton Wilson
“Before you were born I carried you under my heart. From the moment you arrived in this world until the moment I leave it, I will always carry you in my heart.” – Mandy Harrison
“Life is always a rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.” – E.B. White, “Charlotte’s Web”
“Every four weeks I go up a bra size… it’s worth being pregnant just for the breasts.” – Natasha Hamilton
“Part of being a parent is rolling with the punches, so consider an unexpected pregnancy the universe’s way of helping you to learn to do that.” – Heather Wittenberg
“Think of stretch marks as pregnancy service stripes.” – Joyce Armor
“Pregnancy and motherhood are the most beautiful and significantly life-altering events that I have ever experienced.” – Elisabeth Hasselbeck
“Motherhood is a choice you make every day, to put someone else’s happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you’re not sure what the right thing is.” – Donna Ball, “At Home on Ladybug Farm”
“Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.” – Lin Yutang
“Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.” – Ricki Lake
“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” – Robert Browning
“Motherhood is priced of God, at price no man may dare to lessen or misunderstand.” – Helen Hunt Jackson
“Motherhood is… difficult and… rewarding.” – Gloria Estefan
“Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.” – Meryl Streep
“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
“Motherhood is not for the faint-hearted. Frogs, skinned knees and the insults of teenage girls are not meant for the wimpy.” – Danielle Steele
“Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind.” – Howard W. Hunter
“Motherhood is one of the funniest and most cheering experiences I have ever known.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Motherhood is the greatest potential influence either for good or ill in human life.” – N. Eldon Tanner
“Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one’s own Trojan horse.” – Rebecca West
“Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.” – Barbara Walters
“Motherhood: The only place you can experience heaven and hell at the same time.” – Unknown
“Motherhood was the great equalizer for me; I started to identify with everybody.” – Annie Lennox
“Motherhood: Where all love begins and ends.” – Robert Browning
“Motherhood’s a tiring, enriching, beautiful affair.” – Unknown
“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.” – Unknown
“Mothers, I believe, intoxicate us. We idolize them and take them for granted. We hate them and blame them and exalt them more thoroughly than anyone else in our lives.” – Anna Quindlen, “Naked Babies”
“Mothers possess a power beyond that of a king on his throne.” – Mabel Hale
“Mothers, together with their offspring, are the real silent majority.” – Letty Cottin Pogrebin
“Mothers are all slightly insane.” – J.D. Salinger, “The Catcher in the Rye”
“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.” – Aristotle
“Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it’s the most exquisite love of all.” – Maggie Gallagher
“Mothers are the necessity of invention.” – Bill Watterson, “Calvin and Hobbes”
“Mothers are the only race of people that speak the same tongue. A mother in Manchuria could converse with a mother in Nebraska and never miss a word.” – Will Rogers
“Mothers are the pivot on which the world turns.” – John of Salisbury
“Mothers are the ultimate psychic phenomenon.” – Adrienne Rich
MOMMY TO BE QUOTES AND SAYINGS
“A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.” – Amy Tan
“There is such a special sweetness in being able to participate in creation.” – Pamela S. Nadav
“You never understand life until it grows inside of you.” – Sandra C. Kassis
“Having kids—the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings—is the biggest job anyone can embark on.” – Maria Shriver
“The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.” – Jessica Lange
“A mother continues to labor long after the baby is born.” – Lisa Jo Baker
“No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.” – Sarah Josepha Hale
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR MOTHERS
“Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.” – Lin Yutang
“Birth is the epicenter of women’s power.” – Ani DiFranco
“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver
“Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.” – Ricki Lake
“We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” – Laura Stavoe Harm
“Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.” – Tina Fey
“There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill
“Birth takes a woman’s deepest fears about herself and show her that she is stronger than them.” – Unknown
“What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.” – Benjamin Spock
SHORT PREGNANCY QUOTES FOR INSTAGRAM CAPTIONS
“Baby on the way! 🤰🏻✨”
“Growing our little love 💖👶”
“Little miracle in the making 🌟🤰”
“Love at first kick 👣❤️”
“Sleeping for two 😴🤰”
“Eating tacos for two 🌮👶”
“Pop the bubbly; I’m getting a hubby… and a baby! 🍾👰👶”
“Can’t wait to meet our little miracle 🌈👶”
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star 🌟 Can’t wait to see how cute you are!”
“Baby loading… please wait 🔄🤰”
“Coming soon: Our Little Adventure 🗺️👶”
“Love grows here 💗🌱”
“Hello, third trimester! It’s a bumpie ride 🤰🎢”
“Excuse the belly, we’re making a masterpiece 🎨🤰”
“Growing my tribe 👨👩👧”
“Adding a new branch to our family tree 🌳👶”
“Making memories and a baby 📸🤰”
“Waiting for our bundle of joy 🎁👶”
“Baby belly love 💕🤰”
“Future mommy in the making 👩🍼🛠️”
“Little hands, little feet and a lot of love ❤️👣”
“Can’t wait to meet you, little one 👶💕”
“Baby on board and love in the heart ❤️👶”
“Growing a little love 🌱❤️”
“Mom-to-be and proud 💪🤰”
“Waiting for you is the sweetest journey 🍭👶”
“Little sunshine on the way 🌞🤰”
“Love is growing inside me ❤️👶”
“Can’t wait to meet our little love bug 🐞👶”
“Tiny miracle coming soon 🌟🤰”
“Baby under construction 🚧👶”
“Growing our little pumpkin 🎃🤰”
“Little peanut on the way 🥜👶”
“Love made us do it ❤️👶”
“Waiting for our little cupcake 🧁👶”
“Baby bloom in progress 🌸🤰”
“Little star in the making 🌟👶”
“Can’t wait to meet our little cookie 🍪👶”
“Growing our love and our family 💕👶”
“Little love brewing ☕👶”
“Waiting for our tiny dancer 💃👶”
“Love, laughter, and a little one on the way 😂❤️👶”
“Growing a little dream 💭🤰”
“Can’t wait to meet our little sprout 🌱👶”
“Tiny miracle in the making 🌟🤰”
“Love is adding a little more 💕👶”
“Waiting for our little chick 🐣👶”
“Growing our little pear 🍐👶”
“Little love on the way 💕👶”
“Can’t wait to meet our little sweetheart 🍬👶”
FUNNY PREGNANCY QUOTES
“Sleeping like a baby is only a thing until you have one.”
“I’m not fat. My stomach is just in 3D.”
“I’m in shape. Round is a shape.”
“9 months preparing to fall in love for a lifetime.”
“I grow humans. What’s your superpower?”
“Current status: Fed up with being pregnant!”
“I’m not glowing, I’m sweating!”
“Who knew that such small feet could leave such big imprints on your heart.”
“Adding a little more love to our family.”
“Excuse me, I have to pee again.”
“Does this baby make me look fat?”
“I’m just like any other modern woman trying to have it all. I just wish I had more time to seek out the dark forces and join their hellish crusade, that’s all.”
“Let’s talk about the elephant in the womb.”
“New waddle, who this?”
“Running out of womb!”
“Growing a baby makes me feel like a superhero. A really tired, weak superhero who wants to eat all the time and isn’t allowed to lift heavy objects.”
“I’m not a regular mom. I’m a cool mom. (Okay, I’m totally googling how to be a cool mom.)”
“Does this diaper make my butt look big?”
“I’m not crying, you’re crying!”
“I’m pregnant. What’s your excuse?”
“Body by baby.”
“I like to think of pregnancy as a great nine-month workout.”
“Who needs a baby bump when you can have a baby mountain?”
“I’m not glowing, that’s just sweat from carrying the extra weight.”
“Keep calm and waddle on.”
“Despite the extra weight, I can still see my toes. Winning!”
“Feeling peckish and pregnant.”
“I’m not in a bad mood. The baby is using my bladder as a pillow.”
“Craving more than attention.”
“Growing tiny humans is exhausting.”
“I’m not fat, I’m pregnant. Okay, I’m a little fat, but mostly pregnant.”
“Hands off the bump!”
“Does this shirt make me look pregnant?”
“Future MILF in the making.”
“Who invited all these crazy little people to my party?”
“Excuse the belly, I’m growing a superhero.”
“Oops! We did it again.”
“Sorry for the mean, awful, accurate things I said. I’m pregnant.”
“Pickles and ice cream, here I come!”
“Sleeping for two.”
“Eating tacos for two.”
“I’m not glowing, I’m overheating.”
“I’m pregnant, not a petting zoo.”
“Running out of womb in here!”
“Current mood: pregnant.”
“Sorry, I can’t. I’m busy growing a human.”
“Does this baby make me look fat?”
“I’m not a waddling penguin, I’m a pregnant woman. Okay, maybe a waddling penguin.”
“Too pregnant to move.”
“Coming soon: a mini version of me.”
“I pee for two now.”
“Baby on board and craving s’mores.”
“I make humans, what’s your superpower?”
“Current situation: hostage.”
“New body, who dis?”
“Roses are red, violets are blue, inside me beats two hearts for you.”
“Does this bump make me look pregnant?”
“I’m not glowing, that’s just sweat from carrying the extra weight.”
“Excuse the belly, I’m growing a superhero.”
“Who knew that such small feet could leave such big imprints on your heart.”
“Adding a little more love to our family.”
“Excuse me, I have to pee again.”
“Does this baby make me look fat?”
“I’m just like any other modern woman trying to have it all.”
“Let’s talk about the elephant in the womb.”
“New waddle, who this?”
“Running out of womb!”
“Growing a baby makes me feel like a superhero.”
“I’m not a regular mom. I’m a cool mom.”
“Does this diaper make my butt look big?”
“I’m not crying, you’re crying!”
“I’m pregnant. What’s your excuse?”
“Body by baby.”
“I like to think of pregnancy as a great nine-month workout.”
“Who needs a baby bump when you can have a baby mountain?”
“I’m not glowing, that’s just sweat from carrying the extra weight.”
“Keep calm and waddle on.”
“Despite the extra weight, I can still see my toes. Winning!”
“Feeling peckish and pregnant.”
“I’m not in a bad mood. The baby is using my bladder as a pillow.”
“Bun in the oven, burgers on the grill.”
“Craving a glass of ‘I miss wine.’”
“Future soccer mom in the making.”
“Nine months is the longest PMS ever.”
“Preparing my world for a future heartbreaker.”
“Growing my own best friend.”
“I swear it was a salad, not a baby!”
“Currently under construction: baby human.”
“Nine months sober and still hanging on.”
“Baby belly? More like a sophisticated beer belly.”
“Loading diaper changer in 3…2…1…”
“Trust me, I’m not a morning person either, baby.”
“Who needs sleep anyway?”
“Current status: incubating tiny human.”
“Creating life is my new cardio.”
“Too pregnant to move, but always down for a snack.”
“Baby is coming, but first, let’s take a nap.”
