Finding out that you are unexpectedly going to be a parent can be a challenging situation. To help you navigate your confusing emotions and deal with these new and scary circumstances, I’ve rounded up this lovely collection of unplanned pregnancy quotes.
Top 20 Unplanned Pregnancy Quotes
1. “A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy.” — Patricia Heaton
2. “It’s the unexpected that changes our lives forever.” — Shonda Rhimes
3. “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
4. “Whether your pregnancy was meticulously planned, medically coaxed, or happened by surprise, one thing is certain – your life will never be the same.” — Catherine Zeta-Jones
5. “Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mother’s suffering or dying in connection with unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions and unwanted children.” ― Gro Harlem Brundtland
6. “Many of us were the unplanned children of talented, creative women whose lives had been changed by unplanned and unwanted pregnancies.” — Bell Hooks
7. “Coping with my unplanned pregnancy lent me both compassion and perspective. Through all of our experiences in life, there is something to learn.” — Claire Fulmer
8. “You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.” — Bob Marley
9. “The best decision I ever made was keeping my baby.” — Maya Angelou
10. “Don’t let an unplanned pregnancy force you to choose abortion. Pregnant women are either too young or too old, or it’s too soon after another pregnancy, or she’s going to get in trouble at work. She’s too poor, too rich, too successful, too skinny, too fat, too crazy, too busy, too single, too married, too too.” ― Jim Gaffigan
11. “A wanted pregnancy as much as a dreaded pregnancy can play differently than all one’s previous imaginings.” — Susie Orbach
12. “Adoption is not a breaking of trust but a keeping of faith… not the abandonment of a baby but an abandonment of self for a baby’s sake.” — Curtis Young
13. “God knew that it doesn’t matter how your children get to your family. It just matters that they got there.” — Kira Mortenson
14. “The lines between body and womb have become blurred, a vessel inside a vessel. The physical body – the visible collection of bones and skin we present to the world – does not fully belong to its owner if the womb within it contains an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy. There are all kinds of people ready to queue up and remind a woman of that.” — Sinéad Gleeso
15. “A birth mother puts the needs of her child above the wants of her heart.” — Skye Hardwick
16. “There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. But…so does childbirth.” — Scott Simon
17. “When you’re pregnant, you can think of nothing but having your own body to yourself again, yet after having given birth you realize that the biggest part of you is now somehow external, subject to all sorts of dangers and disappearance, so you spend the rest of your life trying to figure out how to keep it close enough for comfort.” — Jodi Picoult
18. “Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility.” – Kate Douglas Wiggin
19. “Most of the problems that plague our society – addiction, overeating, crime, domestic violence, prejudice, debt, unwanted pregnancy, educational failure, underperformance at school and work, lack of savings, failure to exercise – are in some degree a failure of self-control.” — Roy Baumeister
20. “Ultimately abortion takes place because there is something wrong within the culture, within the system, and not simply because this or that particular woman is seeking to end an unwanted pregnancy.” — Ronald Rolheiser
Inspirational Quotes About Unplanned Pregnancy
Life doesn’t always go according to plan. Here is a lovely list of inspirational unplanned pregnancy quotes to find comfort in when you are unexpectedly expecting.
1. “The thing that’s nice about an unplanned pregnancy is that in the end, you have a little baby, a joy of life.” — Unknown
2. “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
3. “Pregnancy can be a time when you take tremendous pleasure in eating, not only because you may enjoy food more but also because you know that it is nourishing both you and your baby.” — Martha Rose and Jane L. Davis
4. “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
5. “We can’t understand when we’re pregnant, or when our siblings are expecting, how profound it is to have a shared history with a younger generation: blood, genes, humor. It means we were actually here, on Earth, for a time—like the Egyptians with their pyramids, only with children.” — Anne Lamott
6. “Truthfully, being pregnant is changing me as a person. Each day is part of this amazing journey that has completely shifted the focus of my life and made me reevaluate my personal and professional goals.” — Holly Madison
7. “Feeling fat lasts nine months but the joy of becoming a mom lasts forever.” — Unknown
8. “We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” — Laura Stavoe Harm
9. “When I was pregnant, I was so huge and people on the bus would get up for me. That made me feel so precious and valued and valuable. I try to treat everyone like they’re pregnant.” — Mariska Hargitay
10. “If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.” — Erma Bombeck
11. “With every newborn baby, a little sun rises.” — Irmgard Erath
12. “A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered and the smile that lights on the first born babe and assures it of a mother’s love.” — Thomas Chandler Haliburton
13. “Unplanned moments are always better than planned ones.” — Unknown
14. “You never understand life until it grows inside of you.” — Sandra Chami Kassis
15. “What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.” — Benjamin Spock
16. “This can be an amazing beginning for you.” — Unknown
17. “I know my little baby is going to be an overachiever. I reached my healthy weight gain limit in the first trimester.” — Unknown
18. “Words can not express the joy of new life.” — Hermann Hesse
19. “It is the most powerful creation to have life that is growing inside of you. There is no bigger gift.” — Beyonce
20. “Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.” — Taylor Hanson
21. “The most important thing she’d learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” — Jill Churchill
22. “Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be.” — Carrie Fisher
23. “Going into a pregnancy is a really challenging time for a woman, because it’s forever-changing, both mentally and physically.” — Brooke Burke
24. “Think of stretch marks as pregnancy service stripes.” — Joyce Armor
25. “Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.” — Robin Lim
26. “A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty.” — Unknown
27. “All pregnant women are warriors. It takes strength just to get up and go to work.” — Camilla Luddington
28. “The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority.” — Olivia Wilde
29. “Ten little fingers, ten little toes. With love and grace, our family grows. This precious soul, so sweet and new. This little life, a dream come true.” — Unknown
30. “In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves.” — Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn
Unexpected Pregnancy Quotes To Give You Strength
The following unexpected pregnancy quotes are lighthearted words of encouragement from others who have been in your shoes.
1. “I’m not telling you it is going to be easy. I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.” — Art Williams
2. “You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment you will ever make.” — Gordon B. Hinckley
3. “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I’ve ended up where I needed to be.” — Douglas Adams
4. “God wanted to create a life so he did.” — Unknown
5. “A mother’s joy begins when new life is stirring inside… when a tiny heartbeat is heard for the very first time, and a playful kick reminds her that she is never alone.” — Unknown
6. “Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.” — Rabindranath Tagore
7. “You are pregnant and you are powerful. You are bold and you are beautiful. Go forward in your boldness, in your beauty and in your contentedness.” — Unknown
8. “Pregnancy and motherhood are the most beautiful and significantly life-altering events that I have ever experienced.” – Elisabeth Hasselbeck
9. “I got pregnant at 19 years old. I continued school and graduated as a registered nurse. Don’t ever think an unplanned teen pregnancy can ruin your life. I have my transcripts as proof!” — Unknown
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10. “An unplanned baby is a blessing from Heaven, a gift from the angels.” — Unknown
11. “As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was going to happen.” — Winnie the Pooh
12. “Sometimes you have to accept the fact that certain things will never go back to how they used to be”. — Unknown
13. “My life may not be going the way I planned it, but it is going exactly the way God planned it.” — Unknown
14. “Unplanned does not mean unwanted or unloved. It just means life knew what I needed before I even did.” — Unknown
15. “It’s okay not to be perfect. It’s okay to make mistakes. It’s okay to do something that you wish you hadn’t done because if we don’t do those things, we never grow.” — Dawn Stanyon
16. “As a woman you can gain a lot when you become a mother.” — Unknown
17. “We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us…” — Unknown
18. “Embrace the unexpected. The things we never saw coming often take us to the places we never imagined we could go.” — Unknown
19. “The truth is that contraceptive pills save lives, prevent unplanned pregnancies, improve outcomes for children and reduce the number of abortions.” — Unknown
20. “If we could look into each other’s hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance and care.” — Marvin J. Ashton
21. “Maybe this is what you wanted all along and you never realized it.” — Unknown
22. “As much as you want to plan your life, it has a way of surprising you with unexpected things that will make you happier than you originally planned. That’s what you call God’s will.” — Unknown
23. “20 years from now you won’t regret this.” — Unknown
24. “Just because my pregnancy was an unplanned one doesn’t mean my child was any less wanted, wished, or loved than the children who were planned. Either way, all children are gifts from God.” — Unknown
25. “Every child deserves a home and love. Period.” — Dave Thomas
26. “Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us.” — Unknown
27. “Let go of what you dreamed of and find peace in what you are about to get.” — Unknown
28. “An ‘unintended pregnancy’ could be a wonderful surprise, not planned but welcome. Why should the government be in the business of ‘preventing’ a surprising but welcome pregnancy.” — Wendy Wright
29. “There are unplanned pregnancies, but… There are no unplanned people!” – Unknown
30. “Unplanned moments bring the happiness you never imagined.” — Unknown
Final Words
Those were some powerful unplanned pregnancy quotes!
I believe these inspirational quotes will be helpful for anyone dealing with the full array of emotions that this uncertain situation brings.
Feel free to share these unplanned baby quotes with your friends and followers on social media. Maybe someone else is going through the same thing and may find them helpful.
And if you wish to throw a cute gender reveal party in the future, here’s a collection of gender reveal quotes you can use for that occasion.
Until next time!
