Kyla Reid

I got married and had a baby, so I was doing the mummy thing. I got hyperemesis and was only supposed to go away for maternity leave, but then it ended up being three or four years, and by that time, it was hard to get back into the music world, so when Drake called, it was the perfect opportunity.

British Musician

Mike Quigley

As the father of two daughters, the ongoing struggle for women's equality is very personal for me. That's why it has been an honor during my time in Congress to support women's rights by advocating for reproductive rights, equal pay, access to paid maternity leave and quality child care.

American Politician

Julia Restoin Roitfeld

My dream job would be to design a sexy maternity collection, maybe also beautiful lingerie for expecting women. It's impossible to find nice sexy lingerie anywhere for pregnant or nursing women, which is when you actually need an extra boost of confidence and feel sexy.

French Model

Erma Bombeck

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

American Journalist

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

In German science, we have a special problem. We lose talented women at the time they get pregnant. Some of it occurs because they are encouraged - by their husbands, bosses and the government - to take long maternity leaves.

German Scientist

Abby Johnson

While I am a pro-life woman, I am also a woman who is concerned about rights for the disabled, maternity leave, the death penalty, health care, domestic violence, breastfeeding rights, etc.

American Activist

Ainsley Earhardt

I took so many different things away from my maternity leave. It taught me to have more compassion for other people and to see every individual as someone's child.

Julie Chen

I'm not taking maternity leave from 'Big Brother.' I e-mailed my boss over there this weekend and I said, 'Don't worry. I can still do the show!

Quentin Bryce

Maternity leave and parental leave is absolutely vital for strengthening families. It's an issue for men and women.

Australian Politician

Ali Wong

Maternity leave is for women to hide and heal their disintegrating body.

American Actress

Maternity conveys warmth and care linked to motherhood.

Motherhood Emotion

Maternity extends to the emotional aspects of being a mother, not just pregnancy.

Beyond Pregnancy

Maternity leave specifically refers to the work leave related to childbirth.

Work Absence

Employees should notify employers about maternity leave well in advance.

Planning Ahead

The maternity ward is a specialized hospital area for childbirth.

Hospital Area

Only women going to give birth or those who recently gave birth use the maternity ward.

Expectant Mothers

Maternity clothes are designed for comfort and fit during pregnancy.

Special Clothing

Maternity clothes are typically worn during pregnancy and shortly after.

Temporary Use

 she doesn't raise her hand anymore, she doesn't look for a promotion, she doesn't take on the new project, she doesn't say, "Me. I want to do that." She starts leaning back. The problem is that -- let's say she got pregnant that day, that day -- nine months of pregnancy, three months of maternity leave,

Why we have too few...

 mine gave birth visited her in the hospital turns out when a baby's born now they put an RFID brace on the baby put a corresponding one on the mother said anyone other than the mother takes the baby out of the maternity ward alarm goes off I said well that's kind of neat

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 some of the house and get some photos of sportsmen there and this was a lonely difficult day because we went to the maternity hospital before we came here and I always find cheering those hospitals really really uncomfortable it was just a very difficult day and

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 the complexity of the world around us and especially in the animal kingdom. Which brings us to bats. Bechstein's bats are a common species of European bats. They are very social animals. Mostly they roost, or sleep, together. And they live in maternity colonies,

Nicolas Perony: Puppies!...

 We need women to work. We need working women to have babies. So we should make doing those things at the same time at least palatable, right? OK, this is pop quiz what percentage of working women in America do you think have no access to paid maternity leave?

How America Fails New...

 confident and familiar with the practice of mothering my newborn I was also becoming more educated about the state of maternity care around the world I learned that hundreds of thousands of girls and women were dying from pregnancy related complications

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 that reflects reproductive freedoms and justice. Picture this. We would have childcare and universal childhood education in every community in this country. We would have paid maternity and paternity leaves, and people would actually take them.

The End of Roe v. Wade...

 I believe relaunchers are a gem of the workforce, and here's why. Think about our life for those of us who took career breaks for childcare reasons, we have fewer or no maternity leaves.

How to get back to work...

 it's We too have no paid maternity leave policy. We are one of eight known countries that does not. In this age of intense confusion, there is just one goal upon which

Jennifer Senior: For...

 like visitors to a maternity ward his first experience is a forest of welcoming trunk helping him to his feet few other animals show such human-like