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A mother is a woman who has, conceived, given birth to, and raised a child.Because of the complexity and differences of a mothers' social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging to define a mother to suit a universally accepted definition.Biological mother

In the case of a mammal such as a human, a pregnant woman gestates a fertilized ovum. A fetus develops from the viable fertilised ovum or 'embryo'. Gestation occurs in the woman's uterus from conception until the fetus (assuming it is carried to term) is sufficiently developed to be born. The woman experiences labor and gives birth. Usually, once the baby is born, the mother produces milk via the lactation process. The mother's breast milk is the source of anti-bodies for the infant's immune system and commonly the sole source of nutrition for the first year or more of the child's life.

"M" is for the million things she gave me,

"O"means only that she's growing old,

"T" is for the tears she shed to save me,

"H" is for her heart of purest gold

"E" is for her eyes, with love-light shining,

"R" means right, and right she'll always be,

Surrogate mother

A surrogate mother is, commonly, a woman who bears the embryo to term for a couple biologically unable to have children.
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Monumento a la Madre in Mexico City. The inscription translates as: "To her who loves us before she meets us."

The term mother is often given to a woman other than the biological parent, especially if she who fulfills the main social role in raising the child. This is commonly either an adoptive mother or a stepmother (the biologically unrelated wife of a child's father). In lesbian cultures, a non-biological mother, or so-called "othermother" exists.

Currently, with advances in reproductive technologies, the function of biological motherhood can be split between the genetic mother (who provides the ovum) and the gestational (commonly known as a surrogate) mother (who carries the pregnancy), and it is also poneither will serve as the social mother (the one who rears the child). A healthy connection between a mother and a child form a secure base, from which the child may later venture forth into the world.

Social role
Mothers have historically fulfilled the primary role in raising children, but since the late 20th century, the role of the father in child care has been given greater prominence and social acceptance in some Western countries.

The social role and experience of motherhood varies greatly depending upon location. The organization Save the Children has (controversially) ranked the countries of the world, and found that Scandinavian countries are the safest places to give birth, whereas countries in sub-Saharan Africa are the least safe to give birth. This study argues a mother in the bottom ten ranked countries is over 750 times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth, compared to a mother in the top ten ranked countries, and a mother in the bottom ten ranked countries is 28 times more likely to see her child die before reaching their first birthday.

Mothers are more likely than fathers to encourage assimilative and communion-enhancing patterns in their children. Mothers are more likely than fathers to acknowledge their children's contributions in conversation. The way mothers speak to their children is better suited to support very young children in their efforts to understand speech (in context of the reference English) than fathers.

Since the 1970s, in vitro fertilization has made pregnancy possible at ages well beyond "natural" limits, generating ethical controversy and forcing significant changes in the social meaning of motherhood. This is, however a position highly biased by Western world locality: outside the Western world, in-vitro fertilization has far less prominence, importance or currency compared to primary, basic healthcare, women's basic health, reducing infant mortality and the prevention of life-threatening diseases such as polio, typhus and malaria.  

US Motherhood Statistics

Assorted and non-inclusive statistics on motherhood from the U.S. Census Bureau.[16]

* 82.5 million women are mothers of all ages in the United States.
* 68% of women aged 15 to 44 are mothers in Mississippi, considered high in comparison to a national average for same age group of 56%.
* 82% of women aged 40 to 44 years old are mothers.
* 4.0 million women give birth annually, approximately 425,000 were teenage mothers (aged 15 to 19) and more than 100,000 were aged 40 or over.
* 25.1 years of age is the national average age of women for their first births, a record high an increase of 4 years since 1970.
* 40% of annual births are the mother’s first. Another 32 percent are the second-born; 17 percent, third; and 11 percent, fourth or more.
* 35,000 of births in 2002 were attended by physicians, midwives or others outside a hospital facility.
* 55% of mothers with infant children in 2002 were employed, down from the record 59 percent in 1998, the first significant decline since the Census Bureau began collating such data in 1976. In 1976, 31% of mothers with infants were employed.
* 63% of employed women with infant children are college-educated.
* 72% of employed women, between ages 15 and 44 are mothers without infants.
* 687,000 child day-care centers operated in the USA in 2002. Of these, 69,000 centers employed close to 750,000 workers and another 618,000 were self-employed persons or companies without paid employees. Many mothers use such centers to juggle the demands of motherhood and career.

Religious

Nearly all world religions define tasks or roles for mothers through either religious law or through the deification or glorification of mothers who served in substantial religious events. There are many examples of religious law relating to mothers and women.
Major world religions which have specific religious law or scriptural canon regarding mothers include: Christians,[17] Jews,[18] and Muslims.[19] Some examples of glorification or deification include the Madonna or Blessed Virgin Mother Mary for Christians, the Hindu Mother Goddess, or Demeter of ancient Greek pre-Christian belief.
In Islam, the Q'uran dictates the mother occupying an importance and position three times superior to that of the father. However, while the mother is considered the most important member of the family, she is not the head of the family.

Synonyms and translations

The proverbial "first word" of an infant often sounds like "ma" or "mama". This strong association of that sound with "mother" has persisted in nearly every language on earth, countering the natural localization of language.

Familiar or colloquial terms for mother in English are:

* mom or mommy, in most of North America (especially the U.S.).
* mum or mummy, is used in the UK, Canada, Netherlands, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland.
* Ma, Mam or Mammy is used in Ireland and sometimes in the UK and the US.
* Maa, Amma, Mata is used in India and sometimes in neighboring countries, originating from the Sanskrit matrika and mata
* "mama" is used in many countries, but is considered a Spanish form of "mother"

The Hindu mother goddess Parvati feeding her son, the elephant-headed wisdom god Ganesha.

* mama in Polish, Russian and Slovak
* māma (妈妈/媽媽) in Chinese and Japanese
* máma in Czech and in Ukrainian
* maman in French and Persian
* ma, mama or Ibu in Indonesian language
* mamma in Italian and Icelandic
* mamãe or mãe in Portuguese
* Ami in Punjabi
* mama in Swahili
* eema (אמא) in Hebrew
* má or mẹ in Vietnamese
* mam in Welsh
* eomma (엄마, pronounced [ʌmma]) in Korean
* In many south Asian cultures and the Middle East the mother is known as amma or oma or ammi or "ummi", or variations thereof. Many times these terms denote affection or a maternal role in a child's life.   

A little girl, asked where her home was,
replied,
"where mother is." 

 

 

God could not be everywhere and
therefore he made mothers.

 

 

Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My mother..

 

All that I am,
or hope to be,

I owe to my angel mother

 

 My Mother taught me LOGIC…
"If you fall off that swing and break your neck,
you can’t go to the store with me."

My Mother taught me MEDICINE…
"If you don’t stop crossing your eyes,
they’re going to freeze that way."

My Mother taught me TO THINK AHEAD…
"If you don’t pass your spelling test,
you’ll never get a good job!"


My Mother taught me ESP…
"Put your sweater on;
don’t you think that I know when you’re cold?"

My Mother taught me TO MEET A CHALLENGE…
"What were you thinking?
Answer me when I talk to you… Don’t talk back to me!"


My Mother taught me HUMOR…
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me."

My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT…
"If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up."


My Mother taught me about GENETICS…
"You are just like your father!"

My Mother taught me about my ROOTS…
"Do you think you were born in a barn?"


My Mother taught me about the WISDOM of AGE…
"When you get to be my age, you will understand."

My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION…
"Just wait until your father gets home."


My Mother taught me about RECEIVING…
You are going to get it when we get home."

And my all time favorite thing–JUSTICE
"One day you will have kids, and
I hope they turn out just like YOU..then you’ll see what it’s like."


In between all this, my Mother taught me how to Live!

 

   

MOTHER

She had wit,
she had grace,
she had beauty;
But above all, she had truth.

 

 

♥ Without You ♥

Mom, without you, there would be no me.
Your love, your attention, your guidance,
have made me who I am.
Without you, I would be lost,
wandering aimlessly,
without direction or purpose.
You showed me the way
to serve, to accomplish, to persevere.
Without you, there would be an empty space
I could never fill, no matter how I tried.
Instead, because of you,
I have joy, contentment, satisfaction and peace.
Thank you, mom.
I have always loved you
and I always will.

~By Joanna Fuchs

 

 “Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother”
Ann Taylor

 

No painter's brush, nor poet's pen
In justice to her fame
Has ever reached half high enough
To write a mother's name.

 

    

Besan ki sondhi roti par Khatti chatni jaisi maa
Yaad aati hai chauka baasan Chimta phoonkni jaisi maa

Baans ki khurri khat ke oopar Har aahat par kaan dhare
Aadhi soi aadhi jaagi Thaki dopahari jaisi maa

Chidiyon ke chahkar mein gunje Raadha mohan ali ali
Murge ki aawaz se khulti Ghar ki kundi jaisi maa

Biwi, beti, behan, padosan Thodi thodi si sab mein
Din bhar ik rassi ke oopar Chalti natni jaisi maa

Baant ke apna chehra maatha, Aankhen jaane kahan gai
Phate puraane ik album mein Chanchal ladaki jaisi maa

 

  How much I love you I can't say:
It's more than words can hold.
You're all at once my rich, red clay,
My potter and my mold.

Yours the words that shaped my voice,
The spirit within mine.
Yours the will that shaped my choice,
My fortune, and my sign.

How lucky I was to have had you
At the core of me!
Wise and good, you always knew
Just what I could be.

And so I came to be someone
Whom I could be proud of.
For this I give my swollen sum
Of gratitude and love.

 

 Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children.

~Maxim Gorky 

 

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.

~Rajneesh 

 

My mom is a never ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune.

~Graycie Harmon  

Hundreds of Dew Drops To Greet The Dawn,

Hundreds of Bees In Purple Clover,

Hundreds of Butter Flies On The Lawn,

But Only One Mother The Wide World Over.

 

 You taught me how to love you by
The way that you loved me;
And by your unseen sustenance,
To see what you could see.
You gave to me through who you were
The gift of what I am.
Your pride in me is now my pride;
Your faith, my caravan.

Your life does not conclude with death,
Nor will it end with mine,
For all the lives I touch, you touch,
And so on through all time.

 

 

"A mother understands what a child does not say."
Anonymous

 

 

Mother" is such a simple word,
But to me there’s meaning seldom heard.
For everything I am today,
My mother’s love showed me the way.


I’ll love my mother all my days,
For enriching my life in so many ways.
She set me straight and then set me free,
And that’s what the word "mother" means to me.