Sadie Robertson’s Sincere Quotes About Motherhood and Start

Sadie Robertson has been open and sincere about her expertise with motherhood.

The Duck Dynasty star, who shares three youngsters with husband Christian Huff, has not shied away from discussing intimate particulars about her births and postpartum struggles through the years. (She welcomed daughters Honey James, Haven Belle and Equipment Carroway in Might 2021, Might 2023 and August 2025, respectively.)

“I've struggled with anxiousness for years, and even wrote a guide referred to as Dwell Fearless due to my journey with anxiousness … I'm always making an attempt to struggle worry in my life, however once I had [Honey] and I used to be going by that postpartum, it was like so many feelings occurring that I couldn't actually struggle the worry like I usually do,” Robertson stated on her “WHOA That's Good” podcast in 2021.

Robertson, who was only a teen when she rose to fame on Duck Dynasty alongside her household, added that lots of her worries revolved round her beginning expertise with Honey, who “bought caught” throughout labor and supply.

“As a result of Honey and I had the labor that we skilled, my thoughts saved going into the, ‘What ifs?' Like, what would have occurred, what if it did final another minute and he or she didn't make it, what if she didn't really find yourself popping out … What if I misplaced an excessive amount of blood?'” Robertson stated. “It led me into, ‘Is she actually OK, did she actually make it by that, did I actually make it by that? Is there one thing improper with me (or) her? What if all of the issues. And you already know, that's such a poisonous mind spiral.”

Under, see extra quotes about motherhood from Robertson:

On Her ‘Chaotic' First Start

When Robertson welcomed Honey in 2021, she skilled a harrowing labor and supply.

“So I am going to push and all the pieces will get loopy,” she recalled on her podcast on the time. “Impulsively, I used to be pushed down on the mattress and so they pushed my mother out of the best way, and each nurse within the room was simply over me and so they're pulling my legs and pushing my abdomen as exhausting as they may and actually I didn't know what occurred. I believed they … minimize me open … due to how painful it was after they pressed on my abdomen. I now know they had been urgent my pelvic bone to get her out as a result of what occurred was Honey bought caught.”

Robertson went on to element how Honey's shoulder was caught within the beginning canal, which is “actually, actually uncommon” and occurs in about 1 p.c of births.

“Our nurse stated that's the scariest factor that may occur in a vaginal supply,” she admitted, including, “Time simply stood nonetheless. … The shoulder was clamping the umbilical twine, inflicting her to not get air.”

Honey was caught for over two minutes, however docs finally bought her out. It took them a while to get her to breathe on her personal, however when she did, all was properly. Surprisingly, the child's shoulder wasn't injured throughout supply.

“They'd three docs test her shoulder as a result of they had been in disbelief it didn't break,” Robertson stated.

How Start Made Her Really feel Assured

“I don't know if ‘fairly' is the phrase, however I've by no means felt extra assured in my life with my physique than the day that I had Honey,” Robertson shared through Instagram Tales in 2021.

She added, “It was a complete totally different perspective than I've ever had of my physique … that's actually highly effective and extra than simply a picture. I didn't wish to put on make-up and I needed my grandma to braid my hair as a result of that's once I really feel probably the most myself and it's simply such a uncooked second.”

On Postpartum Nervousness

Robertson initially saved quiet about her postpartum anxiousness for worry of being misunderstood.

“I didn't perceive how I may very well be so comfortable and so joyful [to have a baby] but additionally expertise a lot worry,” she stated on her podcast in 2021, including that she quickly realized the 2 emotions may exist “hand in hand” collectively.

“The explanation I used to be so fearful is as a result of I liked her a lot … I used to be so comfortable to get to be her mother. Nevertheless, simply because it makes rational sense that I had some worry doesn't imply that that's one thing I wanted to reside with,” Robertson added.

She started to “override that worry with gratitude,” and bonded with Huff, who was additionally dealing with challenges as a first-time father.

“We each wanted to open up about it,” Robertson, who finally sought assist with a specialist, stated.

Having a C-Part With Her 2nd Daughter

“We knew we'd have a C-section which was nice, up till proper earlier than I had the C-section, and I bought actually actually nervous,” Robertson stated on her “Whoa That's Good” podcast in 2023. “Main as much as having her I used to be so excited to have her, to love welcome that turn into life, however just a little bit nervous.”

“I used to be extra nervous about having two children,” Huff added.

The 2 additionally shared that that they had some comedic reduction their second go-around after a skunk sprayed their home forward of supply and their anesthesiologist “had a booger. A giant one. On his face. For a stable half-hour,” Huff chuckled.

How Motherhood Has Modified Her

In a post via Instagram in Might 2024, Robertson shared that she feels extra content material than ever since turning into a mother.

“I met somebody at this time who has seen my messages and he or she stated ever because you turned a mother you simply appear ‘settled.' She could be appropriate,” Robertson wrote. “Since turning into a mother I don't really feel that I have to show something to the world … or perhaps simply my thought of ‘the world' modified. the world was everybody outdoors of my residence … now it's those in it.”

On Considering She Had a Toilet Accident Throughout Supply

Throughout a July 2024 episode of her podcast, Robertson admitted she thought she “pooped her pants” throughout supply.

“Legitimately, I used to be laying in mattress and I began laughing, and I stated, ‘Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry.' I couldn't cease laughing. Fanning myself,” she defined.

Robertson stated her physician assured her that her water simply broke, however she was satisfied in any other case.

“I attempted to cease him [from looking] however I had my epidural so I couldn't actually transfer,” she advised her mates, laughing and miming her arm actions. “Then he was like, ‘Your water broke!' When he advised me he was going to interrupt my water, my water broke, like, on cue, which was really actually cool.”

On ‘Bounce-Again Tradition'

In the identical episode, Robertson stated the stress to bounce again after having a child is hard, particularly with social media.

“When you consider bounce-back tradition, like, how individuals publish on Instagram and have a look at me now or no matter, I do know that's exhausting since you don't see a full image,” she stated. “And even for me, I posted and I wasn't posting it to say like, ‘Oh, have a look at me bounce again,' or something like that. However I can inform, ‘Oh, I look smaller.' However that wasn't the aim of the image. However I can see now, from my perspective, like somebody might need checked out that and thought, ‘Oh, have a look at how good [she looks].' And that's nice.”
Robertson added that she remembered pondering 4 months postpartum could be the time when she'd really feel again to regular, however that wasn't the case in any respect.

“However then I bear in mind a health care provider telling me, like, hey, it took you 9 months to develop a child and you then birthed the child, and also you want time and house to, like, really simply nurture the child, feed the child, nurse the child, different issues. After which it's gonna take, like, a stable 9 months for even your hormones to control once more. And it's similar to two years to truly, like, absolutely be again to not even what you had been, however a brand new regular,” Robertson defined.

“It's so superb how, like, man, I actually imply this and all the pieces, like, I might not commerce the place I used to be at earlier than for the place I'm at now, from, like, a physique perspective, as a result of I really feel a lot stronger and more healthy, and, like, mentally, bodily in each single approach. And a part of that's like simply being a mother,” she acknowledged.

On Mother Guilt

Robertson stated that she feels guilt being a working mother generally however tries to recollect she is one of the best mother for her children.

“God referred to as me to do what I'm doing and God additionally referred to as me to be their mother,” she stated on her podcast in 2024. “And each might be one thing he's geared up me for. And I do know I'm one of the best individual for the job to be their mother and I'm one of the best mother to them as a result of I'm their mother. I do one of the best that I can.”

The Peace She Felt Whereas Welcoming Her third Child

In a lengthy Instagram post following Equipment's beginning in August 2025, Robertson stated she felt peace whereas listening to worship music throughout her C-section.

“I at all times inform individuals, though labor is so exhausting, I might by no means need anybody to really feel afraid or for my experiences to scare them, as a result of though there may be ache and anxiousness, you additionally expertise the presence of God in a approach that's so extraordinary. You're actually within the second of a miracle. A brand new life born. The beginning of a legacy being carried on. It's unbelievable,” she shared. “As I watched again the beginning video, when Christian confirmed her to me for the very first time this track was on — worthy is your identify. And people are the phrases my soul felt as I checked out her. Pure worship. Pure pleasure. Pure enjoyment of God's present, and in His design He knit collectively to be our Equipment.”