Abby Lockhart quotes from E.R.

I call no more kids. I'm sick of getting bit, kicked and pissed on.

Abby

I guess that means you stopped dating too, huh?

Abby

We don't even have a name.

Luka

I was kind of hoping we could name him after my father.

Abby

Really?

Luka

Yeah. He will be thrilled to have a grandson named Mongo.

Abby

M-Mongo?

Luka

Yeah, it's a very popular name in Croatia.

Luka

I am just teasing you. My father's name is Joseph, and for that matter, name the baby anything you like, whatever.

You know I want you to have a healthy baby

Abby

Then why do you keep focusing on the worst-case scenario?

Luka

It's her job.

12 of betamethasone.

Abby

Oh, come on!

We have to mature the baby's lungs in case of an emergent birth.

Abby

No, no, no, no, no! I have two and a half months left to go. This baby is not coming until then.

Abby

Is one going to be enough?

Luka

What?

Abby

One baby. Um, my uterus wouldn't stop bleeding and Coburn did everything she could but...

Luka

You had a hysterectomy? (Abby nods) Well, one is all we need.

Abby Lockhart

I can't do this. I can't pretend everything's gonna be ok. Premies don't make it out of the OR.

Maggie Wyczenski

Let it go. Abby, Abby. All the bad things you've seen, let it go.

Abby

And I can't believe I let myself get talked into this.

Maggie Wyczenski

Stop it!

Abby

I spent a month in the NICU, I know how this ends.

Maggie Wyczenski

Abby! You have a lot of great qualities, but optimism is not one of them.

Abby

[laughs] Whose fault is that?

Maggie Wyczenski

Yeah. Alright. I did not create a good environment for a child to grow up believing things would work out. But you're not a child any longer. You're the mother now. And that baby down there needs you to believe he's gonna be ok.

Another round of epi! Guys, he's grey. Point 2 of epi. 10 cc's of pav, now!

Abby

I'm trying! I am really, really trying!

So, are you loving motherhood?

Abby

Yeah, it's, ah, it's bizarre.

Sore nipples?

Abby

[as baby Joe starts to fuss] I'm gonna have to feed him now.

Yeah, I'm down with that. Breastfeeding is a beautiful, natural thing, nothing to be ashamed of.

Abby

You're not sneaking a peek at my tits, Morris.

Okay.

Abby

Didn't you used to be ... ?

Gates

A paramedic? Yeah, now I'm an intern.

Pratt

Next week he wants to be a cowboy.

Gates

Astronaut.

Abby

I just don't want to be one of those crazy obsessive mothers who phones their babysitter every hour.

Gates

Mine used to tie me to my high chair. [Abby gives him a look] I'm sure yours is much better.

Pratt

Wait, what are you doing?

Abby

I'm pumping. Sorry, my boobs are about to explode!

Are you trying to irritate me?

Abby

Well, you make it so easy!

Abby

Crenshaw is such a little prick! You know what? I bet I could take him too. Actually, I definitely think I could take him. And you? Could kick his ass.

Luka

You're scaring me.

Luka

Americans- so sentimental about their holidays.

Abby

This from the guy who celebrates Croatian Independence Day, Croatian State Day and something called "Patriotic Gratitude Day."

[on why she won't take Abby's transport page at the end of her Thanksgiving shift] I'm just saying, it's bad karma to mess with the universal order of things!

Abby

Sorry, Jane- karma sucks.