"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. That´s the strange thing about being a mother: until you have a baby, you don´t even realize how much you were missing one."

Hamile olduğunda, bedenine tekrardan sahip olmak dışında hiç birşey düşünemezsin, ancak doğurduktan sonra senin en büyük parcanın bir şekilde dışarıda olduğunu, tüm tehlikelere ve kaybolmalara(i am not sure about this, but disappearence means kaybolmak in turkish) maruz kaldığını farkedersin, bu yüzden hayatının geri kalanını onun huzuru için nasıl yeteri kadar yakında tutabiliceğini anlamaya çalışarak geçirirsin. Bu anne olmanın garip yanıdır : bebek sahibi olana kadar bir bebeği ne kadar özlediğinin farkına bile varamazsın.

Well im not sure, especially about the last sentence. It sounds rather odd to me and i cant understand, hope this helps you btw

You´re amazing! Thank you for your help! The last sentence is basically saying that you can´t know how much you will love your baby or how empty your life was without it until after you have the baby. Did you understand the rest of the sentences clearly?