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Pure Utter Joy
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This photo of a homebirth is one of the finalists in the National Geographic photo contests and is just so beautiful!
https://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/2011/entries/106048/view/
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Re: Pure Utter Joy
That's a gorgeous photo.
Although I have no intention of having a camera anyone near any births I have, I would still love to have a photo of such a powerful moment.
Elizabeth 5yrs old Jane 3yrs old
What a great photo.
Although I look at pictures like that and wonder if something is wrong with me, because when my kids were born my reaction was more "hey, cool, a baby." LOL
hahaha yeah that's true for me too.
Elizabeth 5yrs old Jane 3yrs old
Same here. I kinda feel bad that I didn't cry when I had my babies, especially considering I attended all three of my friends births and cried at all of them.
LOL same here, I got way more emotional at other people's births than my own. I even get more teary at TV show births.
Ya know, that's how I was with DD, to the best of my recollection... but this is me with DS:
It was much much much more emotional because we had TTTC with him (13 months, including a miscarriage) and so that was, quite literally, a moment I had been waiting for for the better part of two years. PLUS DH had just yelled out "It's a boy!" (we were team green), which made it even more emotional, because I knew how much he wanted a boy.
Although this was just a few seconds later, and much more "hey, cool, a baby"
Mommy to DD1 (June 2007), DS (January 2010), DD2 (July 2012), and The Next One (EDD 3/31/2015)
Those are gorgeous pictures! I love them. I wish I could share the pictures from my natural birth but they are NSFW.
My second birth was a very long-awaited and much wanted VBAC. We had also had a previous miscarriage and been Team Green. I still did not get very emotional at the birth. I think both my deliveries just felt very surreal to me and I needed more time to process them. Or maybe I'm just a weirdo.
I don't think there are any "weird" emotions when it comes to birth
For sure, everyone processes it differently!
Mommy to DD1 (June 2007), DS (January 2010), DD2 (July 2012), and The Next One (EDD 3/31/2015)
That's beautiful!
I made ridiculous faces:
I didn't cry either and I'm a big crier. I more than made up for it in the following weeks, though- every time I saw my daughter, sang to her, thought about her... crazy PP hormones!
LOVE! We should do a birth pictures thread
Mommy to DD1 (June 2007), DS (January 2010), DD2 (July 2012), and The Next One (EDD 3/31/2015)
Yes! I love other people's birth pictures.
I wasn't even sure I wanted any, but my doula offered to take some, and I figured I could delete what I didn't like. But now I think I'm going to hire a pro next time, I love them so much!
ETA: Yours are gorgeous, BTW. What a beautiful family
LOL these are great.
I really wish I had worn a top so I could share my water birth pics. But they are all, hello boobies!
I didn't have a pro with DD -- just a couple that DH and I took in the hour or so after the birth. With DS, I insisted on hiring a pro, and DH was all annoyed about it and thought it was the stupidest thing ever. He ended up being SO happy with the pictures, and I go back to them all.the.time. We're absolutely hiring her again this time around.
Mommy to DD1 (June 2007), DS (January 2010), DD2 (July 2012), and The Next One (EDD 3/31/2015)
Well I am glad I am not the only one!