Did you cry right after your baby was born?

Ravings Rabbids · February 2010

I didn't with my first. I was so incredibly out of it (no pain medication and I wasn't handling a natural birth well) that I don't remember much after I had her. But I know I wasn't crying.

My second I was a mess of tears as soon as the doctor put him on my chest. I remember bawling and saying over and over, "Oh my gosh, your hands are so tiny!!!!"

Miss.Modular · February 2010

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MrsVictoriaB · February 2010

I teared up and let out a tear or two, which surprised me because I thought I was going to be bawling. For some reason I wasn't even though I flood the room watching the baby stories on tv lol

Parks2Be · February 2010

I wasn't a bawling mess but I cried as soon as I heard her crying and the H said 'she's perfect'.

violetvirgo · February 2010

i had an incredibly easy L&D and was all smiles. i never cried, but i could NOT get the perma-grin wiped from my facere

habsoilers · February 2010

Nope, no crying here. I just stared at her thinking to myself "Hmm...so that's what was in me" and then I wondered why people were just letting her cry and not trying to soothe her (I had a c/s and was being stitched up on the table).

JessMil10 · February 2010

Nope, not at all. I was thinking, "What the heck just happened?"

*sallymad* · February 2010

Nope. I didn't cry until I left the hospital because I didn't want to go home, lol. I don't cry though.

kelbrian · February 2010

I was crying because they wouldn't give her to me, the nurses that is. I was crying, "I just want my baby," as my midwife was doing some icky things to my uterus because I was hemorrhaging. She finally screamed at them, and they handed her to DH, who gave her to me. DH said I was saying, "Baby, baby, my baby." SO not with it. I was freezing and shaking and DH had to take her back after a minute or two.

sblalande · February 2010

Nope, but DH did, which was sweet

Pumpkin111 · February 2010

Yea, and so was my mom and DH. I kept saying, Hi Baby, Hi Cami, Mommy loves you, Mommy loves you so much... And DH said that I was trying to kiss her little head so hard, but I couldn't reach, so I kissed the air near by. hehehe

KhloesMom · February 2010

Uh Huh. I had been pushing for almost 2 hours and was in tears way before getting her out. BIG tears when she finally got out!

LittleMs.Wifey · February 2010

I had few tears leak out. But my eyelids were so swollen from broken blood vessels I could barely keep them open.

Gramyson · February 2010

you can actually hear me squeal when they showed her to me.

Alli3586 · February 2010

I def teared up but didn't cry. Now, I cry over babies being born on tv so I am positive I will be bawling when DS is born.

TheNerdyKatie · February 2010

No, I remember thinking that I should be crying. I was REALLY out of it.

Gabe&Dana · February 2010

I thought I would, but it all happened so fast I didn't even have time to react. Before I even knew it, the doctor told me to "reach down and pull out my baby" ...

I cried about an hour later when things had calmed down.

LoriFalce · February 2010

Well, I couldn't feel anything below my neck, and I was freaking out because Joseph wasn't crying. Apparently I was left out of the loop of people who were told "Oh, don't worry, we're not going to let him cry when he's born because we're afraid he's aspirated meconium."

Hey, doc? TELL THE MOTHER!

Mrs.Hizzo · February 2010

Yes, with both.

jenifairies · February 2010

Nope. I had a scheduled c/s and i was basically just like 'wtf is that'

DH brought her to me in recovery and i still didn't cry. i mean, i was happy, but too out of it i guess.

jsugrin · February 2010

Nope, not with either of them. I had planned c sections and I just kept asking if my first was ok because he wasn't crying and my second I was so happy he cried and I didn't have to worry like with my first.

With the first I did spend the entire time in the hospital staring at him and repeating to DH, "this morning he was right inside me" "yesterday he was right inside me" you get the picture Smile

I found it completely surreal to look at my child, so functional in the outside world and think that just moments before he was swimming around in his amniotic fluid and totally oblivious.

megontoast · February 2010

I was a giant mess. I had an emergency c/s because there was meconium while I pushed. So, as soon as they took her out they rushed her over to examine her. I saw the back of her head as they carried her past me. I could hear her cry and I was crying saying "I want to see my baby. I want to see my baby" DH was saying over and over again "she's beautiful". I have it all on video and I still get choked up if I watch it. Crying

carolinaem · February 2010

Yes, a lot with both.

rynhales · February 2010

I cried right along with her when they put her on my chest.

alheystek · February 2010

Nope. I had no idea what was going on with him, so I was consumed with worry.

JessiRaye · February 2010

I cried with my first. The kind of sobbing where your whole body is shaking and it was so weird....I was getting sewed up and I couldn't control it. HA

With my 2nd, I didn't really cry. I just kept asking why he (the baby) was crying. (WTF??) And I kept asking my H what was wrong with him since he was crying so loud. I'm sure the doctors and nurses thought I had lost my mind.

megontoast · February 2010

Pumpkin111:
Yea, and so was my mom and DH. I kept saying, Hi Baby, Hi Cami, Mommy loves you, Mommy loves you so much... And DH said that I was trying to kiss her little head so hard, but I couldn't reach, so I kissed the air near by. hehehe

Hahah.. this is great!

kla111304 · February 2010

Raving Rabbids:

I didn't with my first. I was so incredibly out of it (no pain medication and I wasn't handling a natural birth well) that I don't remember much after I had her. But I know I wasn't crying.

This was me unfortunately. I had horrendous back labor and my epidural didn't take. I really don't remember much of anything except say, "oh my gosh" repeatedly. The first real memories were after they were done stitching me up from my tear and holding him and just looking in his eyes. I wish I remembered more from the moment he was born but hopefully it will be better with #2.

byrne15 · February 2010

no i was unconcious

clayswife · February 2010

Yes, I was a total mess when DS was born

Stilts · February 2010

I thought I would cry but I didn't. I think I was kind of in shock over the whole thing.

I eventually did cry, the day after he was born, but that was more because I was hormonal and my boobs weren't working and DS's biliruben levels kept going up.

dereks_wife · February 2010

Raving Rabbids:

I didn't with my first. I was so incredibly out of it (no pain medication and I wasn't handling a natural birth well) that I don't remember much after I had her. But I know I wasn't crying.

Ditto...but I do remember my husband crying.

AmyDrinkie · February 2010

No. I was more like "whoa!" when they handed him to me and then "YESSSSSS!" and cheesing it up for the camera.

RaphSandra2005 · February 2010

No. I was so out of it and my anesthesia wore off during the c-section so I felt all the stitches being made. I remember looking at DS when they showed him to me and talking to him, and hearing DH tell the nurse the baby's name. DH was a sobbing mess. I didn't cry until later in the recovery room when my sister came in and said, "You're a mommy!" For some reason, the tears chose that moment to present themselves.

Mrs.BLG · February 2010

I didn't cry until I held him for the first time. By that point it was sooo much of a relief to finally have him out safely and in my arms after 3 1/2 hours of pushing!!!!

jenny&ben112506 · February 2010

I didn't with my first because it ended up being an emergency c/s and I was so overwhelmed and scared that I just kept asking if he was okay.

I did cry with the 2nd. I was in better shape this time because it was a planned c/s.

CelticWife · February 2010

I thought I would, but I didn't. My epidural only worked for a little while, and while I did well with the pain, I was pretty out of it when DS was born. And, since he wasn't breathing well, I only saw him for an instant before he went to the NICU for 4 hours.

When I went and saw him at the NICU, it just didn't feel like he was mine and I didn't feel much at all. The next morning, though, he was all mine and I loved him more then anything. I never did cry though.

DH cried when he was born, though.