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Anyone else?

khill86khill86 member
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Sometimes while I'm rocking LO to sleep or watching him smile and coo at me while I change him, I try to remember what it was like and how I felt when my water broke, when we were on our way to the hospital, when I was in labour, when I was pushing, immediately after DS was born, etc and I feel like I can't remember enough. Like I'm already forgetting this amazing day in my life. Then I wish we took more pictures while I was pregnant, during labour, of DS, I wish I journaled during my pregnancy and up until now, etc.

I tried to talk to DH about it and he said, "I guess it would be nice to have more pictures but... He'll probably never want to see them." He obviously does not get it! Choking back tears I said, "I don't care if no one ever wants to see them - I want them."

 Anyone else already feeling nostalgic for the recent past? 

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  • drbethcdrbethc member

    Funny..you posted this. I had this thought today as I was driving home. Pregnancy seemed so long ago and the labor and delivery seems so far away...Honestly, I think about the delivery a lot and am so grateful for the love of my life. I wish I took more photos of my belly as well. It seems the pregnancy flew by, and my LO is 10 weeks today and I know that the first year of his life will fly by as well. I just want to enjoy every minute of him....

    I totally understand what you are feeling...My H does not understand either. He just says, " Well, take pictures now then...." 

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  • ladygeek83ladygeek83 member
    I thought they said in my childbirth class that the hormones released during labor and delivery had an amnesia effect and made you forget things (specifically, the pain). I guess for me, delivery doesn't seem so long ago because the time seems to be flying by so fast. I can't believe LO will be two months next week. But I can't believe how much he's changed since he was a brand new newborn. I also have some regrets about not recording my pregnancy as much, and I realized when he was about a month old how few pictures I had taken in the hospital and in the few weeks up to that point, and how I needed to take more because he would grow up so fast. So I've been trying to do that more often.
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  • acbfreireacbfreire member

    I was/ am pretty good at documenting, so no regrets here. And 'i am glad about forgetting labor. It was stressful, the worst pain of my life and I ended up having a c-section.

    I take at least one picture everyday, so now we're over 700 pic of LO!!!

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  • theseawordtheseaword member

    I get it. I love holding DS after his bath, because it reminds me of how he felt in my arms when he was just born and they placed him on my chest. It was the most amazing feeling ever, and I never want to forget it. 

    I also wish we'd taken more video of his first days home. It was so chaotic that we just forgot. 



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  • lemon.sarielemon.sarie

    I've felt this way each time.

    Do start now though, as they still change soooo much and will do for the next few months/years. 

    I've had 3 chances now, and still don't feel like I've done enough recording of events, picture taking etc.  It also is hard as I have no idea when my older girls did anything, so nothing to compare to/when to expect certain things (although each baby is different).

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