A Moment in Time...

TrulyBlessed22 · August 2013

If you could bottle up a moment in time since your LO was born, what would it be?
I have to be honest I have several I'd love to bottle up but for brevity sake I'll share tonight's moment...

DH is really good about helping me with DD's sleep routine but tonight he actually took over the end of the routine which is bottle, prayer, story then soothe to sleep. He offered to feed her the bottle so I walked away and soon after I heard him turn on the prayer doll and then very lovingly read her The Story of Sleep Sheep. A little while later he happily walked downstairs with the monitor in his hands starring at DD sleeping. It made my heart smile.

RoxZ32 · August 2013

Mine would have to be the morning our LO was born. I ended up with a c section and was very out of it after returning to the room. I could barely keep my eyes open and was falling in and out of sleep. Every time I managed to be aware of my surroundings I could hear my husband talking to the nurse bout how to do things for the baby. When I came to, I watched with tears in my eyes as he changed her diaper and swaddled her so perfectly before proudly handing her over to me. Best moment ever. I see the way he looks at me and I know how much he loves me but seeing that look in his eyes for his daughter was so heart warming.

TheFutureMrs.O · August 2013

I had a moment in time today as well. I had pandora playing on the tv (rockabye baby station) and the baby was crying. The song "a thousand years" by Christina Perri started playing and we started slow dancing. He calmed down instantly. It was such a special moment. The song is quite fitting for my long awaited for baby boy.

TrulyBlessed22 · August 2013

RoxZ32 said:
Mine would have to be the morning our LO was born. I ended up with a c section and was very out of it after returning to the room. I could barely keep my eyes open and was falling in and out of sleep. Every time I managed to be aware of my surroundings I could hear my husband talking to the nurse bout how to do things for the baby. When I came to, I watched with tears in my eyes as he changed her diaper and swaddled her so perfectly before proudly handing her over to me. Best moment ever. I see the way he looks at me and I know how much he loves me but seeing that look in his eyes for his daughter was so heart warming.

That's sooo sweet. I didn't have a c-section but DH was the first to swaddle DD and he changed her first few poop diapers too as it was easier for him to get up and move around than it was for me. I always knew he'd be a great Father but seeing it is an entirely different thing. I'm sure you feel the same way.

MrsM1111 · August 2013

When she was born she swallowed some fluid. She was delivered on to me, but taken away after just a minute. When she was given back to me, my husband came around behind us and she lifted up her head and looked right at him. It was so precious.

And a second for Mommy - when she smiled at me for the first time. I had had such a rough night and I was so close to needing to just put her down to cry and step out to breathe. I was starting to cry and I told her how I will so anything in the world to make her happy and being her mommy was the best gift and I am and will always be doing my best to be a good mommy to her and she calmed right down and smiled at me like she just knew and was happy that I was tellin her that. It was the most beautiful smile I've ever seen.

mommatotwo2 · August 2013

Geez there should've been an "ugly cry" warning on this post! These are all beautiful

christinaw2011 · August 2013

Probably those first few moments of his life. There was so many emotions and such an overwhelming feeling of love. I wanted to live in that perfect moment forever. They laid him straight on me and his cry was so quiet and then he stopped crying and starred at me and his breath was so new and fresh. It was such a powerful moment I can't even begin to explain what I felt. I wish could have that moment back.

c-elizabethf · August 2013

DD had the cord wrapped around her neck twice and I remembered they handed her to me for just a second and in that second she opened her eyes and looked at me and it was just so overwhelming the way she looked at me ( I couldn't believe how much love I felt). I was so upset when they took her to NICU.

Madison was having a bad day, well when DH held her after work and started singing to her about a month or so ago and she stopped crying and started smiling and then all of sudden starting cooing like she was singing with him. I was acting like I was washing dishes, he started tearing up and held her real close. I had to walk away because it was so sweet it made me cry.

botanicalbliss · August 2013

His first laugh. I will never forget that. I still tear up just thinking about it!

jayro10 · August 2013

Of course, when the nurse handed her to me and I saw her for the first time. The doctor had put her on my belly when she came out, but I was so exhausted, I had my head back and my eyes closed and I didn't see her at all until she was cleaned up and swaddled. I wish someone would have told me to open my eyes, because I didn't know she was on me at all and those first moments of her life are barely in my memory. But seeing her little pink face and her little hands poking out of the blanket..... Wow.

Another one is when my mom came in and saw her for the first time. Sheer joy.

nbatchen · August 2013

After 26 hours of labor I ended up having a C section. DH had been worrying forever about doing anything with the baby especially holding him for the first time! He had never held a baby before. I was pretty out of it and couldn't focus in much but I remember looking over and seeing them hand LO to him and he came right over and sat with him for the rest of the time it took them to put me back together. He held him like he was an old pro! Then for the next 24 hours I wasn't allowed out of bed and DH took to father hood with out missing a step! Melts my heart to this day to think how much he loves that little man! The saying is true " I never new how much I loved your dad til I saw how much he loved you"!

eroplane · August 2013

All these threads today are making me cry!!

Mine would be when the nurse laid him on my chest. He was making these whimpering noises and I just cried and cried. I didn't know it then but my husband video taped it. He sent it to my phone and I can play it back anytime!! Que tears!!

RoxZ32 · August 2013

Every response has brought tears to my eyes! These little ones are such beautiful blessings and I'm so glad we are all able to share these memories with one another. Happy tears!

kyliensc · August 2013

Mine would be the night LO was born. She finally fell asleep all curled up on my chest and DH and I were just staring at her listening to her breath and looking at all her little features. I remember thinking I can't believe I grew a tiny perfect baby in my belly and now she's alive because of me

PS totally cried reading the pp

Lolalipsy · August 2013

Her little face at daft o'clock in the morning when she's happy to see me.

MommyStemple · August 2013

Mine would be one morning when DS was about 1 month old he was in the rocker in our room and I was in the attached bathroom getting ready when he started to fuss. Before I could get to him I hear my DD who was almost 3 start singing "You are My Sunshine" in the sweetest voice imaginable. DS instantly calmed and DD was so excited. Their love for one another astounds me.

LaxMOM44 · August 2013

So I've been pretty open about my PPD here. I really didn't enjoy being a mom or being alone with LO for the first few weeks.

My moment would be the first time I looked at her and I genuinely loved her. She was sleeping and looked so peaceful and against my better judgement I picked her up because I just had to hold her and smell her and when I pulled her away again she smiled in her sleep (probably gas) and I realized I loved her so much and that we had gotten through the sadness and anxiety and that we were gonna be ok.

miraclemarie · August 2013

These are the cutest things I've ever read. Each of them seriously made me cry.
My moment would have to be when my doctor asked me to look down and I screamed no with my eyes closed and she said no Melissa look down so when I did my doctor was handing her to me. The joy of her little fingers around mine and looking at my DH made me the happiest I've ever been. I knew right there that God has given me everything I always wanted.

TrulyBlessed22 · August 2013

Love reading all of these, thanks for sharing

snowgirl427 · August 2013

laxminavkar said:
So I've been pretty open about my PPD here. I really didn't enjoy being a mom or being alone with LO for the first few weeks.

My moment would be the first time I looked at her and I genuinely loved her. She was sleeping and looked so peaceful and against my better judgement I picked her up because I just had to hold her and smell her and when I pulled her away again she smiled in her sleep (probably gas) and I realized I loved her so much and that we had gotten through the sadness and anxiety and that we were gonna be ok.

Such a beautiful moment!

snowgirl427 · August 2013

For me, the first time I held him... It was such a long awaited moment. I never knew I could live so deeply so quickly.

DiFazette · August 2013

AGH! I now want to go pick up Owen from daycare and just snuggle the heck out of him after reading these. Owen was born 6 weeks early at 4 pounds 2 ounces. We knew he would spend time in the NICU so we were prepared for that . I didn't know what to expect a 4 pound baby to look like, but when I had our brief first meeting in the OR I remember saying "he's perfect" and kissing his tiny little beautiful face as long as they let me. I didn't get to see him for about 24 hours after that, so this is my most vivid memory of his arrival.

I also overheard my DH telling his parents while I was getting a blood draw that our LO looked just like him. I looked over and he had tears in his eyes. It was a great moment to see my husband as a proud father.

JulieK79 · August 2013

I had a c-section and had a bit of a rough recovery so my memory of holding him finally at 3:00am is a bit foggy so I'm a bit sad that can't be my bottled up moment. But, I will say since he was born any time he snuggles with me or sleeps on me he folds him little legs up, sticks his butt in the air, and lays on my chest and I rub his little butt just like I did when he was in me and its the best feeling. I keep thinking "If only I could come back to these moments as he gets bigger and isn't small anymore." Now I'm crying! Oh dear!

ALP514 · August 2013

After 28 hrs of labor and 2 epidurals I had to have a c-section that I just wasnt prepared for. They allowed me to kiss her quick before they wisked her away and my recovery was a downhill spiral. I was so upset I couldnt be with her right after she was born. I cried the whole time I was in recovery, which was longer then usual because they couldnt regulate my body temp. I vaguely remember DH coming in and out of the recovery room beaming with excitement about our little angel. He just couldnt contain himself he was bursting with love. About 3 and half hrs after the surgery I was allowed in my room still feeling horribly out of it . The nurse brought in my LO and for the first time I held her in my arms and weeped and weeped. I couldnt believe I was holding my little baby girl. Holding her felt so right, like I have found my missing piece. That was a magical moment for me.

TrulyBlessed22 · August 2013

All of these birth stories are doing a number on me. Well, as I said in my OP, I have several moments and, of course, the first time I held DD was the first one. Now I feel compelled to share :-)

After pushing for almost 3 hours straight, yes 3, I was told that DD would have to be extracted with a vacuum assist and that if that didn't work then I'd need an emergency c-sec. Naturally, I was scared, exhausted and so many other things all at once. I broke down and for the first time since labor had began, I started crying. My DH did his best to console me and while he was telling me that everything would be just fine I hear the doc telling the nurse to call someone from NICU, the on call Ped and another nurse. At that point I lost what little composher I had left.
Anyway, once everyone was there they began the process and after a few food pushes the Doc said "your Baby Girl is almost here, would you like to feel her". I was scared and exhausted and just wanted her out, so I declined. The Doc wasn't having it so she said that I really should feel. Reluctantly I did and instantly I started crying again because she really was "almost here". Turns out the Doc knew what she was doing because that gave me the strength I needed to give everything I had in one last push.
Due to the extraction they all had to check her before placing her on me but that only took a few minutes before my beautiful baby girl was placed on my chest. She opened her eyes and stared at me. I can't even explain the feeling I got when I saw her beautiful bright eyes for the first time, right then, I could tell I was her world and she was mine and nothing, not even 3 hours of pushing, mattered.

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