What is your favourite labour/delivery memory?

There was a thread like this on another forum I visit, it was great to read everyone's little stories from their labour and delivery, so I thought I'd start it here too.

What is your favourite labour and/or delivery memory? Whats the one memory that you treasure the most about the whole experience (good or bad)?

xxxCaz

I loved the conversation I had with DH, while we waited to be taken to have a planned csect. It was so calm peaceful,loving and reflective.
Also the kisses I got from my mum and dad as I was taken to theatre waiting for the lift and seeing them as I came back and told me that "she was beautiful".
Bec

Hi - planned CS here too - when they lifted Alex up and Nick said he was a boy and all I could see was this very wrinkley purple bottom and I laughed and cried some more.

Similar thing with Caitlin, when they lifted her up and she was kicking and screaming and purple, I laughed and cried.

Barb.

Handing that new born baby to mum and seeing the look on her face as she holds it for the first time. This is such a special moment for me.

Awww I love hearing all these moments, it takes you back doesn it? You get so caught up in stuff that you forget how special it was...

With Lucy, the best moment was seeing Phil's face when he looked at her in my arms. I was a bit spaced out from the gas and totally exhausted and I dont think I'd even properly looked at her yet, but when I saw the look on his face my heart melted, and I looke down at my little girl in awe that she could do that to her daddy...*sniff*

With Cole, the most memorable thing to me was before he was out, during the pushing stage. I can remember a contraction coming on and that overwhelming urge to push and I just ROARED like an animal. I remember feling like I wa san animal and it was just me and this baby that had to be born and there was nothing else in teh world, I couldnt hear anyone or see anyone it was just me and it felt really...primal and powerful.

Maybe I'll have to do it again... :-k
xxxCaz

The bubbly feeling after the babys head is born and the body comes sliding out. I felt it with an epidural with Kameron and it is a feeling I will never forget.

Love

I was totally unprepared for the massive rush of emotion that came the minute I saw Emma. That was it for me, when they held her up and showed me, I have never felt anything like it!

Ive had the most amazing experiences with the girls..ive been so incredibly blessed but this time around i burst into tears when Sammy was held up..all i could see where his little testicles..lol....and i felt an overwhelming surge of love and felt so complete...i never knew that i had yearned for a little boy to love.

Jo

For me, in the middle of a contraction "Hurt so good" came on the radio! I thought it was hilarious..DH didn't. Then later on the midwives asked what names we had picked out... then the radio started playing Mambo No5. - i think that's what it was called? the one where he sings "A little bit of Monica in my life, a little bit of... or however it goes. Needless to say, I thought it was funny, DH didn't.. might have had something to do with the gas!

Nic

My most special moments were after each of my three were born and they were placed on my tummy. My most memorable moment was when I was having my first (a boy) and my hospital had a bush bursary student visiting. Tic was his name and he had never seen a birth before. Anyway he was there generally assisting the MW for the last 2 hours and when Lindsay's head started to crown DH and the MW were urging me on and here's Tic, sitting at the end of the bed, arms waving in the air cheering me on like he was backing the winner in the Melbourne Cup!! I hope I gave him some memorable expeiences to take home with him!

Cheers, sherieb =D>

ROFL Nic!!! Thats great!!!

Aaww sherieb - how cool - he will probably always remember it!

I had a c/section so i would say when they lifted Alexander out it was the best moment ever. I never saw that when i had Kimberley she was taken away after one small look.

Mason turned around just as he was crowning, which felt very freaky and he squealed as soon as his head popped out.
I delivered Angus squatting and he was laying on the bed so calm, I knelt over him and rubbed his belly.

Oh ladies, All your little "moments" are just beautiful! I cant wait to experience my own! :cry:

I think expecting this little blonde/ginger thing with pale skin to come out (Shane's other sons are pale with re/blonde hair), and what came out was a gorgeous olive skinned baby with heaps of dark hair and she just looked gorgeous.
All I could say was - "She's perfect". I was in shock, and if someone had taken an extra second to get her to me, I wouldn't have believed she was mine.

Fi

I have to say that it would have to be DP's reaction, he was sobbing and kissing me telling me she was perfect. I couldnt see her as she was behind me and i was on my knees but I was bust to see her.

When I did get to turn around and hold her I will never forget her looking straight into my eyes and she was so calm and beautiful. My favorite photo is one of me and her and she is still all mucky and she is just staring at me. Oh, i love it

I so cant wait to do it all again

Mine was after DD was born and she was put on my tummy and we're all saying "she's beautiful" and then I asked if anyone had checked that it was definitely a girl!!! No one had!!!!!!! So the moment waiting to confirm everyone held their breath. It was funny, exciting, sweet all at once.
I also liked that because I had no drugs I really knew what i was doing and could coach myself through, saying it wouldn't be long and the pain would pass. I appreciated feeling everything even though it was hell. With No1 I didn't get that with my; epidural. But with both daughters the most amazing thing was meeting them and just cuddling them. xox

OMG If you guys all saw what a blubbering mess I am right now you would all probabley laugh at me!

Ive only got like nearly 7 months to go and all I can imagine is pain but now I can think of other things.... you guys rok!

Just wait till it happens Leah - then you will really be a blubbering mess!! You have so many amazing moments ahead of you!!! :D

I know I know I know!!! how scary!!!!! im SO scared but excited at the same time!

With Maddy I had Mum & my sister with me, I was slightly out of it on pethadine. As I pushed Maddy into the world, they placed her directly onto my chest, my sister cut the cord & both her & my Mum were a blubbering mess! I just stared at her & for about 15mins, like we were the only people in the world, I didn't know what I'd had, I was just so absolutely in love with this sticky, gooey, slimy thing stuck to my chest! Then Mum asked what I had had & the MW lifted her up & saw she was a girl...

With Indah I had no drugs & had no idea she had stopped breathing, but when the MW asked if she could cut me as the baby needed to be born NOW & I said Yep, fine!!!
Dh looked at my bit being cut then looked at me with this 'OH MY GOODNESS!" look I loved that then as she was born she wasn't breathing, but DH cut the cord & went with her to be suctioned & Mum stayed with me (same room only 4 steps away) as she screamed her first scream DH picked her up cuddled her & smiled at me as if he's heart was gonna burst he was so in love!!!
He p[laced her on me as she fed, yet again I had no idea what it was & when MUm asked, her leg was lifted & DH proudly announced, we got another girl...

Even now my friends just smile when they see Dh with the girls, coz I dont think he could possibly love them anymore than he shows he does!!!
He is a terrific husband & Father!!! OOOH, I feel really emotional now!!!!

I had a c/s and was in recovery for nearly 3 hours before being taken back to the ward.

My most precious moment was when I was wheeled into my room and the moment I laid eyes on my husband holding our newborn son was just magic I had a rush of extremely strong loving emotions I`ve never felt before and haven`t since, even now just thinking about it gives me goosebumps.

What a beautiful thread! Im crying just reading your posts and thinking of our wonderful experience.

For us it was definately when the MW placed him on my chest and knowing that he was safe. We didnt know that Hendrix was a he at this stage and completely forgot to find out. I was in the water and DH was supporting me from outside the bath and all we could do was look from one another to our perfect baby. The MW said 'do you want to know what it is' as she hadnt seen either.

That memory is so powerful and the best memory of my life. Cant wait to do it again.

I had an emergency c/s so I didn't get to hold Gemma and meet her properly till I was wheeled back to the ward.I remember(very vaguely)the midwife bringing her in and placing her next to me.I just stared at her and she just stared back.My sister took a photo of us just laying there gazing into each others eyes.I was such a beautiful moment.

Corey got to hold Gemma straight after she was born.But I think the most beautiful moment for him was when we were back in the ward and Gemma was in my arms and Corey was talking and walking around and Gemma was following the sound of his voice!She obviously recognised it!He was the proudest daddy that day!!

Alex was an emergency c/s and the best thing I remember was his cry... because we were all so worried he wasn't going to make it (his umbilicial cord fell off the placenta as they pulled him out of the c/s so he's really a very lucky little boy to be here at all...) And seeing his testicles as they pulled him out... I didn't even see his face, only his penis!! So funny! (Mind you I really wanted a boy!)

And with Ned, another c/s, all I could think was "he's so huge"! Compared to Alex who was 1.9 kilos, Ned was 4.28 kilos and the difference was massive!

my most memorable moment was when you finally can push with that pain and you feel like you are doing something to help and then after the burning excrusiating pain then comes what i call the blobblobblob moment as the body and legs come out and reaching down to pick up my baby for the first time and have them look into my eyes and i into theirs and we know we belong to each other. with oscar he was an emergency c-section i still gazed into his eyes and we knew we were meant to be together.

this is making me feel all teary.

love beckles

My favourite was having just pushed her out, (obviously my favourite part cause it meant i was no longer pregnant!!) but i was kneeling on the ground leaning on her dad's knees who was sitting in front of me. I was in such shock that she was out, and having no idea of the sex of the baby during my pregnancy i said "what is it??" and the told me it was a girl and i said "Aww, its an Ashlea" Then they passed her to me and she was still curled up in a little tiny ball!
I was too shocked to cry, that was my own little baby in my hands!

Well i dont remember most of my labor as i was sleeping lol. But i think the most memorable thing was when Lily cried for the first time. When they took her out she didn't cry or move at all because she was in shock for the traumatic birth, so they had to give her a bit of oxygen. It was only like 20 seconds from when she was born til she did cry but to me it felt likehours. I felt so relieved and happy when she finally cried! That was the best moment.

I have a couple of little moments that I won't forget.
One was when Neil decided to have a go of the gas while the midwife wasn't looking. He was like a big kid!
When I was having a contraction after my waters were broken, I started leaking fluid all over the floor (there was meconium in the waters so it was pretty gross). My natural instinct was to run to the loo so it left a trail of gross stuff from the bed to the loo. Neil was following behind me with an arm-full of pads and throwing them down on the floor to clean it all up, LOL. Priceless!!

BUT... my ultimate favourite memory was when I was in theatre having an emercency caesar... they announced that she was out and I heard Gabby's first little cry... OMG... it was the most amazing sound!! I looked over to see the nurse carrying her over to a table and all I could see was this little blob of baby and I heard that cry and I said "That's MY baby!". I tear-up whenever I think about that moment!

I LOVE this thread! It's bringing back all the memories from when I had dd, and reminding me why I'm doing it all again!

I think my favourite moment with dd was when she had just come out and she was lying on the bed between my legs. We didn't know she was a she at that stage, and I looked down at her and said, 'it's a little girl'. DH was standing behind the midwife and literally pushed her out of the way so he could see! We were pretty shocked, coz although we hadn't found out, we were expecting a boy!


Bel

I remember i was so drugged up on everything with emergency c/s and i kept passing out but when they said- he's out and then i first heard his little cry i bawled in between each pass out.

I am getting so emotional thinking about it.... :)

My two favourite memories about Aidyns birth are when he was placed on my chest for the first time... he was just so warm, making these little snuffly noises, and was already sooo cuddly. I was emotionally in shock at the time though, I just couldnt believe it!
And later that morning when DP rang us up at the hospital in tears saying how he was going to love and take care of me and Aidyn (he had been rather unsupportive of my pregnancy) so I thought that was really sweet, and was so pleased that Aidyns birth had touched him in the way that I suspected it would... :)

Oh thats good to hear Ambah- I really hope i get a bubba on my chest the next time....

Nice memories ;)

For me it was looking up at DH's face as I pushed & the feeling of his hand holding mine & also seeing him being lifted up & places on my chest like a big emotional & mental "Whoooosh" My life had changed forever.

Piette your birth memory sounds alot like mine.All drugged up and completely exhausted!

These stories are so wonderful - this is the side of labour we should be talking about (and not scaring poor Shinee!).

I can't wait!

I have just read all of these posts and have cried throughout.

They are all heart touching stories and i simply cannot wait to be able to share mine too.

merry Xmas to all your babies out there :)

OMG a teary mess here as well.

My favourite memories would have to be when I was pushing her out, I didn't know she was out & then all of a sudden my Dr flipped her up onto my tummy & said 'meet your daughter'. I almost died as I had said the whole way through we were having a boy. She was the most perfect suprise ever!

Afterwards I remember gazing at her & feeling so strong & empowered. I looked out the windows at all the cars driving past & thought 'gee your lives are so boring' LOL :lol: I just delivered a baby!

Skye