Hey a question for you all I was curious about... when you gave birth, did you cry and get all emotional about your new baby? Or what was it that got you and/or your partners emotional (in a positive way!)?
hmmm we kind of missed out on that.... Beth wasn't breathing when she was born and spent 30 minutes on the resuscitaire being bagged with oxygen. after that they gave her to me for about 30 seconds, the Bear took a photo and then they took her to the nursery. Everyone left with her including the Bear. I was left in the room completely alone, on this filthy bed, hooked up to a drip so I couldn't move. Either no one had told me what was going on or I was too stunned to really take it in,cause I knew something was wrong but I never really considered that she might not be OK until later. I felt like I was in shock or on drugs. The whole thing was completely surreal. When the Bear came back to take me to see her in the nursery he was trying to act like everything was pretty much ok, but when the paed said "if something changes for the worse overnight I'll call you" I realised it was quite serious. but again it didn't really sink in. She was in intensive care for two days, and then she had jaundice on day four, so it kind of wasn't until we got her home that we started to relax and enjoy her a bit more. It wasn't until she was about a week old that I actually said to the Bear "I can't believe how close we came to losing her". I think for me it took that long to sink in that she had such a rough time, and by then she really was completely fine. Anyway we both had a good cry about it.
TBH it's kind of my only regret about the birth, other than that it went absolutely fine. It was sad that we missed out on that time together but as long as she's OK that's really all that matters.
hmm so not really what you asked??? sorry!