LOL Gracie & MD, Procrastination is SUCH a tart - he's been cheating on me, I see! PMSL!
Renee in regard o you "special moment" question - I don't know that I actually had an "oh my god" moment either. The whole thing was pretty confronting - wonderful, but so darn quick it didn't really sink in! I think I spent the morning after the waters broke and the drive into hospital trying to distract myself so I wouldn't freak out or get overexcited as I half expected to be sent home; I assumed we'd get time to gradually come to terms with the impending inevitable in the coming hours. HA!!! Things happened so darn fast, and I was too busy coping with the contractions to really think about it! I do remember looking at the time and thinking "she's almost here" before the last push, and how beautiful she was when she came out, but I was in awe - kinda spaced out, I suppose! It didn't sink in that she was ours (that was so mind-blowing a concept I don't think I could process it), just that she was beautiful and felt lovely. Then she was taken to the resusc table for some oxygen. Dh commented after than as soon as she was born he felt so responsible. I just felt relief, shock and awe! (And HUNGER!) It was only about 2 hrs after she was born that I realised I felt a sort of love/wonder, and to be honest it's only in the last month I've felt she's really mine, and I still find it hard to comprehend that she's "our" child. Before that I almost felt like I was handling a very precious visitor! So no, I don't remember a blinding moment as such, apart from looking up at the clock and fixing the time of her birth in my mind; it's been more of a gradual process. Think I was in shock for ages. And for many women I reckon that's probably completely normal. HTH!
hi everyone else!
s sends cuddles and gurgles. We've had a horrendous 2 days for screaming but hopefully the cool weather will help her today.
hope you're all well - sorry no time for more personals, need to prioritise a shower today as I got covered in vom twice yesterday. Peeeuuuwwww.
xxx