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 Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:29 pm
Since there are is a mixed bunch here, veteran mommies and newbie moms, I wanted to see how everyone felt when they first became a mom and how they feel now.
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:13 pm
I rememer how I felt when I first saw gavin. I thought he was the most beautiful baby in the world, like god had taken everything perfect and put it into one small being. I just stared at him for hours stroking his cheek and kissing his forhead. I never thought I could love another human so much. Now is no different accept i have to wait till hes asleep to snuggle and hold him tight. I wouldnt change anything about him, hes so amazing and has made my life so much better. I couldnt imagine my life without him, he is what keeps me going. God sent me an angel, how could I ever repay him for the gift I have recieved
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Mystress_Gin Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:04 pm
OMG!! When I first became a mom..... I had a mixture of feelings...love, guilt, love, fear, love, I was unsure about what was coming next, love.... I say love so much cause having my first taught me it was ok to share myself with someone again, and that I would get and give unconditional love and I didn't have to give him something big for him to love me... And he always had a 6 sense and new when mommy was having a bad day and in his own way he would comfort me..... Now he is 20 and Ican't believe that 20 years are past and their are times I wish I could turn back time again to when he was a baby..... but it is ok...... cause now I have a young adult that needs me as well.....
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:16 am
Well, when I first found out I was going to be a mom I was scared. I had just started my second year of college, I had just started a new job, I was ready to start hanging out with my friends again. Despite all this, I knew that I had to take responsibility for my own actions, if you know what I mean. So, I did. I was still sad sometimes, but as soon as Fox was born everything changed. I couldn't put him down! All I wanted to do was hold him and just love him. Motherhood has taught me the true meaning of unconditional love. Even when I think I am doing something wrong, Fox still loves me. He still smiles when I walk into the room. He still laughs when I make a silly face or crazy noise. He doesn't care if I look horrid... he doesn't even mind when I walk around with a facial mask on! So, basically I had a mixture of emotions. I was sad, happy, angry, overjoyed, and I even felt guilt at times. That happens with any new mother I suppose. Even those who plan their pregnancy! I mean, when you become a mom you are essentially changing your identity. You feel as if you are forced to become a different person. As long as you find a balance between the old you and the new you, then everything will be fine. I'm still that goofy and slightly crazy chick, but now I have a wonderful family so I have to know when to draw the line.♥
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NeverBitter_AllDelicious Captain
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:57 pm
Pregnancy was one of the happiest times in my life. I think what made it so special was because of my infertility problems. It took years to find out what medical issues I have. Once I started fertility pills it took 11 months.
When I first held my daughter I was amazed at how beautiful and perfect she was. That warm expanding feeling in your chest that tells you what your feeling is love was so powerful.
The only thing I would change about children would be if I could have more!! heart
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:18 pm
CloverBandia Pregnancy was one of the happiest times in my life. I think what made it so special was because of my infertility problems. It took years to find out what medical issues I have. Once I started fertility pills it took 11 months. When I first held my daughter I was amazed at how beautiful and perfect she was. That warm expanding feeling in your chest that tells you what your feeling is love was so powerful. The only thing I would change about children would be if I could have more!! heart You know everytime I see a baby I almost get the inkling I want another one.... Then I wake up and realize that they grow up and turn into hormonal teenagers...LOL just kidding, If I had an ample income I would probably adopt those kids that are abandoned and living in foster care system....
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Mystress_Gin Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:09 pm
Wow when i first became a mom many years ago , lol. I had a lot of mixed feelings, he was a very sick baby , but you would never know to see him now.
I had fear, love, and the constant feeling and wondering if i was going to be a good mom. He is my one and only I love him to death. I its funny even with him being almost 18 I still wounder if I am making the right choice some times. To me he is still a lil boy, its been really hard letting him do more and go out on his own more. my god if he is just a few minutes late I am like omg what happened. Yup i am a worry wort. But i think i have done ok, he is a good kid, he respects others and himself. and is so helpful. I don't think I would change a thing. Its funny growing up I always said I only wont one kid and it is going to be a boy. I hit it right on the noise.
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:00 pm
Seems like I have been a mom forever. My kids are 15 and 16 and my step daughter is 22. I was young with my two and had to grow up fast. The life with my first husband was hard. So really all I had was my two babies. I would do anything for them. We are really fearlessly close and have a lot of fun together. I aided to raise them as wonderful independant and responsible people. So far so good.
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 4:50 pm
I had complete and utter confidence in myself as a mother. There were some ups and downs but that is common with children and even husbands. I just had my first child 9 months ago and I think I want another one already!! Lol.
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:33 pm
With my first, I was in complete shock and so insecure and emotional! I called my mother like three times a day for EVERYTHING! And then it got easier. She was such an "easy" baby, slept through the night when she was two months old, walking by 9 months!
The Delivery with my second daughter was a walk in the park!
She was a little more "difficult" though. Not sleeping through the night until she was a year old. Crying lots.
Our third child is a boy. And boy oh boy is he a handful! I thought I had it all figured out by now! He had Colic. Not sleeping through the night, temper tantrums @ 10 months old! It's funny how different they all are!
I love being a mom, but I need a time-out! LOL
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:45 pm
Well my husband and I were trying to get pregnant when we did. I wanted to be a mother but, honestly pregnancy was a bit traumatic for me. I got SOOOOOOOOO big in my mind..and stretch marks, and being sick every day pretty much was allot for me to handle. I was down right insane towards the end.
I never saw the beauty in it. I did do a bellycast though...and I do like looking back and going "holy I was huge".
but yea, i..pretty much did not embrace the largeness of it and all the other stresses of being pregnant. >.< I also was over due , in the middle of a canadian winter. So I was terrorfide id go into labor during a blizzard and not be able to get to the hospital. Thank god though I convenced my midwife to let me be induced. xp
Anywho! now i love it whee . I love that shes growing and becoming her own little person. Its sooo cool how fast shes picking things up and gah. I just love it. Pregnancy I hated andi hate the after effects of it as well but, i love being a mom and having her here. Its so cool!! and I do plan on having another in a few years.
Seeing her here and everything made all of that depression and insanity worth it...and even though I despise my stretch marks with a passion. Shes totally worth them.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:31 am
I love my little miracle baby. I was told when I was sixteen that due to my thyroid problems, I would need fertility assistance to get pregnant, boy were they wrong. I had just broken up with my fiance and had one semester left of undergraduate studies left, when I found out I was pregnant. I was scared, delighted, guilty, nervous, and unsure all at once. Pregnancy was a nightmare! I had morning sickness everday, all day for six months. So I gained almost no weight (10 lbs). Big plus right? Not so much because to control my morning sickness, I had to eat constantly. When I wasn't sick, I still kept eating and ended up gaining 57 lbs! Gaining so much weight so fast caused me to sprain a round ligament (I also carried very high), so everytime I got up from sitting (I have a desk job cry ) and started walking I was in pain. Then I was eight days overdue in last part of July, the hottest part of the year. I was miserable! Labor wasn't much easier. My water broke right as I was getting in to bed. Which is better than breaking while I was in bed I guess. Anyway I drove myself to the hospital because my labor coaches had just left for a weekend away that morning. I was in labor for eleven and half hours with two hours of active pushing. My labor nurse turned off my epideral too soon and I went from nothing to crowning (OUCH!). He was face up instead of down, so he got stuck a little. I tore and had to have a third degree episitomy. Even after all that, I still loved him the minute I saw him. He is so smart and handsome. I have to keep reminding myself of that because we are in the midst of the terrible two's. Even though he isn't quite two yet. He wasn't an easy pregnancy or delivery, so why should it be easy now? 
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