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Who has felt the Rush of Love after giving birth? Is it something that women who have a natural birth feel or can women with a section feel it too?
I was small minded before and thought people were talking rubbish about the rush of love you feel for your baby, and it doesn't really exist. (I mean it does exist, but after you get to know your baby not straight away) I had a vaginal birth and felt the rush of love when Kyra was placed straight only my tummy all slippery, warm and wet...
How about you?
I was small minded before and thought people were talking rubbish about the rush of love you feel for your baby, and it doesn't really exist. (I mean it does exist, but after you get to know your baby not straight away) I had a vaginal birth and felt the rush of love when Kyra was placed straight only my tummy all slippery, warm and wet...
How about you?
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I still get a rush of love every morning when I get my first smile of the day and usually during the day when she is being goreous!
I feel lucky that I feel like that as I know other Mum's take longer to get that feeling.
Louise i 9 weeks old.
It must be something to do with our hormone when we give birth.
saying that I don't think it has a refection on how much you love your little ones if you did/or didn't get it cause the other type of love is 'proper' love and it runs much deeper and is lush too! xxx
It_must_be_love i too fell in love with my oh all over again which was lovely xxx
The first thing I thought was god that hurt (vaginal birth to 9lb 5 ouncer)! Then Joshua was taken to be cleaned up and checked over cos they he thought he may have swallowed meconium. When I held him I thought, here we go im going to feel so connected to my baby, when in actual fact I thought god he's heavy and he doesnt look like those new born babies you see in prima baby! Then he was whiseked off and I didnt see him till 12 hrs later!
Next time elective c-section I think hopefully I wont be sooooooo tired from contractions and pushing!
I will say though that I did feel a rush of love for my oh for about 4 weeks afterwards I couldnt stop hugging and kissing him it was weird...thank god im back to normal now lol! xxx
My OH held him first (I had a csection) and I never got skin to skin as he was wrapped in blankets...When the midwife asked if I would like to hold him now I said NO (bad mummy) because I was scared he would cry for me and hate me. He was crying for my OH and the minute he was handed to me he stopped crying. That night was magical. I was a bit out of it but I didnt sleep at all, I kept staring at him (he was born at 3am), he stared back at me through his plastic cot and if he cried I stroked his face and he went bk to sleep...
Lately I have not felt this way as much which upsets me a bit, I'm a bag of nerves atm around him.
She gave me a cuddle and a kiss before bed tonight and I nearly cried again!! she's far too cute!x
I just felt so incredibly blessed to have such a beautiful and healthy baby boy that looked sooo cute
I do remember not having a lot of emotion though which was really odd! Oh and family seemed to be constantly bawling but I was just fine for ages. Weird seeing as I usually get overcome with emotion at a sad bit of eastenders let alone anything else!!
Loving this thread!
I didn't get a rush of love either - I was really happy but mainly just exhausted after the labour. I don't think I felt that mushy overwhelming love for a little while.
My other half did though, straightaway. He kinda got that goofy face when the midwife put the baby in his arms
Nope no rush of love here either. Had a surprise birth at 34 weeks and although it was a natural birth because he was early and awkward I didn't see him for nearly 2 hours. I was just so relieved my backache had gone and my body had relaxed straight after the birth. I knew I loved him but it grew over the first 24 hours rather than a rush all at once, seeing him in an incubator I was more protective than in love at first. Still protective but love him more than anything too, even when he drives me potty.