What were your first thoughts/words when you first saw your child after labour?

I was just glad it was over and so excited to see this thing that had been kicking my ribs for the last three months lol. My pain wasn't that bad and you forget about all that after they come out. It gets easier with each child too. I think I only had to push twice to get my third out. When our first one came, my husband was in love...he followed them around every where they took her to clean her off and check her out. And on our third try I gave him his boy too :) Good luck!

with my son who is my eldest child when i first saw him i my first thought was what a miracle he was, any pain etc i had literally dissapeared i was so engrossed with my beautiful baby especially as i had been told i couldn't have children a few years before in my arms i then had a small black haired blue eyed bundle and he was my world until my daughter came along a tiny premature red haired baby she was beautiful the first time i saw both of my beautiful babys in my arms i cried with joy and love for them-your friend littleowl

I was relieved and forgot all the pain immediately....I shouldn't be complaining though...because I had just 2 hours of labour with my first and no labour with my second. I was actually so relieved to see my second child (who was delivered through an emergency C-section) because we would have lost him if we hadn't had a scan late that night. My husband was very happy to see both the babies (even though he was expecting a girl the second time and we got another boy) My husband is more of the molly coddling kind than I am and would physically express his joy with our kids. Most of my thoughts run through my mind and I enjoy them silently.

My labor didnt go so well. I started having contractions in the afternoon. We went to the hospital. Everything was going good untill my son turned and got stuck. We were rushed for an emergancy c-section at 2 in the morning. All I remember right awaay is asking if it was a boy or girl and saying I want to hear him cry. After that I slept for a few hours. My husband got to go with our son and be the first to hold him. His poor little head was purple from being stuck. Eventualy the nurse had to tell my husband to give the baby back so he can get warm. My husband didnt want to. LOL! I do know when they brought him to me I just stared at him for a while. Such a tiny little thing. I couldnt believe I made him either. He was to cute to be mine. LOL. Its amazing but when you see them for the first time its like you already know them. I had a c-section with my second as well and the situation was similar. I didnt see him for a few hours after birth. I remember thinking he was just the cutest thing I have ever seen and whered all the hair come from! LOL. Its amazing how much love you have for this tiny being you just met.

when they put my daughter on my stomach after she was born, i really had no thoughts, it was very surreal. i just looked at her, and the thing i will always remember is her looking back up at me. My boyfriend didn't say anything either, he was in shock of everything, but he had the biggest smile on his face, i don't think i have ever seen him so happy.

When I had my first child, my ex-husband was based in the forces in Germany and could not be with me until after the birth. It was a bit of a lonely, scary time as I had no relatives in the UK, with all of them abroad and my baby was overdue. I hoped evrything would go well but I was feeling a little impatient. I was taken into hospital after two weeks being overdue and started off. But I was in labour for 36 hours, which seemed to drag on for hours, and the baby was getting more and more distressed. I was told later that I should have had a Caesarean, but I soldiered on with the help of a very good friend sitting by me, holding my hand and encouraging me every moment. Finally my son was born and he was the greatest little bundle of joy there was, though the midwife said he was pretty exhausted. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry with the amazement of it all. I remember saying, "Gosh, you took your time. You're finally here," with the greatest relief that he was alive and well. But the best moment after that was when the friend asked me if, after all that pain and discomfort, would I ever have another child again? "Yes," I answered without hesitation, "because the memory of that pain will soon go." And I did have my daughter by Caesarean 5 years later.

With my last child I was in labor forever! Well, not literally, but it sure felt like it. Anyway, eventually the doctors decided to take me for an emergency c-section because I had pushed for 3 hours with no progress. When they pulled my son out, the first thing I heard was "OMG his head is HUGE!". Of course after that my first thought was "And you guys wanted me to push that out?!". There were some complications after the delivery, and I had to be put back under anesthesia so I didn't see my son until they took me back to my room. It wasn't even really him, just the pictures on the digital camera that my husband had taken. When the nurses finally brought him in from the nursery I cried. He had bruises on his face from being face up and pushed on for hours and he had a conehead. My first thought was "OMG my poor baby!". Eventually the bruising went away and his head reshaped itself, and he is now the cutest thing I've ever seen. *LoL*

First thoughts huh...."Wait until I get my hands on that SOB" I'm never doing this again LOL. No not really, my last cild was a C section, so I didn't see him until later, but I was overjoyed!

First off, I would like to say congratulations on your baby. I am almost 6 months pregnant with my 4th and last child. I remember that everything faded as I seen my baby for the first time. I did hear or see anything else but my babies. It was a moment that I think is too extreme to be put into words. It was like I new them my whole life. I can't wait to enjoy it again.

lol. The first words out of my mouth after seeing my son fall out of me was "holy sh!t!" The doctor thought that was hilarious. Then he was on my tummy and I got lost in the wonder of it all.

Hi Kiran you are very right, it was really great and amazing feeling when i heard that i am father and then when i saw him after som time it was so much excitement, emotion and mix feelings that hard to describe in words i simple after that ur priorities changes wish u best of luck and hope everything will go fine take care

I just had my daughter in January, and I'm glad I read this because I seem to have forgotten those days and I now had the chance to remember. I was induced two weeks early because I had pre eclampsia, so I knew that it was going to be awhile, but I was actually in labour for four days!! They started inducing me on December 31st and I finally had her the third. After four days of pain, and not being able to eat, I was fed up. I wish the experience was different because I at the end I almost hated it. The time finally came when I could push, and an hour and a half later she came out. My first thoughts were "omg she's real" Then I couldn't stop saying "oh my god, oh my god" over and over again. I cried, she cried, and then the moment was over. I was relieved it was over and enjoying it being over then actually taking in the joy of it.

Seeing my first child after labor, the first thought that came to my head was "He is sooo beautiful". It was love at first site. I had never experienced so much love and so much emotion all in such a short moment as the moment I first lay eyes on him. I even started to cry from the joy. It was pretty much the same experience when my other three kids were born just not as emotional.

well.i understand your feeling. it's really painful for a pregnet women eventhough i haven't get married. but if there is one day i god married i will treat my wife very well whatever a boy or a girl that she borned for me. i don't care.