To moms and dads, what do you feel when your first child is born?

The first minutes were very surreal, it felt like I was in some movie, tons of emotions came forth at once:happiness, being scared, tired, overjoyed-I was a mess and I didn't really know how to handle it. I think the first few weeks were very hard, set your alarm clock to go off every 2 hours. Keep yourself awake for 30 minutes, repeat:that's what it felt like lol. After that, it was a breeze and it felt like I had been doing this forever. I became more grateful towards my mother and what she has done for me.

Everyone always told me the feeling was unexplainable and I thought they were just saying that. But then I had my first daughter and it's true. It literally felt like one of those scenes in a movie where the room falls silent and only you, your baby and your husband are in the moment. It's incredible. Incredibly, it happened with my next daughter as well. It's a miracle and the moment certainly is beyond words!

It's really hard to explain how you feel. I think it's complete joy and love like you've known this little person forever. It's just a miracle that you get pregnant and the child grows inside you. When the baby is born all that anticipation that has led up to this point just kind of bursts you open with complete happiness. The baby is so tiny and you just love them so much. You just sit there and think how did I ever create such a perfect human being. You also think there is nothing in the world that could ever compare to that moment of you looking at something you created with your best friend and the person you love so much.

I have only one child. I desired him really very very much, and unfortunately I have no words to tell you my mood when he was born. Children are the greatest masterpiece an human being can do.... it's the most exciting experience in the world. My son is the most imporant thing in the world, I'd die for him. You are right: it'll be the greatest story ever.

When my first child was born I was ecstatic, but I had no energy to express it then. But I was not prepared for the sleepless nights that followed. It is then that I realized the pains that parents take in upbringing a child. To me the birth of my first child felt like a miracle because I could not believe that there was a life within me.