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2007-05-03 15:47:03 · 19 answers · asked by lysistrata411 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Honestly how tired I was all the time and how overwhelmed I was with emotion. I could not believe that I could be so intensly in love with, and so overwhelmingly frightend over every little thing. Being sleep deprived only intensified every emotion 300% I cried because he wouldnt latch and eat, then he didnt pee for like 24 hours I was so frightened I actually was sick. I loved him so much it hurt my chest to just watch him sleep. Im getting emotional now remembering.
2007-05-03 15:54:36 · answer #1 · answered by melissaw77 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My son was 13 weeks early and spent 79 days in the NICU when he was born, I think for the first few weeks of his life I was in shock that he was already here, that he was so tiny, and that he could actually make it. He weighed only 2 pounds 2 ounces and I had never heard of such a tiny baby, but there were others in the NICU much tinier. He is now 6 months old and almost 14 pounds!! It's almost like that was a lifetime ago.
2007-05-04 00:41:39 · answer #2 · answered by shannon ! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was surprised at how exhausted I was. I went from having so much attention put on me, to having this completely helpless baby to take care of, and I had horrible baby blues, although I just call it depression. After those first 3 weeks things got much better and I really fell in love with my daughter.
2007-05-03 23:02:20 · answer #3 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That once we left the hospital, the baby is your responsibility and you make all the decisions when it comes to feeding, changing, and loving him/her. Plus if it is your first, you feel uneducated until you get a routine down and also ask your doctor and loved ones their opinion, but the final decision is made by the parents.
2007-05-03 22:51:47 · answer #4 · answered by EC 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it was amazing that it finally hit when we left the hospital and laid her in her bassinet and we knew she was ours! We didn't have to give her back or anything. I didn't think it would hit so fast and so hard how much I love her. I had only known her a few days and couldn't imagine how life was without her. Just pure honest love and amazement.
2007-05-04 01:37:00 · answer #5 · answered by Melissa S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How small he was. He was 4-5 weeks early(depending on what doctor you asked) and only five pounds. He wore preemie diapers for over a month and they seemed so big! Now I look back(he's 8 months) and can't believe it.
2007-05-03 23:04:28 · answer #6 · answered by cerah_micah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how much i loved her, it truly is overwhelming! at first sight of course, but when i got to hold her and visit her in the nicu, wow it's just the best feeling. and i'd never felt a love like that before. i would just tear up naturally because i just didn't know what else to say or do :)
2007-05-03 23:27:01 · answer #7 · answered by shane r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How I forgot to eat! I was soo tired and so busy with my daughter that when she slept I HAD to sleep! I didn't eat for the first 24 hours I know... The first time I ate was when my hubby made me dinner and FED it to me while I was breastfeeding our daughter! And I was dosing off while I was tryin to eat! I couldn't believe it!
2007-05-03 23:05:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The unexplainable & ovewhelming feeling, like im so inlove and proud and happy, i can't take my eyes off my son, he's the most wonderful that ever happened to me (Taking from the feeling, that he/she really come out from you and you give him life)...and of course there just lay there sleep and sleep and helpless...but soooo cute.
2007-05-03 23:02:02 · answer #9 · answered by ateiris77 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How much extra washing there was, considering they're clothes are so tiny.
Also the enormity of what I was now responsible for
2007-05-03 22:57:12 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋