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There are many emotions and thoughts associated with giving birth. We asked a group of mothers to share what they experienced at the birth of their child. The most common emotions common immediately before the birth seemed to be fear and uncertainty. However, once their precious son or daughter appeared, all negative emotions were replaced by relief and an overwhelming joy.
Here are some of their stories about giving birth:
- The pain was surpassed by the extreme joy and happiness I felt as I heard my baby cry and held its small body in my arms. Nothing can come close to that feeling to see your greatest creation look at you.
- Giving birth is the most exciting, beautiful, boring, ugly and tiring experiences I have ever had. The best moment is the relief you have when the baby comes out and you hear it cry and can finally meet them. It's just pure relief.
- When my first child was born, I anticipated his birth with joy and anxiety. The anxiety was due to the birth process. As it turned out, after being in induced labor for 14 hours, my son was delivered by C-section. Since he had ingested muconium, he was not allowed to take his first breath until his airways were suctioned out. So I was lying on the table awaiting his first cry, but not hearing anything. We have video of tears running down my face as we waited, not knowing what was happening. Soon he was allowed to breathe, he cried and we breathed a sigh of relief. I was kind of afraid to hold him and care for him at first, but soon got over it and he has been a source of joy and pride ever since. He is now in college.
- I did have a good experience at the birth of my first child then on March 31, 1994. I was rushed to the hospital with my husband driving our car in nervous manner. It was 12 midnight then when we arrived at the hospital and at around 12:30 in the morning I gave birth. It was a six-pound little, cute boy I had given birth to. It was good because I did not feel any cramping and the contraction was not painful anyway. I easily gave birth even to my ob-gyn, or my attending physician, almost did not arrive on time. Giving birth to my first child and only son was a worth-giving life experience.
- Giving birth the first time was terrifying. I developed pre-eclampsia and needed to be induced at 33 weeks. I was completely unprepared. I hadn't yet had a labor class, so I had no idea what to expect. I was so scared of the baby not being ok. I felt sick from the high blood pressure and the IV medicines. After 24 hours of non-productive labor, I finally had a C-section. By that time, I was so sick, tired, and hungry that I didn't care what happened. I had been throwing up constantly for six hours. I just wanted it to be over. After that, it all gets a little fuzzy. I remember briefly seeing the baby, and then nothing. I didn't get to see or hold him until almost four days later. I didn't have any great feelings of joy... Just exhaustion and feeling physically drained. I was glad that he had come out all right, even with having been so early. It wasn't until perhaps six weeks later--when he came home from the NICU--that I began to feel happy about the birth of my child.
We have more stories about giving birth that any mother will be able to identify with..
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