Mamas-to-be, YES — this is the moment you’re waiting for. The split second of amazement when you meet your baby for the first time and your hearts bursts open wide.
Photo by Jane McCrae.
This gorgeous shot was captured by a former midwife named Jane McCrae. Babble.com reports that the photo has won National Geographic’s 2011 Photo of the Year contest (love it!!), though National Geographic still has voting up on its site. Since it’s unclear which is the most recent and accurate, vote for it if you love it!
We’d love to hear from you, mamas— can you describe what it was like when you met your baby for the first time? Share below by Dec. 1, then we’ll randomly choose one to win a free yoga class at Blooma!
Love,
Alisa, Sarah & the women of Blooma
Wow. That’s a powerful image.
I have a photo above my kitchen sink of the first moment I met my son (who is now almost 5). Last night, he asked me about it and I told him it was the moment that my heart became so full, it almost burst. I put the photo above my sink when my son turned 3 and started to “challenge” me…it was a good reminder of my heart being full!
Wow – I remember that moment, all I could think was “baby baby baby” as if I didn’t know for 9 months that baby was coming! My hubby and midwife wanted to shift us to check the gender and my thoughts were, “who cares? I have a baby!”
Meeting my baby for the first time was like nothing I have ever experienced. You love this baby more than husband but so much more that you can’t put it into words. Tue only thing you can do is cry about it because it is so emotional after working so hard to meet this new edition to your family. It is pure amazement!!!
I was totally oblivious to everything going on around us. All that mattered was my new baby. Just amazed that had just come out of me. It was love at first sight.
Such a beautiful photograph. It makes me look forward to experiencing that magic moment of birth again with my next babe.
I heard his cry and fell apart. I felt like I’d been waiting my whole life to hear his voice.
I can’t really remember, it was so unbelievable! I can just recall the feelings… I can see the picture in my head. But to put it into words is very very hard! One day maybe I’ll make a painting
We’re not so far away from the one year anniversary of our own meeting of our daughter–after forty-two hours, I think it was surreal it was over! I remember our eyes meeting: she had her left eye closed and had little spit bubbles on her mouth, and I reached out to touch her face–her little fist came out toward me and we “held hands” for the first time. My life forever was divided between before and after that day.
There is also another picture of a water birth that is equally breath-taking! “Between Two Worlds” by Tara Garner
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/2011/entries/117168/view/