The Love of a Mother

 

It was 8:13pm on a Thursday when my life changed forever. I was laying in a hospital bed going through what was probably the worse pain of my life when the doctor yelled "push!" One more time. Then there she was, laying on my chest with eyes wide open. Our baby girl made it into this world. We were officially parents. Now let me give you a quick

Insight.... I was a preschool teacher and worked with all ages from infants- 5 year olds, so i was ready to be a mom and new almost everything to expect. The late nights, rashes, diaper changes, feeding, you know everything you think of and read when it comes to your baby and what life is going to be now. There was one thing i was not expecting though and it was something that hit me in full force. I never new until i held my 7lb 2oz baby what kind of love could poor out of me. We as moms go through some of the hardest times during pregnancy and some breeze through it, some need emergency interactions and others push them out withour any effort, some breath and fight through the pain others need some help with it, but there is one thing I think mostly every single mother can share, the amount your heart grows and how much love it just started pumping out! Lets pause for a second and really think about this we carried this child for nine months, we went though the exhaustion, the back pains, the morning sickness, the rib kicks, the organ punches, i dont know about you but i found myself yelling at my cute bump to stop sometimes and so much more to get through 9 months of something so amazing that not all women get to do,feeling your baby move and grow inside of you is something for another day, but to then go through one of the most painful experiences and At the end of all of that, a perfect little baby is now yours to cuddle and feed and help grow. I wasn't prepared when 2 days later i looked at my sleeping little newborn and to burst into tears because i just loved her so much. I didn't expect to wake up once every hour just to stare and watch her little chest move up and down with every little breathe, and i didn't expect to ask God everyday how did i ever live every single day of my life without this little girl in it. The love of a mother is one of the most powerful things I have ever felt and I didn't even see it coming.