Did you think your baby was beautiful straight after birth?

[trixipaws]

im so jealous of all u who instantly thought ur babies were beautiful!

when i look back on my pics of newborn melissa, i think "OMG she's just SO SO gorgeous how on earth could i not see that at first?!?!?!"

i can honestly say that i did fall in love with her instantly, but not in the sickly, head-over-heels, beaming-with-pride way i love her now- it was a very primal instinctive kind of love, a fierce protectiveness i loved her because she was my child and she was so so tiny and helpless. but i was disappointed with how she looked, i think i may have actually thought "she's funny looking but i love her anyway".

melissa to me has the most beautiful face physically possible im actually amazed- and granted her cuteness HAS grown with age- but looking back she's always been cute i dont kno how i ever couldnt have thought so. i mustve been off my head! i cant even blame the pain relief drugs coz i wasnt on any

oh well i see her beauty now and its not like i didnt love her and thats the main thing

 

[greendayrock]

i thought my babies were both beautiful i only have my daugter in the comp though

she is even more beautiful now

so is my son

 

[Xena]

Harley was born looking beautiful dark hair olive skin and perfect, But dior did look a bit different lol she was very bold and tiny and boney but she was 5 weeks earl so il cut her some slack

Both stunning now though i must say

my god it's like seeing a ghost! you've been MIA lately! - nice to see ya around, I was thinking about you the other day wondering how you are.

 

[LucyBee]

Xena...I think you're right about the cheeks!
Lydia, Hannah and Tom all look the same!
xx

 

[charlie84]

Oh yes i thought she was beautiful, so perfect

A pic from when she is bout half an hour old.

 

[monster_munch]

I didn't get that instant rush of love with either I think - both were big and gunky and their skin was very congested, my main feeling when both were born was of relief and I think I mistook that for love at first and then a few hours later it hit me.

DD was an ugly baby though she was covered in spots and scratches until she was about 6 months old - DS's skin cleared up much quicker (all clear now)

Both are stunning now, even if I do say so myself

 

[Minxy]

I like them when they're teeny, pink and crying-so cute

Stanley was very active but bizaarely quiet, it was very strange. He came out and seemed so other-wordly and somehow very wise I think. Someone told me he looked like he'd 'been here before' He had big dark eyes like an alien.

First pic

 

[Krystal]

These are Jack's first pics... He is a bit scratched and swollen from birth but still perfect in every way to me

on my chest after being born: pic is a bit grey but we all look that way so think it was camera.. i cut myself out of it cos i look woof

30 minutes old.. scratches on his head from getting stuck:

 

[clarey]

Awww all these lil newbs sooo gorgeous!

My first thought on seeing Eva was ' Oh she looks just like me!' So cant really say whether I thought she was pretty lol

 

[muppetmummy]

James came out surprisingly unwrinkled, I kept thinking how beautiful his eyes were, they were huge and a really deep blue colour. I dont have any newborn pics on the puter

Poor Logie got battered in the birth canal, he was blue, had red rings around his eyes from the pressure and had a mishapen head. I didnt think he looked beautiful but I still loved him, and I knew he'd look better once the swelling went down and his colour returned to normal.

Sure enough, a few hours later he was scrummy

 

[KJ]

Minxy, I felt EXACTLY the same about Asher. He was very wide eyed and alert, and was just taking everything in analysing everyone. And he so looked like he'd come from another planet.

The first thing I said to DH when they handed him to me was "Wow! doen't he look like na alien!?". DH had to agree, I'd given birth to our own little alien.

And trixipaws, I didn't feel love for him straight away. I wasn't repulsed or anything but I didn't feel the unconditional love that I do now. That cam a few weeks later.

K.xx

 

[Redshoes]

This is how I remember Isaac when I first saw him...

...I thought he looked so odd I couldn't see his Daddy or me in him and he just looked so deep in thought
He too was very quiet, he didn't cry

And another baby pic because babies are cute

 

[Minxy]

...I thought he looked so odd I couldn't see his Daddy or me in him and he just looked so deep in thought

Oooh, I agree! I think all through pregnancy I just expected a mini-me or mini-OH but he was his own little person. I kept asking if he was really my baby (that may have been the drugs)

 

[fran_23]

...I thought he looked so odd I couldn't see his Daddy or me in him and he just looked so deep in thought

Oooh, I agree! I think all through pregnancy I just expected a mini-me or mini-OH but he was his own little person. I kept asking if he was really my baby (that may have been the drugs)

this thread makes me broody!
i really want another one..but OH's band are touring next yr so our plans
to ttc next yr might be out

 

[SarahH]

Arianna has always been the most stunning thing I have ever seen. She is just gorgeous

 

[DebbieM]

I did. I was awestruck from the moment I laid eyes on him

 

[Emma58]

I remember looking at Sam after he was born and thinking he wasn't supposed to look like that. I had an image in my head of how he would look and he looked nothing like i thought he would - (if that makes sense to anyone???)

OH kept calling him Uncle Fester because that is exactly who he looked like

He is absolutely bloody gorgeous now though I could eat him!

 

[rachie29]

yes I thought she was gorgeous although her cone shaped head was a little weird. That settled pretty quick though.