{"id":338,"date":"2017-08-03T02:21:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T02:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicprose.1203agency.com\/?p=338"},"modified":"2017-08-03T06:01:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T06:01:38","slug":"i-didnt-fall-in-love-with-my-daughter-right-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidebelle.com\/2017\/08\/03\/i-didnt-fall-in-love-with-my-daughter-right-away\/","title":{"rendered":"I Didn’t Fall in Love with My Daughter Right Away"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t fall in love with my daughter right away.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most mothers would say they fell in love with their newborns the first time they laid eyes on their little miracles. I didn’t. After 5 pushes, there she was: pink, beautiful… and a stranger.<\/p>\n

On my chest, she cried her heart out, leaving her meconium on my belly. I felt pure bliss, relief clouded my senses. What I didn’t feel though, was the rush of love; that love-at-first sight thing most moms swear by.<\/p>\n

What was once an abstract idea of becoming a mother had been realized in this little person I just met. It’s like being in an arranged marriage, only that I knew this person would mean so much to me for the rest of my life. Not at that moment, but it would come.<\/p>\n

Today, my heart would almost burst just thinking how much I love her. This love- this kind of love- grew and deepened as the days passed. This love worked its way as I fed her, sang her to sleep, and kissed her fluffy cheeks.<\/p>\n

Just like with his daughter, I didn’t fall in love with her dad the first time I saw him. That love also developed overtime. I think, this kind of love, that which takes time to know and grow, is the one that’s going to last.<\/p>\n

Her dad has another story to tell. His immense love for his daughter caught him by surprise. In his own words to his sleeping child, “I hated babies until I met you.” Not a very romantic thing to say, but I guess that says a lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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