Best day of your life?
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That’s absolutely fine! ❤️ I think most people just label the day as the best because it is the day that they met their baby, so they say it is the best day because of that gift, not necessarily because they actually enjoyed the day / experience itself ❤️ I’m sure a lot of women agree that it was one of the hardest days of their lives too, depending on their labour ❤️ It’s definitely more just an expression because it is the day you got to meet your baby and that is the best thing ever, rather than them meaning it due to the experience and day they had itself ❤️
Meeting her was the best moment, the rest of the day was absolute hell! I think it’s romanticised a lot, and there’s so much pressure on women to feel a certain way straight away
I don’t think labour is anyone’s best day of their life if we were to be literal. We’re sweating, bleeding, being stitched up, crying, vomiting, probably shitting our pants as well 💁🏻♀️ stained gown, no makeup (or if there was any the mascara would’ve ran down to my chin 😂) hair frizzy, 15 strangers starting intently at my vagina… None of my births were the best day of my life. Life-changing, yes. But def not the “best” and that’s totally okay. It was the “best” in the sense I was relieved and contractions finished, and wasn’t huge and didn’t feel like a whale anymore, and got to meet the baby whom we’ve been imagining what it looks like, for 8m.
@Chloe straight away and also in the next few weeks or months! It can take time to develop a bond with your new baby!
No way girl I was told I would die unless I had an emergency cesarean at 32 weeks. We are alive and healthy now but I can barely even think about that day let alone it being the best of my life. Birth trauma is real and there is nothing wrong with how you feel. Don’t second guess yourself.
I think it's more a figure of speech to basically say when you came into my life it became better. It doesn't necessarily mean to everyone it was the best day of their life, just that their children or child make their life the best it can be.