When was the moment you first felt like a mother? Was it when you held your baby in your arms for the first time? Or finding out you were about to add another member to the family? Here are 8 emotional photos of the moment when you first felt like a mother – photos of when they felt this overwhelming, indescribable feeling of when they first felt like a mother.

When they put both of my twins on my chest

When they put both of my twins on my chest! ??After five years of infertility, an e.ctopic pregnancy, t.raumatic labour and birth, I was so happy to finally see their faces! Tears of joy.“- Colleen B.

Wasn’t allowed to touch him for 2 weeks

“I felt like a mom and cried like a baby this day because my sweet 32-weeker followed my voice and stared at me for an hour even though I wasn’t allowed to touch him for two weeks. He is our miracle baby after six years of infertility.”-Kayla R.

Whenever my babies look at me like I’m their person

“I felt like a mom when I heard that first heartbeat in the Dr.’s office. But also whenever my babies look at me like I’m their person, I’m mama in that moment nothing else matters and everything else can wait.”-Claudia C.

Skin to skin

“I felt like a mom when I heard that first heartbeat in the Dr.’s office. But also whenever my babies look at me like I’m their person, I’m mama in that moment nothing else matters and everything else can wait.”-Claudia C.

My rainbow baby

“After four m.iscarriages, getting to deliver my rainbow baby.”-Kenzie S.

A few hours right after delivery

“This was taken a few hours after delivery. He is my rainbow baby after three miscarriages. My first words to him were, ‘we did it sweetie.’”-Bria C.

The moment the nurse from the fertility clinic called

“I knew the moment the nurse from the fertility clinic rang to say my bloods came back positive and my IUI was successful. This is my beautiful boy Stanley – He’s now four and eagerly awaiting the arrival of his little sister in August.”-Lisa H.

Trying to figure out how to breastfeed

“My husband took this, my little smoosh was 4 days old and there I was trying to figure out how to breastfeed. That’s when I felt like a mom. My body still felt like it belonged to him.”-Cinthia Perez.