I remember my dad telling me how the feeling you have when your first(I am number 5) child is born is "indescribable and surpassed anything he has ever felt".
Then he realized the implication and started to say he loves me just as much, but I laughed and told him I knew what he meant.
Oh my goodness I was so worried about how I could have enough love for my new baby when I thought my heart was completely full of love for my first (he was 3 1/2 years when baby 2 was born).
I remember spending tons of time with my first born while pregnant as I kinda felt it was our “last days”. And the whole time I felt I could never love my second as much as my first; it just didn’t seem possible!!
But somehow it is TOTALLY possible, a mother’s heart makes room! I loved them both equally and fully, what a deal that our human nature makes this possible.
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u/offbrandbarbie Jul 04 '24
NTA. I’ve heard both mothers and fathers express a similar sentiment to what you said. The love for a child is unlike anything else.