Comments on: A Gift of Wanting http://table4five.net/2006/09/03/a-gift-of-wanting/ Taking it One Day at a Time since 1996 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:24:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mothergoosemouse http://table4five.net/2006/09/03/a-gift-of-wanting/#comment-2096 mothergoosemouse Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:22:26 +0000 http://table4five.net/?p=296#comment-2096 I know what you mean about not being able to stop yourself from holding her and kissing her. It's almost involuntary. I know what you mean about not being able to stop yourself from holding her and kissing her. It’s almost involuntary.

]]> By: TB http://table4five.net/2006/09/03/a-gift-of-wanting/#comment-2095 TB Tue, 05 Sep 2006 19:23:23 +0000 http://table4five.net/?p=296#comment-2095 You made me cry. I can't wait for this for myself. You made me cry. I can’t wait for this for myself.

]]> By: javajabber http://table4five.net/2006/09/03/a-gift-of-wanting/#comment-2089 javajabber Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:18:24 +0000 http://table4five.net/?p=296#comment-2089 When my son was born, he was 3 months early and weighed only 2 lbs., 11 oz. (Not as big a deal today as it was almost 36 years ago ... stop doing the math I was barely out of high school when he was born!). He was in the NICU for 3 months. It was touch and go for 3 months. I was in intensive care for the first couple of weeks and then I finally got to see him for the first time. I didn't get to hold him, really hold him, until the day I brought him home from the hospital, weighing the required 5 lbs (and 5 oz.). We were foreign to each other. Even though I was at the hospital every day after my discharge, I wasn't allowed to hold him until the day they took him out of the incubator, handed him to me, and walked away ... leaving me to my own, ill-prepared devices. The first few days he never left arms. I slept with him, I ate with him, I went to the bathroom with him always with me. I had three months of bonding to make up for ... and I was too afraid to let him out of my sight and touch. Your post reminded me of that moment in my life when I realized he really was mine. The first time he fell asleep on my chest and we were breathing in sync. I felt all the fear leave both our bodies and settle into a rhythm that made everything else disappear. When my son was born, he was 3 months early and weighed only 2 lbs., 11 oz. (Not as big a deal today as it was almost 36 years ago … stop doing the math I was barely out of high school when he was born!).

He was in the NICU for 3 months. It was touch and go for 3 months. I was in intensive care for the first couple of weeks and then I finally got to see him for the first time.

I didn’t get to hold him, really hold him, until the day I brought him home from the hospital, weighing the required 5 lbs (and 5 oz.).

We were foreign to each other. Even though I was at the hospital every day after my discharge, I wasn’t allowed to hold him until the day they took him out of the incubator, handed him to me, and walked away … leaving me to my own, ill-prepared devices.

The first few days he never left arms. I slept with him, I ate with him, I went to the bathroom with him always with me. I had three months of bonding to make up for … and I was too afraid to let him out of my sight and touch.

Your post reminded me of that moment in my life when I realized he really was mine. The first time he fell asleep on my chest and we were breathing in sync. I felt all the fear leave both our bodies and settle into a rhythm that made everything else disappear.

]]> By: Mommy off the Record http://table4five.net/2006/09/03/a-gift-of-wanting/#comment-2088 Mommy off the Record Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:22:02 +0000 http://table4five.net/?p=296#comment-2088 What a beautiful post. I loved your description of holding your daughter as she slept. A nice gift, indeed. What a beautiful post. I loved your description of holding your daughter as she slept. A nice gift, indeed.

]]> By: Fraulein N http://table4five.net/2006/09/03/a-gift-of-wanting/#comment-2087 Fraulein N Tue, 05 Sep 2006 01:38:53 +0000 http://table4five.net/?p=296#comment-2087 Aww. That's so sweet! Aww. That’s so sweet!

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