The first 24 hours of a mother

Suddenly you see her. After nine months of waiting, of uncertainties and fears. Of sensations that you have never experienced before. And finally you have him in your arms. You are already a mother! Your first time, like all the first times, makes you "cry", "get excited" and "doubt", yes, doubt. And that strange feeling of happiness and fear takes over irretrievably. Your first day as a motherAt first you do not want to separate yourself from him, from your son. No matter how much the nurses explain to you that it is better to rest, you do not want to rest. I kept looking at mydaughter. To admire it To watch over her. It was a feeling that had never lived. The

fear

that something would happen to me kept me alert every second. I did not want to sleep There was a moment when his hand clung to my finger. I felt that moment joined me for life to her. With that invisible tie that ties themothers . I thought about the future, in what I still had to live. And then thevertigo arrived . That fear

to not know how to face your task. Because you've never been a mother. Because this is your first time. Because nobody ever taught you the most important subject. So you see, the first 24 hours with your son are an explosion of uncontrollable sensations. Oflove , ofhappiness ,doubts , fear

, responsibility. And you suddenly understand that all that, all that you're feeling, is being a mother. Also, you feel that it will not be only that day, nor the next. What will it be for the rest of your life? Yes, the first thing you feel likemother ishappiness . Extreme happiness You breathe relieved to see that everything is fine. That she has her little fingers in order, her skin something red or yellowish still from childbirth. That he is in good health and tries to cling to your chest to eat. But then you see that the milk still does not come out and that your child cries. And theanguish begins to invade you again. And no matter how much they tell you how to put you or how you have to hold your child, you see that you do not get it. This, breastfeeding, is one of the main concerns with which amother is in its early hours. That, and thefear

that something happens, that suddenly your son stops breathing. Not being able to wake up every three hours to feed him. But all this is normal, all mothers have felt the same. In those first 24 hours you start the most difficult race. The most rewarding. Not free of obstacles and doubts. Yes, it is the hardest profession: the profession ofmother . If you have just become a mother, welcome to class!