Baby's first Milestone (a kick daddy felt)! - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

basmoq · 03-30-2005, 08:18 PM

Well, reality has finally settled in, I felt my first child kick through it's mothers stomach a couple days ago. I don't know what it was about that first time I felt it kick, but somehow it changed something in me. I've know for months that I would be a dad, but somehow it never really set in just what that means untill I felt that first kick. It just makes me feel so proud and joyful that I helped bring that little one to life. I'm simply at a loss for words...

So, for you guys out there, when did reality really set in for you, how did you feel?

Devoid · 03-30-2005, 10:15 PM

For me, I don't think it was until I saw her on the ultrasound. I'd heard the heartbeat, and I knew she was kicking, but for me, seeing was believing. I don't think it truly set in until my daughter was born, though. That was just amazing. Good luck to you.

spindles · 03-30-2005, 11:30 PM

About 5am, on the way to the hospital, thinking "shit this is happening to us now!"

Charlatan · 03-31-2005, 05:27 AM

It is still sinking in... I am still, occasionally struck with, "Oh my God, I'm a Dad... I'm responsible for these two lives..."

I found my first grey hair in my beard days after my wife did the home pregnancy test and it showed positive. That was just over 11 years ago.

tecoyah · 03-31-2005, 06:14 AM

I still get the "I'm a Fucking Dad?" feeling once in awhile.....even after changing diapers and wiping up baby puke three seperate times......guess it really never will go away.

This is a good thing.

Redlemon · 03-31-2005, 06:17 AM

For me, it was when we decided to stop using contraception, even though it took another 6 months until conception. In other words, I fully accepted being a dad at the point that we decided that it was time to have a child. The ultrasound, the kick, the pink line on the test, none of these had as much impact as the initial decision.

canuckguy · 03-31-2005, 06:30 AM

congrats btw, well my little girl is 11 months old, and I think the first time it really set in that i was a father would be when I started to assemble all the baby stuff, like the crib, change table....which on a side note was a effing crazy since the crib was missing the instructions. now i get that same feeling every morning when i hear her playing in her crib. just laughing and playing and she'll scream and giggle da-da when i walk in to get her. love that. its like winning the lottery every morning.

Lebell · 04-01-2005, 07:17 PM

It hit me when I saw the first ultrasound and there he was, with his little legs, arms and head.

Then I suddenly realized that it was real, that I was going to be a daddy.

I agree, it was amazing.

Two months to go

absorbentishe · 04-02-2005, 06:12 AM

The I'm gonna be a dad feeling hit me when she took the preg. test. Oh man, I totally wasn't ready for that, and it was totally unplanned, but everything works out for a reason. It was all cool and all untill she had to go to deliver, then it really hit me like a ton of bricks.

basmoq · 04-02-2005, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Redlemon

For me, it was when we decided to stop using contraception, even though it took another 6 months until conception. In other words, I fully accepted being a dad at the point that we decided that it was time to have a child. The ultrasound, the kick, the pink line on the test, none of these had as much impact as the initial decision.

wow, 6 months seems like a long time, we took about umm, let's see, one try at the right time (well, at least once a day durring the predicted window, but anyway). We thought we had planned it, but were realizing we could have used a bit more. It's all good though, I'm happy, she's happy, and she's telling me to stop bragging

. Well 3 months to go

somehow we have to make it through moving a month from now and my wife starting her residency at 9 months pregnant, fun fun fun.

Redlemon · 04-03-2005, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by basmoq

wow, 6 months seems like a long time, we took about umm, let's see, one try at the right time (well, at least once a day durring the predicted window, but anyway). We thought we had planned it, but were realizing we could have used a bit more. It's all good though, I'm happy, she's happy, and she's telling me to stop bragging

. Well 3 months to go

somehow we have to make it through moving a month from now and my wife starting her residency at 9 months pregnant, fun fun fun.

Yeah, her body didn't return to normal after ending birth control. After a bit of jump-start medication, everything worked fine. The weird thing was that she didn't have a single period between ending BC and the beginning of the pregnancy, but she was tracking temperatures, so we were still able to determine a conception date accuratly.

/ end asides.

basmoq · 04-03-2005, 08:06 AM

ahhh, I see, my wife never had birth controll, so we just stopped using condoms...

macsmith230 · 04-04-2005, 05:51 PM

I felt it when we got a second ultrasound just about a month before the due date. The doctor thought she seemed a little small so he sent us in for a second one, and this time instead of looking like a little lima bean, it had a little face. But that first night in the hospital six weeks ago was such a feeling I'll never forget.

I wish I could forget last night though when she was fussing the whole night long

03-30-2005, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
basmoq It's a girly girl! Location: OH, USA	Baby's first Milestone (a kick daddy felt)! Well, reality has finally settled in, I felt my first child kick through it's mothers stomach a couple days ago. I don't know what it was about that first time I felt it kick, but somehow it changed something in me. I've know for months that I would be a dad, but somehow it never really set in just what that means untill I felt that first kick. It just makes me feel so proud and joyful that I helped bring that little one to life. I'm simply at a loss for words... So, for you guys out there, when did reality really set in for you, how did you feel? __________________ "There's someone out there for everyone - even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them."

03-30-2005, 10:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
Devoid Psycho Location: Floating amongst the ether	For me, I don't think it was until I saw her on the ultrasound. I'd heard the heartbeat, and I knew she was kicking, but for me, seeing was believing. I don't think it truly set in until my daughter was born, though. That was just amazing. Good luck to you. __________________ We're here to steal your pornography, and sodomize our vast imaginations. - Inignot

03-30-2005, 11:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	About 5am, on the way to the hospital, thinking "shit this is happening to us now!" __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?

03-31-2005, 05:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	It is still sinking in... I am still, occasionally struck with, "Oh my God, I'm a Dad... I'm responsible for these two lives..." I found my first grey hair in my beard days after my wife did the home pregnancy test and it showed positive. That was just over 11 years ago. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

03-31-2005, 06:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
tecoyah Illusionary	I still get the "I'm a Fucking Dad?" feeling once in awhile.....even after changing diapers and wiping up baby puke three seperate times......guess it really never will go away. This is a good thing. __________________ Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha

03-31-2005, 06:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	For me, it was when we decided to stop using contraception, even though it took another 6 months until conception. In other words, I fully accepted being a dad at the point that we decided that it was time to have a child. The ultrasound, the kick, the pink line on the test, none of these had as much impact as the initial decision. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

03-31-2005, 06:30 AM	#7 (permalink)
canuckguy I read your emails. Location: earth	congrats btw, well my little girl is 11 months old, and I think the first time it really set in that i was a father would be when I started to assemble all the baby stuff, like the crib, change table....which on a side note was a effing crazy since the crib was missing the instructions. now i get that same feeling every morning when i hear her playing in her crib. just laughing and playing and she'll scream and giggle da-da when i walk in to get her. love that. its like winning the lottery every morning.

04-01-2005, 07:17 PM	#8 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	It hit me when I saw the first ultrasound and there he was, with his little legs, arms and head. Then I suddenly realized that it was real, that I was going to be a daddy. I agree, it was amazing. Two months to go __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!

04-02-2005, 06:12 AM	#9 (permalink)
absorbentishe Boy am I horny today Location: T O L E D O, Toledo!!	The I'm gonna be a dad feeling hit me when she took the preg. test. Oh man, I totally wasn't ready for that, and it was totally unplanned, but everything works out for a reason. It was all cool and all untill she had to go to deliver, then it really hit me like a ton of bricks.

04-03-2005, 08:06 AM	#12 (permalink)
basmoq It's a girly girl! Location: OH, USA	ahhh, I see, my wife never had birth controll, so we just stopped using condoms... __________________ "There's someone out there for everyone - even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them."

04-04-2005, 05:51 PM	#13 (permalink)
macsmith230 Tilted Location: Portland, Oregon	I felt it when we got a second ultrasound just about a month before the due date. The doctor thought she seemed a little small so he sent us in for a second one, and this time instead of looking like a little lima bean, it had a little face. But that first night in the hospital six weeks ago was such a feeling I'll never forget. I wish I could forget last night though when she was fussing the whole night long