- To just not have a baby and then have a baby
placed on you like, here you go!
- Anxiety and worry.
- And then she came out, and it was a C-section,
which I didn't plan for.
- [Woman] And love and joy
all the time at the same exact time.
- The natural connection that you have with your child.
She's holding my hand.
This is exactly what she did
the moment she came out of my womb.
- Me thinking it's time to nurse,
and someone going, "Well, she's not really crying yet."
And I'm like, silence, you're not the,
hand me the child.
I'm feeding her now because you feel grounded
in that physical mother intuition.
- [Woman] I can see in his eyes kind of what's going on.
- [Woman] I know when he wants to eat.
I know when he's tired.
- I looked to her and she looks to me,
and I really hope that we always have that connection.
- I would wake up and literally 10 seconds later,
I would hear my newborn cry.
She would wake up at the same time as I would wake up.
- It's called the wiggle, and she's uh, uh, uh, uh, uh.
It's like it's almost graceful.
She's hungry.
- She just looks and smiles
and shakes her head around all crazy.
It's so cute!
- Speaking of cues, I think he's not done.
Yeah, there it is.
He does this thing with his hand.
- My first time being a mom, but this is also
her first time being on the planet,
and we're doing this together.
- There's new experiences that are gonna happen,
but I'm gonna figure it out because no one else
can play her mom better than me because I'm it.
- To my dearest daughter, Joelie.
- Dear Dakota.
- Louisiana, my Louie, my love.
- [Woman] A year before you were born,
you came to me in a dream.
- [Woman] I always knew I wanted to be a mother,
but I never knew how much I wanted to be your mother.
- My strong girl, you broke me in half as I baked you
and on the way out.
It was still the best thing that ever happened to me.
- The whispers of your sweet breath on my neck
reminded me to breathe.
It was your way of telling me we could do this
and that we were in this together.
- [Woman] I am so grateful you chose me to be your mommy.
- Every time I look at you, you show me something new.
I still can't believe I made you.
- [Woman] I'm so lucky to have a daughter
who can teach me how to truly be a powerful woman
because baby, you are it.
- For the rest of my life, I'll kiss you too much
and I'll sing and I'll dance with you.
- You are the warm glow that brought magic into my life.
I love you, my daughter.
Your Momma.