“Pregnancy brain” is a real thing. You forget what you were saying mid-sentence, or you forget why you stood up off the couch…. I believe it translates into “mom brain,” and you just perpetually forget things even after giving birth. (This is one reason I’m a big fan of photography and videography, I can actually clearly remember things as they happened!)

Anyway, despite “mom brain,” I vividly remember the day I said goodbye to my only child, knowing the next time I saw him… I would be introducing him to his little brother.

I was scheduled to be induced on a Sunday morning, so we pulled up to grandma’s house on Saturday night to spend the night. I didn’t anticipate being so emotional. As we drove away, I remember looking at that little chubby, 2 year old face waving goodbye at me… and realizing his life wouldn’t be the same tomorrow.

When you’re pregnant with your second baby, there is this fear that you won’t love the new baby as much as your older child. I remember this feeling like it was yesterday. I was ashamed to admit it out loud, but when I did I realized that almost ALL moms feel this way.

The cliche saying is true, “Your love multiplies when you have a new baby, it doesn’t divide.”

Grab some tissues, and scroll to view images of moms saying goodbye to their older child while in labor, and meeting their new baby.

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