15 Emotional Photos of Partners Meeting Their Baby for The First Time

There’s no feeling that compares to the moment you become a mama, but one that feels just as sweet is seeing your partner with your baby for the first time. Magical, wonderful, surreal, unprecedented are just a few of the words a new papa and mama may use describe how it feels to see her treasured newborn.

Today, we will show you 15 Emotional Photos of Moms and Dads Meeting Their Baby for The First Time. Regardless of how your baby came into this world or how this tiny human was created, there’s just something about seeing the person you love the most with your child.

 

“After a long battle with infertility, this was the first time my husband held his son.💙”—Jennifer B.

“I knew from this moment that she would be a total daddy’s girl, and a year later she is that and so much more! I fell in love with my husband all over again watching him interact with our daughter shortly after her delivery. 💞”—Kate G.

“My husband caught our baby. 💕 So magical.”—Rachel G.

“Meeting #3 is the only ‘first moment of meeting’ photo we have—3 months old.”—Chelsea L.

“After a very long and challenging birth, I had to go to recovery without Everleigh for the first hour of her life. Daddy stepped up to the plate and they’ve had the most amazing bond ever since.💘”—Rebekah N.

“We lost our daughter and nearly myself due severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome. We got just a few precious hours with her. 💜”—Charissa B.

“My husband is a government agent and was unable to be there due to work. My doctor let my godmother FaceTime him to see her being born.”—Ashley L.

“Our son was born 12 hours prior while my husband was away at training. He deployed when our son was 4 months old and won’t see him again until he is over a year old. 💙”—Kate N.

“This was our first baby. I look back at this picture and have so many emotions. The joy on my husbands face seeing our son for the first time. 💙”—Traci T.

“Our daughter Morgan was born at 35 weeks. Her dad was the first person to actually see her. I was so out of it due to the anesthesia from the c-section.”—Tiearra H.

“I gave birth to our first son after 4 back-to-back miscarriages while my husband was deployed to Afghanistan. He met him when he was 7 months old. I was worried he would be scared of him but he went straight to him.”—Jessica R.

“When you fall in love with your husband all over again and deeper than you ever thought – the second you see them love someone your love created.❤️”—Lisa O.

“Our daughter was born a micro-preemie in 2015, due to severe preeclampsia. I had an emergency C-section and was pretty out of it for a few hours after the birth, so I don’t have the first pictures of my husband with our daughter, but this photo is the first time he got to hold her–nearly 6 weeks after she was born.”—Gaby I.

“I’m a single mom, so here’s my service dog meeting my newborn. He was there through my labor and delivery. 💜”—Rebecca L. M.

For the mum it’s usually relief and joy, often with tears. For the dad it’s shock and amazement. Dads often cry too, but much later than the moms. It’s like it takes a while for them to really let it sink in: “I am a dad”.’

But she points out that it’s a particularly special moment for the fathers even if it does take time for it to all sink in.

‘You as a partner after all these months in which you just felt the kicking come face with your baby,’ she said.

‘There are so many emotions in this moment: joy, relief, amazement, pride, love, euphoria, contentment and so many different reactions – smiles and tears. Moments of silence and moments of extreme joy. It is always magical.’