A place on the tree
Holding a newborn baby for the first time
A parent holds their newborn baby for the first time and begins to experience the closeness and responsibility of caring for a new life. The moment can feel tender, joyful, overwhelming, or especially significant after a difficult birth.
1 person has stood here
Does this feel close to something you’ve lived? Tell your own part. What you tell becomes your Ember, and it stays yours.
Nearby on the tree
- Leaving a young child with family for the first time1
- Seeing a sibling become a parent while still childless1
- Leaving a young child at daycare for the first time1
- Seeing your child become independent for the first time1
- Taking a child to visit their parents’ home country3
- Grieving the person you were before motherhood1
Only the place shows here. What people told stays theirs.