Now I Know

No matter how big our hearts are when it comes to loving all our babies, the truth is that a parent’s initial birth experience is unparalleled. What happens with the firstborn—particularly from pregnancy to delivery—is its own sacred once-in-a-lifetime moment. My own first child’s 40th birthday on July 29 has been a reminder of just such an impact. Finding out in late fall 1981 that she was on…