Were you happy on your 1st birthday as a mother??

We were in NICU for mine but tried to make the best of it, my husband did make the effort to get me some lovely surprises. I've always loved my birthday but sometimes you have one that's a bit of a write off and that's ok, you don't have to be happy just because it's your birthday..

Yes. We went out to eat as a family. My first was 4 months old at the time. Then with my second, 2 months old at the time . We went on a date just the two of us for my birthday this year.

Love that idea. Where did you go out to dinner by the way?? I’m from Portland! Now I live in Vegas, but I have a close friend who lives in Silverton area. Missing the PNW!

You can still have a fun time but maybe it’s managing your expectations that it’ll probably be different if you normally go all out for birthdays? Mine first mum birthday was only 2 weeks after giving birth! But yes had a nice time, but lowkey - family takeaway at my sisters.

Next time I went for lunch with my daughter in the day and family meal out in the evening.

Next time my daughter was in nursery by then so we booked the day off and had the day together. Nice lunch, Christmas markets etc.

Last time we had a big night out the next day and my daughter had a sleepover. Dancing, drinks really good fun.

I birthed my daughter on the first birthday. I haven’t really celebrated my birthday since.

My baby is due 2 weeks before my birthday! I just look at it like it’s a nice thing to have your baby there to celebrate with u, just have to find different ways of celebrating now x

My first birthday with my daughter was my 30th. We went on a holiday to the city we lived in before. Went out for brunch with my partner and daughter, then takeout pizza with my two best friends in our airbnb and then my partner did bedtime while we went out into town for dessert. We all turned 30 in the same month so it was a big deal.
My daughter was almost 1 though, she was 5 months on my partners birthday and we barely did anything.

I don't even remember my first birthday as a mother. I was busy with a velcro baby. My second was better, and the third I was busy giving birth to my second child. But every year I do a cheap icecream cake and we order chinese food so its never completely forgotten, even if it is rescheduled.

I felt great with my oldest actually her b'day now that's in a month is hitting me hard she is going to be 3 and just feel like she is getting so big I feel like with my youngest it going to hit me hard harder then with my oldest because she is my last baby 🐥

I’d say my first birthday as a mum was my worst ever.

Yeah I hear that, it was only 2 weeks after my son was born so I was in the trenches. It will 100% get better though!

I voted 'yes' as I'd misread it. I wasn't happy at all! We were in lockdown & I was going to be getting my first round of surgery (that had been pushed back because of lockdown). Which meant that I had to self isolate from my birthday onwards until my surgery.

Plus due to lockdown, my 'spa day' {for my birthday} I ended up doing it for my wedding anniversary. Plus the Mcfly concert got pushed back by about a year. So I waited a whole year before I could go & by then I'd had another birthday. By the way, it was my 30th! So I was gutted! I'll never turn 30 again & its a milestone birthday absolutely ruined by lockdown!! Yes I am bitter!

My daughters 1st birthday (a milestone) was equally as disappointing! Glad that my daughter can't remember her first birthday because, it wasn't celebrated in the same way as her younger sisters. I made a point of making a big deal of my youngest 1st birthday as I couldn't for my firstborns.

Thank you for your honesty! I wish you the best for future birthdays

Sorry to hear. Why?? Thanks for your honesty

Incog I’d recently gone dairy free due to baby’s CMPA and was still a bit gutted I couldn’t eat any of my favourite foods on my birthday. We went out for coffee but the first few of my favourite places didn’t have any dairy free options for me. When we did find somewhere I had a breastfeeding mishap in the cafe which my partner was really embarrassed about. This lead to us having a huge argument in the cafe and he stormed out. Realised we had only taken one set of house keys out with us which he had and I had no idea where he’d gone so I had to walk to my parents house to get a spare key to get me and bubs back home and then on the walk back from my parents to our house we got caught in a hail storm, in April!

My first birthday as a mother is today, and I’ve turned 30, so just turning 30 makes me sad. Knowing that other years I’ve been out with friends or on holidays, I just keep thinking how lucky I am to eventually spend it with my own child. But yes it also sucks!! I do tho have her 1st birthday in 2 days so my focus (and everyone else’s) has been on that. X

With my first, we went to Applebee’s. My second, we went for sushi then went to the bar afterwards. Originally, I wanted to go to Red Robin’s as I’ve been craving them for some reason but I also was fine with sushi too (my husband suggestion as he wanted sushi) 🤣

We’re from Portland as well, just currently living in Salem. Honestly, we’re trying to move back to Portland as my family is there. His side of the family is here in Salem but they’re all independent and has no kids. I mean, besides 1, but he lives in the Dalles and his kids are in California with their mother. So, my oldest (5) has nobody to play with and I feel bad for him ☹️