Share Your First Photos as a Mom with Shine!

For many women, life is divided into two parts: before kids and after kids. From the moment you cross that line into motherhood, nothing is ever the same.

It's a revelation you can see in the face of Brenda Law, Shine's beloved Community Manager, in a photo taken just after delivering her twin boys.

Here's how Brenda remembers feeling in that instant: "This photo is the first time I held my boys together as one was whisked away after birth because of his low body temperature. That moment you realize you're a mom is truly overwhelming. It's pure joy, intense love, relief, and a bit of fear because they are such tiny perfect beings and you just want to do your very, very best for them."

And you will and you do, because there's no going back. What did the beginning of your journey into motherhood look like?

For Mother's Day and beyond, we want to see your first moment as mom. Maybe it's your favorite first pregnancy photo, your first face-to-face in the delivery room, after a long adoption process or any other image of your early moments in the A.K. (after kids) era.

Join Shine's First Mom Photo Flickr Pool to upload your images. Feel free to include any details or memories along with your pictures. We'll feature entries in a gallery on Shine next month.

Now back to Brenda's photo: have you ever seen anything quite so beautiful? Me neither.