Parents: How did you spend your first 24 hours after your first child was born?

This question is directed more at those of you who didn’t give birth. Only because I am assuming that if you were the one to give birth, the first 24 hours would be a lot of medical stuff and monitoring and what not….but feel free to share anyhow! I have no idea how this stuff works.

The reason I ask is that one of my very best friends back in PA, who is a lesbian, her girlfriend was artificially inseminated and finally had the baby yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am really really really excited for them, and I haven’t spoken to her yet, I only got a picture message and the baby’s name, but I was just imagining what she was up to yesterday…the emotions…a lot of tears of joy? Disbelief? A feeling that is unequal to any other in the world? I just can’t even imagine…probably a lot of phone calls, visits….

Someone, please enlighten me! I’m so curious!