To parents: When did you feel the parental instinct kick in?

Some people know all their lives they wanna have, love and protect their kids at the expense of their own lives if necessary

Some people have kids and don’t really truly feel the instinct to love and protect after they are the kids are born.

Some people unfortunately never get it before they have kids and never have it after either. Sometimes I see parent animals protect their young till they themselves almost die. Yet humans… sometimes they aren’t as good of parents as most animals.

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Torsten · 36-40, M

it only came about a day after he was born when he first held onto my finger with his tiny hand. up till that point and all the way through the pregnancy I was worried I did not feel those feelings as much but the instant he held tight on my finger, it was instant.
That moment right there changed my life and it became clear his life means so so much more than mine and I am here to make sure he is safe and well provided for