Huffington Magazine Issue 154 | Seite 16

Dads Pictured In Those Indescribable First Moments With Their Babies

The first time a dad holds his newborn is a moment that changes everything. Joyful, emotional, overwhelming and indescribable are just some of the words that fathers have used to sum up the feeling.

In honor of Father's Day, we asked the dads of the HuffPost Parents Facebook community to send us their first photos with their babies and share exactly what thoughts were going through their heads at that moment.

Here are 31 dads' memories from that incredible time.

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Mike Sapian

Lindsey E. Althaus

Simran Singh

Andrew Coffill

Jennifer Guldenzopf

Logan Fisher

Chandra Sly

Elisa Campos Hopkins

Lia Griffith

Caitlin Dodd

Pablo Can'tu

Gil El-Gato Hernandez

Sarah Woodbury

Lindsey Deming

Cassie Botka

Jessica Jeanis Marshall

Katie Fields

Angela Taylor Harris

Chris Perillo

Danina Avery

Steffany Hosmer

Alexis Carver

"The doctors took this photo of my fiancé holding our son for the first time (don't mind

me in the background!).

My fiancé is adopted and has never tracked down his birth parents, so he was very emotional at meeting his first blood relative."

"Daddy holding his son for the first time."

"He falls more in love with her every day."

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"I'm not sure what to do with my hands?"

"My husband, Jamie, holding our daughter Mackenzie for the first time."

Liz Knabe

Jennifer Ralston Baldwin

Michael Marcinko

Crystal Scott Tenorio

Emily Bond Cox

Kristina Gargano

Vicki Duthie Stone

Rachel Beranich

Gabrielle Rystedt