Sriram and I were expecting our first baby.Though my actual due date was on 22 November 2010, due to medical reasons, i was asked to get admitted on 24th October 2010 at St Isabel's Hospital at Mylapore (Chennai).
Accordingly i got admitted to the hospital on 24th October 2010 at 3 pm (IST)..I was anxious as well as thrilled since, if everything goes on well the next day i will become a mother!! Sriram and my parents were with me till the hospital visiting hours got over (8pm).I chanted all the slokas and concluded reading "Sundara Kandam"which i started reading a few days back.My mom accompanied me in the hospital that night.
My mother woke me at 5.00 am on the next day.After finishing my morning chores,i spoke to Sriram,to my in laws and to my father..Though i was happy yet was really concerned as to whether i will be able to tolerate the delivery pain and so ran thousands of thoughts into my mind.Around 5.30 am ,a nurse came and dressed me to be taken to the labour room.
As soon as i went to the labour room ,i was administered with the usual formalities done before delivery.It was around 6.45 am when my gynaecologist induced injection for labour pain to me...In the meantime i could hear the voices or rather screams of other mothers in the labour room trying to deliver their babies...I got apprehensive as to how am i going to deal with the situation??!!!I was determined not to cry since it was the day when my baby was going to see the world for the first time..But again we are all slaves to emotions so didnt know how I will be reacting to that situation!!
I was laying down in the labour room chanting all the slokas that i know including "Thayumanava sloka","Garbarakshambiga sloka" to name a few..That day was actually the tamil star of "Karthigai" which is actually my birth star too...Felt i was really fortunate if i delivered my baby on the same star as mine..But nothing was in my hands!!!
Time was running fast.All the other patients who were there with me delivered their baby and was also transferred to their rooms..I was the only patient there...With "n" number of thougths i laid there praying to God..Slowly it crossed 12pm..One of the senior nurse who was there in the labour room said mostly i will be sent to my room soon and pain will be induced only the next day...But something inside me was telling i will deliver my baby that day!!!
It was 12.45 pm i could feel something was happening within me..Slowly pain increased..I felt very uneasy which was really intolerable.My Gynaecologist checked and told me that she was going for lunch and it will take some more time for me to deliver..
I struggled for some more time..Then called the senior nurse there and informed her that i will try to push my baby out...But she and the duty doctors were not convinced that i can do it so early..But i tried hard,harder and hardest that i could..Meanwhile my Gynaecologist too came..There were three nurses around me,a duty doctor and my gynaecologist Dr.Usha Krishnakumar. My joy knew no bounds when they all said they were able to see my baby's hair while i was trying to push it out. I didnt scream nor cry..All i did was chanted "Narayana, Narasimha and Srinivasa" within myself since the doctor advised me not to exhaust myself by shouting the names louder.Soon we were joined by Dr.Subramanian ,Paediatrician and Dr J.S Lakshmi another senior Gynaecologist..Coincidentally my aunty Dr.Jayalakshmi, a nephrologist also came there.I could feel my baby coming out from me..But i had to push harder..People around me said one final hard push and my baby will enter this world..I was overwhelmed when i heard these words!!!!
1..2...3...Alas!!! a deep push from me,i could hear my baby's first cry and my gynaecologist took my baby out and handed it over to the paediatrician..The time was exactly 3.45 pm!!!! Tears of joy rolled down my eyes when he showed my baby to me and asked its gender..With a smile on my face,tears rolling down my eyes i told him "it is a boy" :) My son had a fair complexion with very prominent features and he weighed 2.5kgs. The doctor then said "Yes congrats!! you have become a proud mother to a baby boy"..:)
Around 6 pm i was sent to my room though the baby was sent there earlier..I was received with joy and happiness from my husband Sriram who was eagerly waiting near the lift to receive me, my parents,inlaws ,brother Ajay and relatives who thronged the hospital on hearing that i delivered my baby..It was only happiness and celebrations all around!!!!
Even as i type this blog tears roll down my eyes as i recollect that Joyful moment :):)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
