I was expecting yet another boring weekend, but Soni, one of my good friends had other plans! We got the news that Deepa(name changed without being requested for it!) had delivered a baby boy! We (I & Soni) decided to pay our dear deepa a visit.
As soon as we entered her place, her mom-in-law was grinning from ear to ear, after all her bahu had DELIVERED a baby BOY! She gave us juice and some kurmura and asked or rather threatened us to have it!! As we settled down to admire her baby which by the way was damn cute! Mashallah! But I quite didn't understand the importance of tying a new born baby with a cotton cloth. I sort of felt it was curbing his freedom!!! Anyways deepa started narrating her labour experience. Now wait..this is the part that I dread the most as somehow my friends (read new mothers) get too much into the details. She started talking about how her water bag broke!!! How long she felt mild pain and how it graduated to the most horrible pain of her life. Discussion then went on to her not so friendly tryst with the doctor who shouted at her for being loud and disturbing the calm of the hospital!!! She gave us her vishesh tipni about what to do and not to do during pregnancy. She said" Jo sach hai woh bol rahi hun" Soni as usual took out her camera and started clicking photos of the baby's feet :P
The conversation came to an end as it was time for us to go. We wished Deepa all the best in the beautiful journey of motherhood. No matter how much pain it gives, it is still an acheivement for every mother. We bid goodbye to her mom-in-law who was again grinning after learing that we had indeed paid heed to her advice and ate the kurmuras. :)
I guess it takes more than courage and stamina for a woman to give birth! I salute my new born mothers! :)
As soon as we entered her place, her mom-in-law was grinning from ear to ear, after all her bahu had DELIVERED a baby BOY! She gave us juice and some kurmura and asked or rather threatened us to have it!! As we settled down to admire her baby which by the way was damn cute! Mashallah! But I quite didn't understand the importance of tying a new born baby with a cotton cloth. I sort of felt it was curbing his freedom!!! Anyways deepa started narrating her labour experience. Now wait..this is the part that I dread the most as somehow my friends (read new mothers) get too much into the details. She started talking about how her water bag broke!!! How long she felt mild pain and how it graduated to the most horrible pain of her life. Discussion then went on to her not so friendly tryst with the doctor who shouted at her for being loud and disturbing the calm of the hospital!!! She gave us her vishesh tipni about what to do and not to do during pregnancy. She said" Jo sach hai woh bol rahi hun" Soni as usual took out her camera and started clicking photos of the baby's feet :P
The conversation came to an end as it was time for us to go. We wished Deepa all the best in the beautiful journey of motherhood. No matter how much pain it gives, it is still an acheivement for every mother. We bid goodbye to her mom-in-law who was again grinning after learing that we had indeed paid heed to her advice and ate the kurmuras. :)
I guess it takes more than courage and stamina for a woman to give birth! I salute my new born mothers! :)
