New addition to the family .... baby Rhea

Its again been ages since i last blogged but was convinced to blog this entry by a great friend as it was a significant moment in my life.

On 25th September 2006 my wife - Kavita gave birth to a sweet baby girl who we named Rhea. She weighed 6lbs 6oz and although is small, she is very strong and hardly cries ...still its only day 3 so i guess i should give it time.

The birth was a bit scary for all concerned ...

It started off ok - we checked in after Kavi was feeling some pains on 24th early morning and things were progressing well but just slow. All the drugs that were being given were like small drops of miracles - as with each contraction my hands were getting weaker ...Thank GOD for Epidurals - its like it take all the pain away :) Anyways like i was saying things were going well but slow ...so slow that 24hrs later we were still there waiting for more indications that it was time but alas no luck ...
It was at this point the doctors were getting concerned with the baby's BP ...it was getting very low and then recovering ...but on one occasion it got very low and remained ... Only at this point did everything happen ...doctor shouted - CRASH C-SECTION ... (having found out a bit more since then we discovered that c-sections are usually planned i.e. next day at 2pm etc ...but a crash c-section is immediate) After this - all staff ran into the operation theatre with Kavita ....
This was one of the most nerv-racking moments I had ever experienced ... like what is happening? what will happen? are they both ok? we waited only for 10mins but each one of them was like a life time ...I just prayed to GOD that they were both ok.....................then ..............
finally 3 midwifes came out smiling all is ok :) both baby and mother were fine and in no danger.

We were so relieved and could not wait too see them ... eventually after another 45 mins ... Kavi had recovered from the GA and baby was in the cot you see below ... She came out with lots of hair ... even more than i have now :o but when i looked at her i was so happy and proud. I immediately put my finger in her palm and felt her fingers around mine ...it was so amazing ...

There is so much to tell ....but i won't bore you too much more now .... Today is now 3 days later and both Kavi and Reha are at home and doing very well :)