And the angel arrives

Our angel has finally arrived. Vasudha gave birth to 'Ananya' - our first baby (girl) in 11 years of our marriage. It was 5th October 2008, during the most auspicious season of festivities, that the Ananya came in this world. Everyone said goddess Lakshmi has come to our home. Indeed! even if I don't believe in god, I must say a woman/girl is no less than a goddess. On 5th we took Vasudha to a special Maternity hospital known as 'The Cradle'. Her gynecologist Dr. Witty Raina recommended this to us. Vasudha was very nervous and tensed and why not! She was to undergo an operation to give birth to our first kid. I was nervous too. More than anything else, I was worried about Vasudha's health and mental state. But the D-Day came and the time was there.

The moment we got Vasudha to settle in an exclusive room (the hospital looks more like a luxury hotel) a heard of attendants, nurses, doctors started their job on her. Various checks, tests and measures were to be administered. all happened very quickly. Dr. came and told me her turn was third in the operation theater. The heartbeats were almost double. Though we knew the outcome still I was too anxious to see the first sight of our angel and immediately to know whether Vasudha is safe and in good shape.

In good 15 minutes a pediatrician doctor came out holding a very cute, fair and angle-like baby girl in his hands. "Who's Neel", he asked. I was about to cry seeing my daughter. She was so pretty, innocent and cute. I just saw this eyeful of beauty and screamed to call my mother. "Mummy, come see her, how beautiful she looks," I said. Ananya's eyes were open. She was feeling this new world and wasn't crying at all. She had good bunch of black hair and very soft looking rounded cheeks. I asked the doctor to take her back. Her image was captured in my eyes. She went into the nursery of kids, where they keep the new born babies. Vasudha was still recovering. I thanked the might nature for giving us this eternal gift - our Ananya.