Hey Archie n all my frenz..

Sorry for getting back to u a lil late. I delivered a cute baby boy on 19th of Jan. As u all know , I was scheduled for a C-section on the 23rd .. but very unexpectedly my water broke on 19th. One week before my due date. It was quite a surprise to b honest ... we were looking forward for an Aquarian but we dint know .. a Capricorn was on the way :-)

Anyways, I called my hubbie almost immediately and my mom meanwhile helped me to get changed and Thank God .. our hospital bags were ready too. All the cameras n handycams charged ..!! I was admitted around 12 PM and they checked the baby's heart beat and also performed a quick ultrasound - still breeched!! We took a couple of snaps with my tummy :-)

There were no contractions at all .. ofcourse i had some slight stomach ache. We waited for more than a couple of hrs .. coz the operation theatres were full :-) They took me to the theatre around 3:00 PM and gave me a spinal. I always heard that spinals are almost painless .. may be I freaked out .. it wasnt a very pleasant experience for me , to b honest!! I dont wanna scare any of u guys .. I guess it differs from person to person.

Anirudh arrived at 3:30 PM .. my mom and my hubbie were with me all the time. I was then stitched up .. dissolvable stitches, btw. By the time i came back to the room .. Anirudh was ready with all the tests done.. for the first feed ..!! :-)

I was discharged on 22nd itself .. but i should tell u .. remarkable recovery!! I was almost normal .. except for a few body pains. And the place where i was stitched.. it looks like thin pencil line. U just cant tell a difference except for the lil line .. cool, isnt it?!!

Its been only a week now .. and i am spending most of the time bonding n nursing my lil one .. doing my things n occassionally helping my mom in the kitchen. I am taking pain killers once in a while. Sometimes i get too tired .. but after a couple of hrs of sleep .. am back to normal.

We are having a great time with our lil prince. He is kinda getting adjusted. Its a great experience guys...!!

Good luck to all those mom-to- be s :-) Hope u all have a safe delivery too..!!

Take care..!! madhuri replied. Hi Shanthi,
Congrats!!!! Sorry for the delay.i was like little bussy with my
lile... Sujay. Anirudh is nice name.
How is your health. Today i have 6 weeks appointment. i am back to normal
everything going good.Where ru from?
Have fun with Anirudh
all the best
with love
madhuri








shaily replied. hey shanthi,

thts great. frankly, most ppl,( infact all but u)whon we were communicating with have delivered.... i wud open board just 2 check 4 ur news!!

congrats to u n ur family
luv to anirudh- lovely name
take care
shaily sanjana replied. Dearest Shanthi,

Heartiest congrats on arrival of ur lil bunddle of joy. Youe Csection story is very positive...since even my doc is favouring C sec for me and i was a bit sceptical ..but agter reading ur cool experience and that good recovery im feeling better:)

Anyways one questiont ....cud u start breatfeeding immediately...i mean with the operation were u able to sit up?

All the best to u.
lots of love to Dear Anirudh and a warm welcome to him

sanjana( March Board) Moni replied. Hi Shanti,

Congrats for having a baby boy.
19th is my brother's birth date too.
It's good to hear tht evythg went well with u n the baby.
I'm completing 39 weeks now n on Monday scheduled for an induction.Hope evythg goes well......

congrats again n love to Anirudh.
Have fun with ur baby....btw how much he weighed?
Moni