Time: 09:07 PM Indian Standard Time
Place: Pune, India (18' 31" N, 73' 55" E)
Hospital: Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune 411004
Gynaecologist: Dr. Vasanti Uday Doctor
Paediatrician: Dr. Rashmi Ashok Gapchup
Birth Weight: 2.9 kgs (6.4 pounds)
Birth Height: 50 cms (20 inches)
I enter this world at the above date, time and place. My mom was in labour for about 8 hours, but because I lifted my chin just before engaging, I could not be delivered normally, and Dr. Vasanti Doctor decided that I should be delivered via Caeserean-section. Immediately after birth, my mother kissed me!
When the news was delivered to my dad by Dr. Gapchup, he wanted to be sure so he asked the doctor again. Upon getting the confirmation, dad was overjoyed. Firstly, mom and dad had been waiting to see me since what felt like eternity to them. Secondly, they desperately wanted their baby to be a girl, and after their wish was fulfilled, their joy knew no bounds.
I cried immediately after birth. And I was wide awake for quite some time, wanting to see, feel, hear and experience whatever was coming my way. My maternal as well as paternal grandparents were present at the hospital, and they too were overjoyed upon becoming grandparents.
Grandparents and dad fell short of adjectives upon seeing me for the first time. I was looking at everybody, although I had no clue who they were. But the surroundings were different. I was wrapped in a baby pink towel, and dad clicked my first photograph when I was an hour old.
Hello, world! Watch this space..
