Saturday, July 23, 2011

Birth of my Princess - The first look


I can remember myself waiting desperately for some news from the labour room at the Hospital. It was somewhere around 2:00 PM, Monday, 9th August 2010. Sumbul's father was to catch a train to Kanpur within an hour or two. The seemingly long wait ended when the sister came out and called my name. She announced that it was baby girl and she would let me get the first look. In a few minutes, my princess had arrived - ready to be in my arms. To my surprise, she had opened her eyes and I could see her checking out the surroundings. Within a flash, she was back in the nurse's arms and I was put to wait for another hour or so...