First Time Parents

                               First Time Parents

Finally the day had come; it had been more than the normal nine months everyone expected a pregnancy to last ,thus our doctor decided to take the other route of induction. Things all of a sudden started happening so fast, being first time parents. Of course we were prepared and knew what to expect, but who can be prepared enough for such an occurrence.

 Luckily enough my wife and I had surveyed the hospital where our baby would come to life in. The drive wasn’t as long, but the wait from when we checked in till the arrival of the angel was a good fifty hours. The hospital staff was the best, as much as they made us feel at home the wait still lasted almost like eternity.

During our wait at the hospital, we experienced false signs on and off till we didn’t have even the anticipation anymore. Things happen when you less expect it, so they say. The moment of reckoning had come. We got escorted to the theatre; the decision had been made that a Caesarian section would be the only option. After counseling and giving out consent by signing on the “X” we got to the theatre.

The atmosphere in the theatre room was something else, “purified air” so I later learned. Everything lasted a mere five minutes, it was like a drive though. I did witness the miracle of seeing life come to earth. This experience gave me more appreciation to my parents and I really I got a reality check in life since I never really felt I let them know how I felt about them.  I felt soft and vulnerable for once in my adult life. Cutting the umbilical cord and holding the baby on arms made my knees feel. At least I never fainted. The experience was like the MasterCard “ Priceless” and no  words can put it into writing what  we experienced the first fifty hours we were in the hospital. I wish I had started blogging immediately. I would have had some record of every small and minute detail; still not too late

 Looking back almost a year down the lane that was the moment I got broken. Once I held her in my arms, I felt like it was the beginning of my life. It felt like now I had purpose for living. Wondered where this feeling had been all my twenty nine years I had been on mother earth.

“ The work is just but the beginning”, those were the words from Doctor Johnson  . Taking the baby home from the hospital wasn’t as bad since we had a support system from our family members and friends, the next one week was interesting  because we were up almost all the time trying to figure out why she was crying.

I definitely wouldn’t change how the last one year has transpired in my life, though a challenge it is really interesting seeing the baby grow and change everyday.