Rohans' Birth - Part 1

Am writing this down to savor the feeling in my memory forever.

It started last november. We wanted Rohan in our lives and so he was conceived. In 3 months we were convinced that births in India were not our cup of tea. I hear now this is how its in any city which is slightly developed. Its possible that we are too used to having access to information in our careers and listening to instinct. So we decided to take a rain check and read up.

Our gynaec was in India's super specialty hospital, recommended by all colleagues and friends and a great doc. But with every visit I was convinced that I was a patient, who had had an appendicitis surgery, that c-secs were how things happen nowadays and since I was not below 30, it would be difficult for me to deliver my baby normally. Did I believe all this...not for a moment..you see am quite pig headed about having things done my way if i instinctively feel its right.

Any ways I kept gaining weight as I was asked to not exercise etc etc..in the interim I googled on normal delivery and got several articles in Lamaze classes, hypno birthing, water deliveries and this birthing center in assa goan, Goa.

Now Goa being our second (or maybe first home) we went to take a look and I fell in love with the birthing center and this lovely german midwife - Corina. She spent more time with me in that one visit, than the docs had done in the last six months. I felt she was sizing me up, checking if I had it in me before she accepts to be my midwife. She re enforced all my beliefs and spoke about birthing being oh so easy...' You'll be back home in 2 - 3 hrs' and then she would visit everyday to check on us.

Now logistics made Goa impossible..so Now all the search started in Delhi - where the names Urvashi Sehgal and Divya Deswal kept coming up..thanks to Divya's Blog I decided to visit her at The Phoenix hospital in delhi. Then there was no looking back..a lady whose confidence and the love for what she did was something I see in very few people. We signed up for Hypno birthing classes and a water birth at Phoenix...and then experienced the magic!!!

To be continued.....