The day my daughter came into the world
"One last push", they said, and I looked at hubby crying, almost pleading, for help with tears in my eyes. I felt helpless. I felt as though there was not an iota of energy left in me to do anything more than simply lying down and resting. There was no going back from here- no way I could rewind and choose a C-section to get the baby out. That seemed like a desirable alternative at that point. In retrospect, I am happy I could deliver the way nature meant it to be. It is a truly eye-opening experience. As cliched as it sounds, it is true that the moment the baby is laid on your chest right after coming out of your womb is the moment when all the unpleasantness of the birth experience- the pain and struggle-vanishes all of a sudden. I remember my midwife Kathleen telling me after she had finished stitching me up, "Indu, you are glowing. All mothers do." She stopped crying a few seconds after she was laid on me, opened her eyes wide, and looked at me for