October 2nd 2012 has become special for lifetime , as along with the Father of the Nation’s Birthday it’s a day when I became a father as well . I thought I could share some of my initial experiences of fatherhood and hence is this blog .
Since my childhood , my mom’s favorite phrase when I was not allowed to do something that I liked and use to get upset and angry, was “you will realise this only when you become a father” and now finally I became one.
I still remember way back in February 2012 when the news got confirmed, my first reaction , was age is catching up , you gonna be a father .
But slowly as the days passed , I could feel how blessed is the experience of motherhood as I was seeing my wife Chitra go through it and with each day I use to think and tell my mother that “you would have gone through the same when you had me “ and was seeking forgiveness for my unacceptable behavior . Its amazing to see the love , affection and care with which a mother brings her child to the world and it’s an ongoing process ever after I guess. I have always loved my parents the most , but I don’t take them for granted anymore as now I realise what they would have undergone in parenting.
I could also see that we had some wonderful people around (colleagues / friends and their families ), always giving us advises on what to do , how to do , whom to consult which helped us go through these 9 months without any major issues . Finally on October 1st night wherein I got the call from Kerala where I had dropped her in the 7th Month “ I feel the d day is tomorrow ” and I rushed in and till the moment I reached by her side early morning on 2nd October , I did not know what was happening around and felt more nervous than the professional Exams which has always been nightmarish .
On 2nd October in the evening , when the baby arrived the world had changed there were wishes and happiness all around and its one of the best days in my life and would remain so . When I first saw her outside the labour room , I saw a tiny little angel with her eyes closed may be trying to tell me Dad I have arrived…
