I was very afraid, it was my first time and I didn’t know what to expect. I was told it was fine, though a little weak and tiny than expected but it was breathing. My palms were sweaty and I was exhausted but more than anything I was unable to contain my anticipation. My mind was swimming with all the possible ‘what if’s ‘which were masked behind the veil of my prolonged silence. A moment later, the head nurse came in and walked towards my bed head. I looked at her with expectations in my eyes but there she was standing with nothing in her hands. I was disappointed but I said nothing. She read the look on my face and understood the language of my silence. Next when she spoke she gave me an encouraging smile and told” Doctor will be here in a while.” I returned her a weak smile and yet again my eyes drifted towards the door.
Few minutes passed...which looked like a lifetime. The doctor entered the room with a tiny bundle of what looked like a towel. With every step he took towards the bed, my heart skipped a beat. Words failed me as I had my eyes for only one single thing in the room. So tiny, so delicate and yet so beautiful. I have not seen a more beautiful thing in the world before. My fingers outlined the tiny almond shaped brown eyes and the pear shaped lips. Soft, thin pink lips which looked more like two lines drawn on the angel like face. Then my finger traced the bridge of its nose...the nose which crinkled and relaxed immediately. I laughed silently more to myself than to anyone else. I laughed not because the nose bore a stark resemblance to mine but I laughed at the reaction. She has taken after her mother after all. Yes, it is a girl! In that one moment I knew nothing or no one mattered more. It was just me and my baby.
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