first month at home

After delivery i hung around in Chennai till Sanjana came back from ICU, and then it was back to Bombay for me.

Bharathi spent the first 2 months recovering from operation and getting acquainted with baby and motherhood.

Hordes of people came to visit, and all of them brought
1) Johnson and Johnson maal for the baby
2) Horlicks
3) Garlic - to help in lactation (also probably to keep husbands away i suppose)

also note Bharathis gown - first time ever she wore a gown :) and probly found the ugliest one in madras :0

Video star

I still havent figured out how to embed videos on blogger. So to see Sanju in action, please go my youtube link to see lots of videos of her in action

http://www.youtube.com/aalsee

return from ICU

As she was ceasarian and big sized, (and maybe because i had insurance :)) the doc said that she better shift to the neo natal ICU and be fed by intra venous until her lungs had fully shed the placental fluid inside them.

So she was duly shifted to Dr Mehtas hospital, and spent 4 days there, causing great concern to grand parents and relatives. Bharathi was quite cool about it, and used the time to recuperate from the operation and trauma. I was also fairly relaxed, but cheesed off. Too many hospital visits lately.

anyway, alls well that ends well, and Sanju baby came back soon. and i finally had the chance to hold her in my hands. i refused to let anybody else touch her, and carried her all the back to Appasamy hospital.

Sanju baba - freshly hatched

no, thats not about da dutt. These are photos of Sanjana baby. from freshly hatched onwards. Sanjana was born on 23rd March 07 at noon in Appasamy hospital, Chennai.

it was hot and humid when they wheeled away Bharathi for the ceasarian, but that wasnt the only reason I was sweating :)

Sanjana had a pretty happening stay in the womb, survived a car crash, travels to various places, and not to mention a 100 kg father bumping around.

But all was well, a healthy daughter was born (as was predicted by nadi jyotish), tipping the scales at 4.2 kg (the jyotish didnt talk about that)