From Dams to Diapers

It was a sunny April Sunday, when Faiz n I got up to meet the most pleasant surprise of our lives. We found out that I was ‘expecting’ and our joy knew no bounds. Both of us looked at each other trying to reassure that finally the moment had arrived for which we had waited for 4 long years!!! I cud see faiz’s watery eyes thru mine…….tears of happiness rolled n we stood there speechless not knowing wat to say not feeling the need to express anything in words coz our souls were already congratulating each other.

It took me a while to sink in the new found status of “Mom to be.” An amazing phase of growing up began……physically as well as emotionally….. it’s really amazing how motherhood comes so naturally into ur system. From the day I realized that I was expecting till the time I saw my baby for the first time, I went through a transformation from a woman to a mother. My priorities in life changed. I had never thought that I will leave my career at a time when it was flourishing….but I didn’t have the heart to leave my li’l girl at home and go to work.

I can never forget the day when I took my li’l girl in my arms for the first time…..i cudn’t thank God enough for granting me this one wish of having a daughter( I always prayed for a girl…..not that a boy wud mean any less to me…but in my heart of hearts I always wanted a girl)…….
.n now that she was in my arms looking at me with the most sparkling eyes I have ever seen…..i didn’t want anything else from God……I felt so fulfilled........her beautiful face, her tiny li’l fingers, pitch black silky hair, flawless complexion……..awww…she looked adorable!!!

Hardly did I know that this hydropower engineer designing dams would soon be changing diapers with as much ease. I always dreaded the diaper changing and potty cleaning stuff…even the thought of it wud put me off and I used to wonder how will I do it when my own child is born.

But believe me, God instills so much love in a mother’s heart that she can go to any extent to take care of her baby……sleepless nites, diaper changes, feeding sessions, n every other task that’s part of the baby raising package is too less a price u pay for such a precious li’l reward!!!