My First Encounter With Her

Before you start thinking otherwise, let me tell you my husband's second love happens to be my daughter. I find the entire process of giving birth (if I may call it so) so magical. I remember my water had broken out at night and we had to rush to my doc at mid-night. I was put on drip right away. Till 12:45 pm the next day, I had no idea what labor pain felt like. I kept enquiring from the nurses, how would I know when the right time came. I said that maybe I had the pain but could not feel it since it is so mild. They told me you'll know what it feels like when the time comes. And boy, did I know. I kept howling and kept asking the nurses whether the patients and other people sitting in the lobby could hear my screams and whether anyone had ever screamed as much as me. The nurses told me that they have seen women worse than me. I kept requesting my doc to just take the baby out ASAP as I could not bear the pain. I even asked the nurse whether anyone has ever died of labor pain and she snapped at me saying, "Why are you asking such stupid questions?" Though my labor pain lasted hardly an hour, I can tell you one thing for sure, there's no pain I have experienced worse than that. I had often heard people say that the moment you see the face of your child, all the pain goes away and you become happy all at once. Well, may be I'm different. When my baby came out, I was too numb to react. In fact, it took a couple of days to realize that she's my flesh and blood.