Year: 2005... I can't remember the date or month... I was doing my internship at that time after passing out my MBBS course... It was my posting in the Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology for 2 months... That day I was having my Labour Room duty... After the delivery of a baby, my senior (a Post Graduate student) asked me to convey the good news to the attendants who were eagerly waiting outside.. It was a normal delivery without any complications and both the mother and the baby were doing well... I went to the door and called the name of the mother. One well dressed guy of around 30 yrs came forward... From the concern that was clearly visible on his face, it could be easily presumed that he was a very near relative... I am not saying that when somebody cares, his/her concern is always displayed on the face everytime.. In my professional and personal life I have met quite a no. of people who can well suppress their feelings and can remain stable even during the worst moments of their lives... But in this particular case, that person's concern was totally visible through his eyes and the face. So without making him to wait any more, I conveyed him the news...
"Congratulations, its a baby boy!!!"
"Thank you sir... Thanks a lot, but how is my wife?"
"Oh... Don't worry... She is fine... Anyway, do you want to see the baby?"
"No, thank you Sir, I would like to see both the mother and the baby together...!!"
I was blessed to witness the real love of a husband... And I informed the same to the wife also...
"Your husband cares for you a lot... He wanted to see you first, not the baby!!"
You know, I feel short of words to describe the shy vivid smile of satisfaction that appeared in the lips of that lady... May be that being an unknown person to both of them, I somehow helped to develop the bond of love between the two even more stronger!!!
Prior to that very incident and even after that, I have conveyed this type of news for countless times till now... Whether its a boy or a girl, most of the times (leaving aside some of the cases of delivery of a baby girl which I have already discussed in one of my previous updates!) I have witnessed the rapid spread of the abruptly appearing smiles of happiness amongst the family members... But I am sorry to say that except that particular husband, I have never met any other person in my life, not even within my family, who is that much prompt to enquire about the very person for whom they were able to hear the good news... Even if for some moments, everytime there is a time lag to question about the mother's well being... To be true, personally I have never met anyone else who could suppress their feelings to see the newborn baby till the mother is brought out of the labour room...
You see, when a lady gets pregnant, the whole family waits for around 9 months to welcome a new member to the family... So at last when the clock ticks and the wait is over, its quite natural to celebrate that moment and forget about everything else... But actually it has been never a "good feeling" to see even the husbands to forget about their wives at that very moment.. But nobody is to blame... If you are a husband or anyone who has the experience of waiting outside a labour room even for once, then you would be the right person to question yourself and you will get the proper answer... Who knows, if everything goes well and if one fine day my wife also gets pregnant, even I might fail during that very significant test of my life...
That husband was able to make a memorable deep impression within the core of my heart which I quite often rejoice and it makes me believe that real love actually exists!! His wife didn't have any complications, but even if somehow something untoward happened to his wife, I am sure that he was not that type of guy to deprive the baby of a father's love and care...
I know, I would never be able to recognize that husband even if I meet him someday... Thus by this update, I would like to thank him for setting up an fine example for me and everybody.. Wherever he is, I hope he is having a happy family with his loving wife... May the almighty bless them all !!!
"Congratulations, its a baby boy!!!"
"Thank you sir... Thanks a lot, but how is my wife?"
"Oh... Don't worry... She is fine... Anyway, do you want to see the baby?"
"No, thank you Sir, I would like to see both the mother and the baby together...!!"
I was blessed to witness the real love of a husband... And I informed the same to the wife also...
"Your husband cares for you a lot... He wanted to see you first, not the baby!!"
You know, I feel short of words to describe the shy vivid smile of satisfaction that appeared in the lips of that lady... May be that being an unknown person to both of them, I somehow helped to develop the bond of love between the two even more stronger!!!
Prior to that very incident and even after that, I have conveyed this type of news for countless times till now... Whether its a boy or a girl, most of the times (leaving aside some of the cases of delivery of a baby girl which I have already discussed in one of my previous updates!) I have witnessed the rapid spread of the abruptly appearing smiles of happiness amongst the family members... But I am sorry to say that except that particular husband, I have never met any other person in my life, not even within my family, who is that much prompt to enquire about the very person for whom they were able to hear the good news... Even if for some moments, everytime there is a time lag to question about the mother's well being... To be true, personally I have never met anyone else who could suppress their feelings to see the newborn baby till the mother is brought out of the labour room...
You see, when a lady gets pregnant, the whole family waits for around 9 months to welcome a new member to the family... So at last when the clock ticks and the wait is over, its quite natural to celebrate that moment and forget about everything else... But actually it has been never a "good feeling" to see even the husbands to forget about their wives at that very moment.. But nobody is to blame... If you are a husband or anyone who has the experience of waiting outside a labour room even for once, then you would be the right person to question yourself and you will get the proper answer... Who knows, if everything goes well and if one fine day my wife also gets pregnant, even I might fail during that very significant test of my life...
That husband was able to make a memorable deep impression within the core of my heart which I quite often rejoice and it makes me believe that real love actually exists!! His wife didn't have any complications, but even if somehow something untoward happened to his wife, I am sure that he was not that type of guy to deprive the baby of a father's love and care...
I know, I would never be able to recognize that husband even if I meet him someday... Thus by this update, I would like to thank him for setting up an fine example for me and everybody.. Wherever he is, I hope he is having a happy family with his loving wife... May the almighty bless them all !!!
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