The pictures

Monday September 23rd, 2013 will always be remembered as one of the most special days of our lives. This morning at 2:48am EST (New York time), Lalit from SCI sends us this email:

Dear P&S,

We hope you are doing fine.
We would like to inform you that Shabana has gone into labor and she is having strong contractions.

In view of the same, our Obstetrician team has taken her into labor room and planning her delivery.

We will request our colleague- Ms. Nabanita to please visit Eden Hospital to capture photos of your babies after birth.

We will get back to you soon with good news :))

With Best Regards,

Lalit

 

Of course we were sleep at the time. But apparently 10 minutes later (3:01AM and 3:03AM EST),  babies are born via C-section. At around 7am when I was waking up to go to work, the phone rings. As soon as I looked at the caller ID, I knew it's from India. Dr Shivani congratulates us and gives us the update. It was so wonderful to hear her voice giving us the good news. Then we get this email with pictures attached: 

 

Greetings from SCI Healthcare!!!
Congratulations on Achieving Parenthood.
Please find attached the Pics of your babies.

Also please find below the health status of your babies:

• Both the babies are healthy and fine.
• Both the babies are on Demand Feed.
• Vitals and Systems of Both the Babies are Stable.

We would like to inform you that your baby girl & baby boy are in Eden Hospital.

We would like to request you to please find below the contact number of Dr. Anuj (Pediatrician at Eden Hospital).
If you have any concern in mind or you need any updates regarding your baby girl & baby boy, you can directly contact Dr. Anuj to clarify the same.
We all at SCI are very happy for you and looking forward to meeting you soon.

Please feel free to contact me for further assistance.

Thanks & Regards
Nabanita 

So the babies showed up 2-3 weeks earlier than expected. But the good news is they are healthy and won't be needing NICU. So now we are in a hurry to pack and get ready to book our hotel and head to Delhi. Have spent most of the day dealing with work, HR, talking to family and friends and doing last minute paperwork. It's going to be a crazy week. Have shed a few tears when talking to loved ones. Have been waiting for this moment all my life, and I cannot believe it's finally here and we'll get to hold them in our arms in few days. I feel emotionally drained and my brain is scattered all over the place at the moment. Need to get some sleep soon. 

We haven't finalized the names. Would like to see them in person before naming them.

May all your wishes and dreams come true. Ours definitely did today. 

Introducing our bundles of joy :)

Our baby girl born at 3:01AM

Our baby boy born at 3:03AM