I was thinking to myself what would my first posting be in this blog. It should be something that is very significant and symbolize the start of something that is both exciting and yet nostalgic. I couldn’t think of anything better than to announce the birth of my first son, Lucas.

It was the 25th of September 2007 and my wife was now 39 weeks pregnant. We had our regular checkup with our doctor and figured that we could wait till 1st October which is our baby’s actual due date to have him delivered. Unfortunately things did not go our way and the doctor mention that my wife’s water bag was at a dangerous level and therefore the baby have to come out today. We were told to check in again at 3pm for them to start observation and induce birth as soon as possible.

We got home, took whatever we needed to take and informed our respective bosses that we would not be coming in for work. At 3pm we were at the hospital and my wife was immediately sent to the labour room for monitoring. My parents came to visit and said a prayer for her before they left. While she lay on her comfy bed, I was left with nothing to do but wait. Good thing I brought a lot of reading material with me to pass time.

My parents saying a prayer for my wife

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