From: skejriwa@donald.WichitaKS.NCR.COM (Sangita Kejriwal)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Please Welcome...
Date: 9 Sep 92 16:13:20 GMT
Reply-To: skejriwa@donald.WichitaKS.NCR.COM (Sangita Kejriwal)
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Organization: NCR Corporation Wichita, KS



...Our Second Son...
   Eshan Sashi Kejriwal.
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He was born on August 23, 1992,
weighed 7lbs. 5ozs. at birth,
had apgars of 9, 9,
& is exactly 51 weeks younger
than Arnav Sashi Kejriwal! 
( talk about close spacing!!! ).

		Sashi & Sangita Kejriwal.

Arnav was born after 15hours of labor,
& while I was under the influence of the
epidural block... So this time, I really
wanted to have this baby naturally all the way...

I was dilating real fast during this pregnancy...
At my last OB/GYN checkup, I was 5+ cms. dilated,
& very very uncomfy as the baby rested at almost
0 station!
My doc. told me that I could go to the hospital
any time as I was in labor, & she would augment
my labor by breaking my waters.  This was on 8/21.
I decided to wait another day to allow nature to take
it's own course.  However, 8/22 came & went, & yet NO
contractions & I was almost unable to walk & verry
uncomfortable...
Finally, on Sunday, after a long discussion about
our options, we decided to make the trip to the
hospital...
We reached the hospital at around 2:00pm & my 
OB came & broke my water at 4:30.  an internal monitr
was attached to my baby, (I feel safer when my baby
is monitored & I know he is doing OK! ).  However,
no contractions --, baby doing OK, & I was getting restless...
could do nothing more than laying back talking to the 
LDR nurse in the birthing room, while my husband 
caught up on the news on the TV & lounged around reading 
magazines!!!Around 8:000 pm, I felt the first stirrings of 
the contractions, & about 8:30 they got strong enough
for me to start squirming & change positions every
couple of minutes with every new contraction.
I had dilated to 8cms.  I started getting very strong 
contractions suddenly & I started thinking about epidural -
my husband kept trying to talk me out of it ( he knew how
much I wanted to avoid any medications!) ...the nurse
was trying to get in touch with my OB/GYN...However,
my contractions were OUCH!OUCH!OUCH! I wanted to use the 
bathroom, but when I got there I could not miturate...
& I knew that my baby was almost there...
It was around 8:40 & in between my huffs/puffs & managed
to tell the LDR that I had to PUSH!  She quickly checked 
me & found me AC(almost completely dilated)...No sign of
my OB/GYN, still.   She alerted the delivery team, the
resident OB/GYNs, & within minutes everything was setup.
At around 8:50, I could not hold any longer, & she
found me completely dilated & I PUSHhhhhed, & pushed,
felt the baby's head against my perineum ...
just then the monitor was dislodged off the baby's head,
& after waiting just a couple of minutes, the resident
performed an episiotomy...
and out came Eshan at 9:09pm.( The whole event was
videotaped, & later I saw the worried looks on all
attendees' faces when the heartbeat/monitor was lost...
& I guess that's why the hurried episiotoy to deliver
 the baby immediately..)& immediate relief for me!!!
WHEEW! It was amazing, I was bruised, torn, bleeding,
but as I saw my little boy being born, & held up...
miraculously, all my pain was gone in a flash!!!
We were laughing, crying, & couldn't take our
eyes off our new son!!!

Now about the closely spaced sibling...
In the hospital, Arnav hardly noticed the baby...
he was delighted to see me, & came lay close to me 
for his feed, & played in the room trying to discover
what new stuff could he break...
We went home on 8/24 at night...& all hell broke loose...
Eshan cried, & Arnav cried - Arnav was so confused with
his new brother... he wanted to touch & play with Eshan, but
every time Eshan cried/or even whimpered in his sleep,
Arnav would get up & start howling!  My hubby & I hardly
slept half-a-wink!  However, just in 2-3 days, Arnav got used
to haing Eshan around & now both of them sleep-thru-the-night...
as long as they are both in bed with us! ( I'll restart their
training once I catch my breath back - right now I just
enjoy closing my eyes whenever I can!!)
Now, Arnav plays with Eshan, pats him when he cries, drools him
with his kisses, BUT is weary of him when he is lying close
to me or his dad.  As soon as we put Eshan in his bassinet,
he comes & climbs all over us & holds onto us!

BTW, we celebrated Arnav's first Bithday on 8/30/92...
Arnav enjoyed, Eshan slept thru it, & we are still
tryingto get over the exhaustion of entertaining
12 kids ( ages from 3months - 8yrs.) & their parents!!!

Now, how I am managing two kids... I still have a 
great nanny who comes daily, takes care of Arnav, &
helps me with some housework... I mostly just relax
with Eshan, take care of some light household chores,
& am enjoying both my boys!
				Sangita. 
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