Just as we were getting tired of this whole exercise, we found Sunita, a young, sweet girl, who had worked at other houses, but not really with kids. WFM thought she would learn and we employed her right away. In a kind of reverse-dowry situation, her retinue to her mother s place would include a cook, a maid and me. At the end of 28 weeks, WFM went onto complete bed rest to avoid any untoward complications related to premature delivery. The period between 28 and 35 weeks is crucial, because if a delivery occurs during this time, though the babies can survive with superior neonatal intensive care, the emotional and physical trauma is not worth it.
Bed rest helps in reducing the incidence of early delivery.
During this period, I had promised WFM that I would spend all my free time with her, to share this emotionally and physically labile period with her. Unfortunately pressure of work forced me to take a 10-day trip to Europe around the 30th week. I went with a shopping list. If you would like to share your thoughts on this article or view other people's comments, Click Here . All Rights Reserved Worldwide.