Our Journey !

In this phase of life, My bachelor days were over and I got married to my Love. We spent our days loving, fighting irritating each other. We lived away from our parents due to our career choices.

It was during one such loving day, we heard that the World was hit by a Pandemic Covid 19. We felt sorry about it and we thought this would vanish like any other disease out there. But we were wrong, this one was hitting the world very badly. Our offices were shut down and cities were under lockdown. Restaurants, Malls, movie theatres were closed. Flights were stopped and people were in total panic.

We gradually moved to our home town to live with our parents. The initial days of the complete lockdown were hard for a couple like us since we were utilising all our possible free time to roam around and see the places. But like everybody else, we got used to staying at home. We found our new hobbies. Life was again getting back to its pace.

It was during one such day we found that my wife was pregnant! Shock surprise emotions were hitting us together. It took time for us to digest that, we are expecting a baby. But gradually we started preparing for our  Big Day, the Delivery day! We did everything which a couple could do during the pregnant days, realising these were our pre-baby days and we were not sure how the days would turn up after the baby's arrival. We explored different places and tried hitchhiking violating lockdown rules.

Days passed by very fast and my wife was in her ninth month. We tried to stay home and tried avoiding all social contacts trying to mark us safe during Covid 19. My wife was going through her hardest phase of life. Even though she tried not to show up her ninth-month difficulties, I was feeling sorry to see her going through this. The thought of our baby was giving us the strength to get through this phase. Men usually, in such days, has got only one thing to do. "Make the life of your partner easy" I was trying my best for that.

The day came by, Our delivery due date. We planned to get admitted to the hospital at least 2 days in advance. We had to do our Covid 19 tests for admission. We did our tests and there comes the surprise. DAMN ! My wife turned Covid Positive.

We had tried to be extra cautious during our last month. We avoided all social gatherings We took all possible precautions and still it turned positive. The covid positive mothers have to deliver the baby in the Covid Wards. We didn't have a choice. We were put in Covid Ward at the hospital. The nurses came in their PPE kits and stayed 2 meters away from my wife trying to help her. The doctor too followed the same protocol, PPE kit and 1 arm distance from my wife. Eventually, I realised, my wife is alone and she is not going to get any assistance or help, which a normal pregnant woman gets during her Delivery Day. People were afraid of us, doctors, nurses, cleaning staff, everyone saw us like tribal immigrants.

Morning turned Night and as expected, labour pain has started for my wife. Nurses and Mid Wife helped her through this phase, maintaining their social distance. There was no labour room in the covid ward since it was a new setup. One of the normal rooms was turned into a Labour Room for my wife. The night was long and the room was occupied by Nurses and I see the Gynec coming in. My Wife insisted people around her to remove her N95 masks, but this bad Covid, made doctors and nurses Say "No". Breathing was getting extremely difficult for her during her Delivery time due to these Masks. But she had no choice.

After 9 hours of Labour, My brave wife delivered my Son with an N95 mask fixed to her face. Yes, it was a normal delivery and it is a baby Boy! Even though Covid hit us hard during our most important day, we came out of it safely. We had a lot of questions about the baby born from the Covid Positive Mother, but our son came out just like any other healthy cute baby.

Maybe covid positive deliveries become more common going forward, Maybe we eradicate this pandemic soon with effective vaccinations, but one thing doesn't change. Mankind is prone to face many such situations in one way or other. Maybe next time it's World War, or a New Pandemic or Meteor attack.  We never know what's going to happen tomorrow.


Let's just be grateful for what we have now, let's just live our life now, Let's embrace the moments we have now!

Carpe Diem!