2020 Mother’s Day celebration is a special one for actress Shilpa Shetty, finally the actress’ family is complete with the arrival of her daughter, Samisha in the month of February 2020. Today as she celebrates her first Mother’s Day with her newborn daughter Samisha, she shares of her son Viaan’s prayers have been finally answered by the almighty. Her eight year old son, who always wished of a sibling and especially a sister, the couple tried for it, but due to complications, the couple opted for surrogacy and finally the diva once again embraced motherhood.
The actress during her conversation with Hindustan Times, mentioning about Viaan wish coming true, she said, “A lot of Viaan’s friends have siblings and he always missed that. He’s a very social kid and when you live in a set up when there are no other children in the building, the child gets very lonely. He’d ask both Raj (Kundra, husband) and me ‘why don’t I have a sibling?’ and he was very clear that he wanted a sister. We visit Shirdi once every year and for the past three years, he’d stand and pray that he wants a baby sister. When we got the news that we were blessed with a girl, it felt so surreal. Viaan has prayed for Samisha for three years, I feel he has only manifested it.”
Talking about having complications while planning for their second child, followed by only left with options of adoption and surrogacy, she said, “We did try for a long time. But I had a lot of complications. I also did try for adoption but something went wrong. Surrogacy was an option which I chose and it was actually the last option. We got finally had Samisha, which is a blessing.”
Also while she pours her heart out about embracing motherhood for the second time, she mentions of there being no right and wrong as all the mothers try and do their best. Before Samisha’s arrival in the world, the actress had taken 15 days off. The actress also revealed of spending lot of time with her Samisha, all the thanks to the lockdown which has allowed the actress to give massages to her little one and also feed. ALSO READ: Shilpa Shetty Clocks 15 Million Followers On TikTok On Her Daughter Samisha's 2nd Month Birthday On April 15 - Sweet Coincidence?
“I became a mother and I took 15 days off before Samisha came into the world. And fortunately for me, I got all this time to spend with her because of the lockdown after she came into this world. For the last couple of months, I am stuck to her, doing everything her massages to feeding her,” said Shilpa.
Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra were blessed with their daughter, Samisha on February 15, 2020. ALSO READ: Shilpa Shetty And Raj Kundra Make Their First Public Appearance With Daughter Samisha
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