Soha Ali Khan recently recalled her early days after giving birth to her daughter, Inaaya Naumi Kemmu, in 2017. “It took me a couple of weeks to bond with my child. Kunal said he was there the moment she was born and could jump in front of the bus for her. I was like…really? I feel like so much changes in six months,” she told her guests, chefs Ranveer Brar and Garima Arora, on her YouTube podcast.

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She continued, “Being prepared for becoming a parent is something that you don’t have the option for especially if you are a woman producing the child within you…your body is changing…your hormones are fluctuating..then you give birth…breastfeeding…aspects can be intense…”

Dr Shailendra Jadhav, senior consultant, obstetrician and gynaecologist, KIMS Hospitals, Thane, concurred that while the early days after childbirth are often seen as…