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A couple of months ago, Geeta Basra and Harbhajan Singh were blessed with their second child- a baby boy, whom they’ve named Jovan. The couple has an older child- daughter Hinaya.

It may be recalled that Geeta had spoken to ETimes about her 2 miscarriages, which brought her immense response from especially women. The miscarriages did not deter them; Geeta and Harbhajan did not feel defeated. Herein, Geeta recounts all that. See it in a video conversation below:

Says Geeta, “The feedback has been immense. And, I am glad I spoke. A miscarriage is the worst period in a woman’s life. Plus, miscarriages have become common. Our lifestyles are probably the reason. I felt I needed to talk to women that a miscarriage is not the end of the road. You cannot lose hope.

The women who connected with me after the ETimes article say that I have helped them to think positive (reads out a message). One of them has been wondering why God does this? (reads out another message).”

Continues Geeta, “For me, it was a struggle. But I never gave up. Harbhajan Singh and I didn’t stop trying for a second baby.”

Geeta attributes her positivity to her gynaecologist too. “He was very positive and that helped me to say to myself that it is going to happen. I didn’t want to be negative. Yes, there is a certain amount of anxiety that again you shouldn’t go through any trauma. Believe me, I was expecting my second baby, just one or two months after my second miscarriage. There is no such thing that you cannot try again until a certain time has elapsed. There is too much information on Google. I would like to say that we would do well to rather listen to our doctors. Doctors are professionals, they know our bodies and they know what they’re talking about.”

Adds Geeta, “Bhaji (Harbhajan Singh) was very supportive. The fact that I am ready, the husband was, too. He was there with me at all my visits to the gynaec. He hardly took any assignment in the last trimester of mine. Barring that one month of IPL, he was constantly by my side. That’s so nice. The bonding between the father and child begins early if the father is around during the pregnancy.”

Geeta says that Jovan resembles Hinaya, Harbhajan and herself- all three.

And yes, currently, Geeta and Bhaji are in the centre of buying too many toys. “Apne aap ko rokna padhta hai (we have to stop ourselves),” she smiles.

“No chance of a third baby, at least not now,” Geeta signed off.

There’s a lot more in this interview. Click on the above video if you still haven’t.