Actress recalls initial reaction after giving birth to baby girl

CJ Desk

Bollywood actress Richa Chadha, who welcomed her first child with actor-husband Ali Fazal last year, revealed that her first reaction was that of fear and protectiveness when she gave birth to a baby girl. She also admitted that she thought her life would be over when she found out she was pregnant.

During a chat with Lily Singh, Richa recalled the moment she learnt she was pregnant. “I was a little bit afraid. There’s climate change, there’s a genocide, there’s so much rubbish going on in the world. Is having a child a good idea?,” she thought.

She went on to say, “When you are super independent, that bit changes instantly, because you have to be responsible for a human being. To commit to a child’s only supply of food for the first six months at least is a big commitment. My initial response was fear. I was like, oh my god, is my life over?”

Richa also said that soon after the protective instinct of a mother kicked in, especially after learning that she was having a baby girl. “I was like, ‘We live in India, I have to buy a gun’,” she shared, adding, “Then later, I was like, ‘No, we will see. We will raise her to be strong like me’.”