Kalki Koechlin recalls her early years of pregnancy

Bollywood actress Kalki Koechlin, who embraced motherhood after she welcomed her daughter Sappho with partner Guy Hershberg, opened up about the challenges she faced in the early years of pregnancy and parenting.

In a conversation with a top news organisation, the ‘Yeh JawaHai Deewani’ star reflected on the physical and emotional toll of pregnancy on a woman which according to her is not much discussed in society.

“I think as a mother - when you give birth firstly the whole nine months of pregnancy - then delivering a baby followed by postpartum, it takes a lot out of you and your body is like a slave to another person, literally you are just an incubation system for the baby. The baby is taking all your nutrients and energy,” she said.

Kalki added, “Even the first six months were so tough. You have to stay up the whole night to feed her. You don’t get proper sleep. You are really all over the place. Your nutrition was also disturbed as I was breastfeeding, so everything was going to the baby. You are like, ‘Where is my life? Who am I? I feel really lost’. So, I think that part was tough and people don’t talk about how tough that part is.”

The actress gave birth to her daughter in 2020. Now, five years later after becoming a mother, Kalki has developed a good bond with her daughter Sappho. “My daughter has become chatty. We share secrets. I also tell her my problems. It’s like I have a new friend. We get along very well. I even tell her my problems and vice versa. She understands me and gives me the freedom to work,” she added.

Kalki will be making her Tamil debut with the film ‘Nesippaya’. The actress is playing the role of a lawyer. It was directed by Vishnuvardhan while Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the music for the film.