PAN-HASSLES FOR STAR MOM-TO-BE

Several Bollywood celebs such as actors Dia Mirza, Lisa Haydon, Kishwer Merchant and Geeta Basra all are due to deliver babies. And most of them admit that second wave has been tough to handle.

“It has been a challenge to keep myself positive. Bolna bahut aasan hai ke ‘stay positive’, but how can you just be blind to what’s happening around? You can’t just cut out from the outside world. We don’t wake up to positive news anymore,” says Basra, who is expecting her second baby with cricketer Harbhajan Singh. “It’s a very awkward life, but with the new baby coming, we want and hope to go back to the normal life,” she adds.

Echoing a similar sentiment, Merchant, who’s expecting her first child with Suyyash Rai, feels the timing has been bad. “I never imagined that my pregnancy would be like this. Getting happy thoughts has been very difficult due to the turn of events,” she confesses, adding that she even got stuck in a cycle of negativity. “I was getting into it very badly. I had to withdraw myself from it and put my phone away,” confesses Merchant.