Practical & astro factors thru my experience Birth of twins - Help needed

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Dear Kirsten

 

I recently went thru this iterative process a few months back. The exercise

cant be based on getting the best date/ hour (that is a senseless

exercise), but to avoid certain dates/ hours, which may be harmful for the

operation per se.

 

The key considerations according to those learned, are being parrotted

below:

1. Fixing broad dates:

 

a) your doc will not get adequate support on a weekend, esp necessary for a

C-Sec.

 

b) docs give a date around a week to 2 weeks before the due date, as

natural delivery symptoms should not start & hassle the C-Sec; at the same

time, it is generally thot that before 2 weeks before, development still

continues. Hence, check with your doc the EXACT window, which wd be around

10 days wide.

 

c) Tithi: avoid amavasya, ie nu moon, & atleast a day around it each side:

Mn too weak.

 

d) Certain Sun-Moon yogas based on their relative longitudinal position,

etc are supposed to be traditionally bad; however, there are many opinions.

Further, the far more important factor is the relative planetary position

of the medium speed mover malefics, basically Mars (u cant do much about

the slow movers) with respect to the natal chart of the mother, to see that

the operation goes well.

 

2. Fixing the hours:

 

a) your doc will not get adequate support if it is too early in the

morning/ too late in the evening, even if he/ she agrees, & may not reach

in time if it is too early (even if he reaches, his anaesthetist may not).

If u r hung up about a broad time, please meet your doc with a smile &

astro-notes, to impress upon her that it is serious for you (many docs take

it v lightly, esp outside India, even if u say that u want the birth to be

at this date/ time). Also, dont give too narrow a window. While a single

baby, under a good doc, cd be out from the incision-time in 10 mins, u

never know. And u have to be reasonable. So find a window which is atleast

1.5 hrs wide (ie 1 lagna-spread), tho u may want to give the doc a narrower

best time (which shd be atleast 1/2 hr wide). I know about all this, as my

wife is a doc at a leading hospital in Bombay, & a leading gynaecologist of

Bombay, is her friend & colleague, & we spoke at length about the

incredible type of requests she gets, & my wife delivered 3 months back.

 

b) Some believe in Rahu Kalams, which are specified 1.5 hr windows to be

avoided. However, some also say that if the mother's Rahu is well placed,

etc, Ra-kalam is a good time instead. I have no clue.

 

c) No planets in the karaka (ie 5 for childbirth) house, to avoid any

influence on it. No planets, atleast no malefics, on the 2(= result) of

karaka house, ie in 6 in this case.

 

d) Avoid certain karanas: Visti & the 4 fixed karanas.

 

After all this, u will get a reasonable no of windows. I stopped at that

point & talked to the doc about the most convenient time for her. A good

doc will usually be very busy & may not be able to accomodate you without

adequate advance notice, & reasonable latitude. However, if u insist

otherwise, u cd go on, in terms of:

 

a) avoiding balarishta yogas: basically atleast see that the lagna & lord

of lagna are not too hassled, eg not conjoined/ hemmed by too many

malefics, & key planets are not in Gandantas, & that Jupiter is decently

placed, so that it can offset any lurking balarishtas u may have missed out

(there are so many of them).

 

b) there also are various inauspicious nakshatra-padas & specific

inauspicious degrees for the Moon & lagna. but u cd just go on & on

endlessly if u dont be pragmatic (unless u r a master astrologer yourself &

have full convictions about your ability to fix the time & take on the

responsibility of the future of the young babies.

 

And if the mother does not really believe in astrology, see that she doesnt

get too het-up by various astrologers talking about various inauspicious

times/ dates, which can ruin her mental peace. Esp as most astrologers will

give the impression that any date & time apart from the specific 2 minute

window they provide, are inauspicious.

 

About the exact time of birth, Mr Rath says cutting the umbilical cord for

C-Sections is the time to be noted. The only person in the delivery room

capable of keeping time is the anaesthetist, NOT the surgeon or the nurses.

Hence adjust your watch to world-time (ref Dimension 4, a freeware, u can

get off thinkman.com or download.com) & hand it over to the anaesthetist

just before the operation. Speak to him/ her before about the seriousness

of it, otherwise their sense of exact time is +/- 5 minutes

 

All the Best

 

nandan