Kalki Koechlin, who became a proud mother on February 8 after giving birth to daughter Sappho has shared her first pictures. Kalki shared three pictures featuring Sappho, boyfriend Guy Hershberg and her doctor and medical staff. She also wrote a note for the Tulip Women’c Care team who helped her bring Sappho in the world through natural waterbirth process.
Kalki shared the pictures on Instagram and wrote, “So thankful to the whole team at Tulip Women's Care and to my to doctors @docsheetalsabharwal and @drrvpunjabi who simply refused to give up on me even when after 17 hours I was so tired I begged them to take the baby out anyway they could and they said no, you've come this far and you're going to have your natural waterbirth, and an hour later Sappho was born. You guys are miracle workers!”
Sappho is Kalki’s first child. Her boyfriend Guy Hershberg is an Italian pianist. Kalki named her daughter after a renowned Greek poetess of the name of Sappho who was born in the latter part of the seventh century BC and is known for the way she expressed affection for women in her poetry. She is the first person, in written history, to bring about the subjectivity of one's self and life. She talked about things rarely spoken aloud and wrote about domestic life, wedding ceremonies, virginity, motherhood and above all, her love for women, minus the male gaze and from a first-person narrative.
Her name and place of birth gave us the words Lesbian and Sapphic. The four-lines stanza style, known as Sapphic stanza is said to be invented by her.
(Source: Instagram)
