In a heartwarming tale of strength and resilience, Bollywood actors Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover welcomed their first child, a baby girl, on November 12, 2022. Their hearts were filled with joy as they welcomed their beautiful baby girl into the world, whom they lovingly named Devi Basu Singh Grover. Little did they know that this tiny angel would embark on a courageous journey from the very beginning.
During a recent Instagram Live chat with actor Neha Dhupia, Bipasha Basu bravely opened up about her daughter Devi’s after-birth story. Shortly after her birth, it was discovered that Devi was born with a condition known as a ventricular septal defect (VSD), which meant she had two holes in her heart. Devi underwent surgery when she was only three months old.
Speaking about her motherhood journey, Bipasha Basu said, “Our journey has been very different from any normal mother-father, it has been a lot tougher than the smile that I have on my face right now. I would not wish this to happen to any mother. For a new mother, when you get to know that… I got to know on the third day of me having a baby that our baby was born with two holes in her heart. I thought I’d not share this, but I’m sharing this because I feel that there are a lot of mothers, who helped me in this journey, and it was very difficult to find those mothers… “She added, “We didn’t even understand what a VSD is. It is ventricular septal defect… We went through a crazy period. We didn’t discuss this with our family, we both were in a little bit of a blur. We wanted to celebrate, but we were a little numb, me and Karan. The first five months have been very difficult for us. But Devi has been fabulous from day one. We were told that every month, we have to do a scan to know if it’s healing on its own. But with the kind of large hole that she had, we were told that it was doubtful and she might have to go through surgery. And the surgery is best done when the child is three-months-old.”
Bipasha broke down, and further said, “You feel so sad, so burdened, and so conflicted, because how can you put a child through open heart surgery? Something natural will happen, and people like us who are believers, we try to manifest it with our thoughts that it will start healing itself.” “In the first month, it didn’t happen; in the second month, it didn’t happen. And I remember the third month, when we went for the scan, I had pretty much done all the research, met surgeons, been to hospitals, spoken to doctors, and I was kind of ready, Karan was not ready,” she went on, adding, “I knew that she had to be okay, and I knew that she would be okay. And she is okay now. But the tough decision was to get your child operated at the right place and at the right time.”
Bipasha said that the surgery happened when Devi was three-months-old, and the operation went on for six hours. She said her life had stopped when Devi was inside the operation theatre. Bipasha said she was anxious and was relieved when the surgery was successful, adding Devi is okay now.
