Its a wonderful experience to become a mom. Even though i hardly get time for myself from the house hold work and from my office work i feel iam still loving the roller coaster ride.
I recently got introduced to thepipal team (www.thepipal.com) and i feel its a great and innovative way of shopping for mom's who do not have time like me :-)
The variety of products they offer is really interesting. The best part is they customise the products according to your needs and deliver it at your door step. Rather than taking out tim to go out to the shop to check out things for your baby i feel its easy to have an internet connection at home and chck out products and order in few minutes.
I have already ordered a "Quack Quack Ponchu" from the pipal when i was in Gao enjoying my Maternity Leave. The first customised gift for my son!!! I believe the product met my expectation and iam really happy with the same.
Hoping to get more varities and 0rders done oin near future ...
To the Pipal Team- Abha--- You Rock !!!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
My Lazy Baby- 1st May 10
Since the time i crossed 35 weeks (25th March - 3rd April) i have been expecting the pain and the baby to come out. But its only on 23rd April 10 that the baby is happy inside the tummy as his head has not taken the final position. I was examined by Dr.Agatha physically and she said that i need to get admitted on 3rd May 10 and delivery might happen on 4th May 10 only. I decided to walk daily to ensure the baby comes bit early but as on today the baby has not given any signs of coming out. On 30th April 10 again i had a physical examine by Agatha and her reply was same. I understood the baby has been gifted the laziness by his / her dad and thus would come only on the date fixed.
My last few month have been bit difficult. From the 8th month onwards i have started feeling restless at night. I have to get up several times to go to the loo and getting up from the bed or even turning on the bed is a great pain. I have even though not enjoyed my pregnancy much (as said several times before) but thanks to God that my baby has not troubled me much at all. I have been able to continue my routine of going to office till 30th April 10 which was unexpected. I have been able to be active at home too.I have even gone out today when my delivery date is on 4th May 10. Thanks to my baby for being such a supportive baby.
Iam looking forward to my delivery as i want a normal delivery and i want a girl baby.
Lets see what God has decided for me.
My last few month have been bit difficult. From the 8th month onwards i have started feeling restless at night. I have to get up several times to go to the loo and getting up from the bed or even turning on the bed is a great pain. I have even though not enjoyed my pregnancy much (as said several times before) but thanks to God that my baby has not troubled me much at all. I have been able to continue my routine of going to office till 30th April 10 which was unexpected. I have been able to be active at home too.I have even gone out today when my delivery date is on 4th May 10. Thanks to my baby for being such a supportive baby.
Iam looking forward to my delivery as i want a normal delivery and i want a girl baby.
Lets see what God has decided for me.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
17th April 10-Prabha's Baby Girl Born
Todays a saturday.I went to the hospital to meet Dr.Agatha to know my final date of Delivery and to book rooms.But none happened.Dr.Agatha and Dr.Sindhu were on leave and as usual after waiting for 2 hrs and more i finally met Dr.Swetha.She informed me that my sugar level was bit on a higher side and my hemoglobin was bit on a lower side.Sugar was 146 where normal should be max to 140 and hemoglobin was 10.2 where a pregnant lady should have bet 11 to 13.But she confirmed the baby was fine. She then after consulting with another doctor asked me to come again on tuesday (20th April10) for CTG test to knwo the heartbeat of my baby.
After the check up JD dropped me to office. I worked till 2pm and left to have lunch with Jdu in Punjabi Dhaba.I had lovely lunch (3 Paratha,sukha aaloo sabji,dal fry and sweet lassi) post which we rushed home to have a lovely sleep.
In the evening when i woke up at around 5pm i noticed bhavana's message informing me about prabha getting admitted to hospital today afternoon (not to forget her EDD was 9th May 10).It was a surprise but still i was happy as i wud get to know what baby it is and wud knwo what baby i will have.Oviously i wanted her to have a baby boy so that i can have a baby girl. Not that i wud be upset if i have a bby boy but i always loved girls.In the evening i did some walking on the terrace to ensure i too deliver bit early (in the month of April only).Finally at 10:20pm Bhavana called up Vijay to inform that Prabha delivered a baby GIRL !!! I didn't knwo how to react.Jd shouted and told the same to me when i was in the kitchen cleaning palak as i had discussed with him in the afternoon that if prabha has a baby boy i will have a girl and if she has a girl then i will have a boy. MIL also came to kitchen and smiled and said prabha got a baby girl...which meant obviously i will have a baby boy.
I won't say that i totally trust these theories but we do talk bout it to pass our time sometimes.From the time i have conveived i have got everyone telling me that i will have a baby boy.I heard then but did not trust them.In my heart i have a feeling that i will have a baby girl but since so many people have told me that i will have a baby boy i have got a confusion in mind now.Anyways i will be happy with what ever i get. My baby will be my life no matter what gender it is.
Iam not waiting to deliver soon.Dono how many moms to be wud have such a feeling where she would be waiting for the pain to come every day. Every day i becoming so unconfortable to sleep. Even thought i feel i can still continue to go to office but now i have a strong urge to deliver asap and have my darling baby in hand and enjoy a different world altogether.
Waiting for my delivery date eagerly !!!
Good Night....(11:53pm)
After the check up JD dropped me to office. I worked till 2pm and left to have lunch with Jdu in Punjabi Dhaba.I had lovely lunch (3 Paratha,sukha aaloo sabji,dal fry and sweet lassi) post which we rushed home to have a lovely sleep.
In the evening when i woke up at around 5pm i noticed bhavana's message informing me about prabha getting admitted to hospital today afternoon (not to forget her EDD was 9th May 10).It was a surprise but still i was happy as i wud get to know what baby it is and wud knwo what baby i will have.Oviously i wanted her to have a baby boy so that i can have a baby girl. Not that i wud be upset if i have a bby boy but i always loved girls.In the evening i did some walking on the terrace to ensure i too deliver bit early (in the month of April only).Finally at 10:20pm Bhavana called up Vijay to inform that Prabha delivered a baby GIRL !!! I didn't knwo how to react.Jd shouted and told the same to me when i was in the kitchen cleaning palak as i had discussed with him in the afternoon that if prabha has a baby boy i will have a girl and if she has a girl then i will have a boy. MIL also came to kitchen and smiled and said prabha got a baby girl...which meant obviously i will have a baby boy.
I won't say that i totally trust these theories but we do talk bout it to pass our time sometimes.From the time i have conveived i have got everyone telling me that i will have a baby boy.I heard then but did not trust them.In my heart i have a feeling that i will have a baby girl but since so many people have told me that i will have a baby boy i have got a confusion in mind now.Anyways i will be happy with what ever i get. My baby will be my life no matter what gender it is.
Iam not waiting to deliver soon.Dono how many moms to be wud have such a feeling where she would be waiting for the pain to come every day. Every day i becoming so unconfortable to sleep. Even thought i feel i can still continue to go to office but now i have a strong urge to deliver asap and have my darling baby in hand and enjoy a different world altogether.
Waiting for my delivery date eagerly !!!
Good Night....(11:53pm)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
23rd Feb 10
Today there is no special occasion for me to write a blog but felt like expressing my feeling to someone. Since i did not have 1 i thought of this option.1 new thing i did was came back from office in bus. wanted to check out how tough / easy it wud be for me to travel in my 8th month.Guess it was not a great option to opt for.I didn't get a seat to sit and it was dam hot too.So by the time i reached home i was exhausted and slept off immediatly.
I dono if i shud be saying this or not but i have not enjoyed my pregnancy period at all. D only great thing happened during my preg was the Bihar Trip where i got to meet my family n was among active,energetic and bihari people which got me back to the same happy mood. Being in kerala for such a long time i had almost become a mallu and had forgotten the lifestyle of a bihari.The josh still continues inside me today after a month which has made me decide that no matter wat happens,no matter whether my MIL gives me food or not,no matter my in laws care or ask for me or not i will take care of myself. Its been more than a week noe since i have been staying with mom. We both are supporting each other so well and enjoying life. Mom's chemo happened, this time with a new dose and a new reaction (only headache-touch wood) and i was also taking care of mom while she was taking care of me.
But somewhere inside my heart i have a pain- pain of not seeing JD behave likei had expected him to. Getting preg after 3yrs of marriage is not a small thing- We had not planned like this but yes we never got time to settle down and then plan the pregnancy.I was also not prepared for a baby and thus the delay. Finally when i break the news to JD i did not see so much of excitement in him. I understand i expect a lot frm ppl but man he is my hisband- the wud be father who is supposed to act bloody different with me when iam going to make him a daddy. He does not have time for me at all. I understand his office being 1 hr away from home takes most of his time away from me but caring is a feeling and comes from heart- u don't need specific time for it. Caring could mean calling up regularly to ask hows mummy n baby doing, caring could mean getting some small things to eat for the baby (if not mummy), caring wud mean messagin in bet to know and asking for the baby's movements,caring wud mean replying to my emotional messages when ever i message about the baby ,caring wud mean coming home (even if its too late) to see me at mom's place and then rush back home w/o informing hios family etc.. there can be many ways in which a guy can show he cares.. but i am not finding this at all in JD. Iam really surprised and shocked to see him behave so indifferent. I did have a doubt in bet if he really was happy bout the new comer. Not able to understand or believe y is he behaving like this. But these things are definatly making me upset day by day.
Have no idea how wud he behave in my 9th month when mom is also not here and is gone to Goa. i had already lost trustand hope on his parents and now on him too :-(
God please give me strength to deal with such emotions properly so that my baby is not affected...
I dono if i shud be saying this or not but i have not enjoyed my pregnancy period at all. D only great thing happened during my preg was the Bihar Trip where i got to meet my family n was among active,energetic and bihari people which got me back to the same happy mood. Being in kerala for such a long time i had almost become a mallu and had forgotten the lifestyle of a bihari.The josh still continues inside me today after a month which has made me decide that no matter wat happens,no matter whether my MIL gives me food or not,no matter my in laws care or ask for me or not i will take care of myself. Its been more than a week noe since i have been staying with mom. We both are supporting each other so well and enjoying life. Mom's chemo happened, this time with a new dose and a new reaction (only headache-touch wood) and i was also taking care of mom while she was taking care of me.
But somewhere inside my heart i have a pain- pain of not seeing JD behave likei had expected him to. Getting preg after 3yrs of marriage is not a small thing- We had not planned like this but yes we never got time to settle down and then plan the pregnancy.I was also not prepared for a baby and thus the delay. Finally when i break the news to JD i did not see so much of excitement in him. I understand i expect a lot frm ppl but man he is my hisband- the wud be father who is supposed to act bloody different with me when iam going to make him a daddy. He does not have time for me at all. I understand his office being 1 hr away from home takes most of his time away from me but caring is a feeling and comes from heart- u don't need specific time for it. Caring could mean calling up regularly to ask hows mummy n baby doing, caring could mean getting some small things to eat for the baby (if not mummy), caring wud mean messagin in bet to know and asking for the baby's movements,caring wud mean replying to my emotional messages when ever i message about the baby ,caring wud mean coming home (even if its too late) to see me at mom's place and then rush back home w/o informing hios family etc.. there can be many ways in which a guy can show he cares.. but i am not finding this at all in JD. Iam really surprised and shocked to see him behave so indifferent. I did have a doubt in bet if he really was happy bout the new comer. Not able to understand or believe y is he behaving like this. But these things are definatly making me upset day by day.
Have no idea how wud he behave in my 9th month when mom is also not here and is gone to Goa. i had already lost trustand hope on his parents and now on him too :-(
God please give me strength to deal with such emotions properly so that my baby is not affected...
Saturday, February 6, 2010
BIHAR TRIP
Bihar Trip during my pregnancy
I was in my 6th month of pregnancy still had no fear of the travel we had planned to Bihar as it was a priority for us to visit Bihar after marriage. Mom also had not been to her place after she got down with Cancer since last 3 yrs and I had also not gone there after marriage with Jd. I did get a lot of reactions from people when they heard iam traveling in rain for 3-4 days and that too in such an extreme cold climate but my heart n mind was more excited than scared. I dono y and how I had the confidence that my baby is strong and will not get affected with this long travel.
This travel was a big achievement for me. It first took a lot of time for us to plan the travel as Jd’s leaves were not confirmed and thus I too was hanging around the same. Post Jd confirmed the dates the booking started on http://www.irctc.com/n and it was a never ending process. Lot of searches , lot of booking from different locations to different locations and lot of cancellations too happened on the site. It went on to the extreme that the site restricted me to book more tickets as I had crossed my booking quota of 10 bookings in a month. I was going mad with only ticket booking dreams coming in mind in the month of Dec 09. My credit card would have been swiped about 10-15 times giving a good revenue to the Railways too. Every transaction deducted Rs.20 for booking and 1% of the ticket cost from the credit card. Anyways the entire experience has been put into my “Happy Days” bucket.
I was excited about the trip for various reasons-
I will have a change from the normal routine life from office to home and back to office
It would be a memorable month for me during my pregnancy time as I have not had any exciting moment till date
I would be with my “Loved Ones” and that means a lot for me
I would be in touch with the bihari culture after a long stint with the mallu culture.
My mom wanted a change and so I am happy that her long desired wish gets fulfilled
I met all my family members and collected lot of cash too J
My first stay was at buttu didi’s place at patna where mom, sonu mama and shivam came to pick us at the station. We had dinner at sonu mama’s place. Next day we went to Muzaffarpur to stay with pappu mama. Halted at saroj mausi’s place for dinner then went to pappu mama’s place at night. Stayed there for 4-5 days which was not planned but due to surya graham I was not supposed to move out of the house or do any activity. Finally we planned to go to arrah (our village) and also meet dad who had been there since the day mom n dad reached patna. It was a pleasure to show our house made by baba to JD and the old house too.
2nd Jan 10
I changed all my mail id passwords to “Armanilal”. There is again a story behind it. My baby is considered to be lucky for all of us. We suddenly realized that all the small / big wishes me and Jd had he/she was able to fulfill. Few examples of the same could be:
- Going to Bihar (long awaited plan) but happened during my pregnancy which was not expected at all.
- JD’s profile confirmed as Branch Manager which was confirmed just at the time I conceived.
- When ever we planned to meet a member of the family situation would somehow change and our small wishes would come true.
- Baby helped us collect a lot of money during our trip to bihar J
- I always wanted to fly in flight with JD once as we both had traveled in flight alone for our office work but never together.
- I wanted to travel in train with Jd , Mom and Dad which also got fixed at the end moment.
So this name was kept by my cousin sister- Buttu didi who said that Armani Lal was fulfilling all our wishes and thus told few of her wishes also to us. :)
Slowly my baby has started off with his/her slight kicking moments. Its such a great pleasure to feel such a moment inside you. I always keep one hand on my tummy at night before going to sleep to feel my baby moving.
I was in my 6th month of pregnancy still had no fear of the travel we had planned to Bihar as it was a priority for us to visit Bihar after marriage. Mom also had not been to her place after she got down with Cancer since last 3 yrs and I had also not gone there after marriage with Jd. I did get a lot of reactions from people when they heard iam traveling in rain for 3-4 days and that too in such an extreme cold climate but my heart n mind was more excited than scared. I dono y and how I had the confidence that my baby is strong and will not get affected with this long travel.
This travel was a big achievement for me. It first took a lot of time for us to plan the travel as Jd’s leaves were not confirmed and thus I too was hanging around the same. Post Jd confirmed the dates the booking started on http://www.irctc.com/n and it was a never ending process. Lot of searches , lot of booking from different locations to different locations and lot of cancellations too happened on the site. It went on to the extreme that the site restricted me to book more tickets as I had crossed my booking quota of 10 bookings in a month. I was going mad with only ticket booking dreams coming in mind in the month of Dec 09. My credit card would have been swiped about 10-15 times giving a good revenue to the Railways too. Every transaction deducted Rs.20 for booking and 1% of the ticket cost from the credit card. Anyways the entire experience has been put into my “Happy Days” bucket.
I was excited about the trip for various reasons-
I will have a change from the normal routine life from office to home and back to office
It would be a memorable month for me during my pregnancy time as I have not had any exciting moment till date
I would be with my “Loved Ones” and that means a lot for me
I would be in touch with the bihari culture after a long stint with the mallu culture.
My mom wanted a change and so I am happy that her long desired wish gets fulfilled
I met all my family members and collected lot of cash too J
My first stay was at buttu didi’s place at patna where mom, sonu mama and shivam came to pick us at the station. We had dinner at sonu mama’s place. Next day we went to Muzaffarpur to stay with pappu mama. Halted at saroj mausi’s place for dinner then went to pappu mama’s place at night. Stayed there for 4-5 days which was not planned but due to surya graham I was not supposed to move out of the house or do any activity. Finally we planned to go to arrah (our village) and also meet dad who had been there since the day mom n dad reached patna. It was a pleasure to show our house made by baba to JD and the old house too.
2nd Jan 10
I changed all my mail id passwords to “Armanilal”. There is again a story behind it. My baby is considered to be lucky for all of us. We suddenly realized that all the small / big wishes me and Jd had he/she was able to fulfill. Few examples of the same could be:
- Going to Bihar (long awaited plan) but happened during my pregnancy which was not expected at all.
- JD’s profile confirmed as Branch Manager which was confirmed just at the time I conceived.
- When ever we planned to meet a member of the family situation would somehow change and our small wishes would come true.
- Baby helped us collect a lot of money during our trip to bihar J
- I always wanted to fly in flight with JD once as we both had traveled in flight alone for our office work but never together.
- I wanted to travel in train with Jd , Mom and Dad which also got fixed at the end moment.
So this name was kept by my cousin sister- Buttu didi who said that Armani Lal was fulfilling all our wishes and thus told few of her wishes also to us. :)
Slowly my baby has started off with his/her slight kicking moments. Its such a great pleasure to feel such a moment inside you. I always keep one hand on my tummy at night before going to sleep to feel my baby moving.
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