Short Updates

The D day is closing in! Cannot believe I have only some 6 weeks to go full term. Which means the baby can pop out anytime soon!

Like I said, I had certain ideas about my pregnancy. I imagined that I would be

• Very active- OK, I was working, still am but half of what I did before
• Reading a lot- Read few pregnancy books, a few novels, barely any good Sanskaari books
• Listening to good music- hardly
• Exercising- Only some walking, occasional stretching
• Knitting- The images videos and everything looks impossibly tough
• Cooking- Not much, MIL manages the kitchen. Plus I feel lazy

Come third trimester and the lethargy has gone up! Incredible levels of fatigue I feel.

BTW had a small Godh Bharai Ceremony which I enjoyed a lot!

Soon will register for delivery. Tough choice between my docs nursing home Vs. Hospital...Registering at both places for the time being

Shall start packing my hospital bag right after Diwali!

Third Trimester

Another few weeks have just floated past and I am in the third trimester already!Back again after over a month of quiet.

Routine tests at 24 weeks- sugars, Hemoglobin and urine tests have been fine. And a scan for evolving cardiac abnormalities has been done and reassuring. Phew, now I feel free to plan for my "Godh Bharai" ceremony.

MIL wanted me to choose a gold ornament of my choice, but the prices have been so restrictive that I didn't have the heart to do it. She plans to pass on her old nice bangles to me, and I think I will skip buying any new gold for myself. I am not a big fan of jewelry anyway. For a saree too I have one I had just treated myself to at Kolkata a year ago. Considering how rarely I get to wear my fine sarees, I will resist the temptation of buying one more. Although buying and owning sarees makes me really happy..heh heh

Third Trimester Highlights

• Return of fatigue and somnolence of first trimester
• Heartburn at times
• More active baby movements, sometimes even seen as shaking of the abdominal wall!
• Breathlessness on climbing stairs (I take the Mumbai Local trains to work often)
• Backache, that had begun in the second trimester itself, makes an appearance sometimes
• Nesting is setting in and I have emptied few shelves of my cupboards for baby stuff

I really want to shop for the baby, but MIL and mother are quite against it. I think I shall buy some basic stuff anyhow.

For myself I have gotten a few loose kurtas and stretchable leggings, stashed away or donated my old dresses. I need to buy a pair of maternity pants. I regret missing the crazy August sales, but in August I wasn't even showing. I was worried about getting a pair of pants that's too small or large. Nothing sucks more than a pair of pants that won't fit.

In the hubbyland, my otherwise reluctant to have a baby husband is pretty excited- He's excited to see me happy, see my excitement about baby movements but somewhere in his heart I know he's scared of losing his freedom. And his own "childhood" I really hope and pray he has a change of heart for good once the baby arrives!

Mother is extra anxious now a days- typically. "You don't show so much" I guess being worried is a part of being a mom. And I worry too- my pet fear is me dropping my baby. Phew hope that never happens to anyone.