jan 13 2009
July 08 - it was difficult to believe.. we were really moving back... though i would have loved it any day, this was all so sudden.. i loved my country and loved being close to my family.. but as it always happened each time we moved places, i knew this time too i was going to miss Plano. It was the first time i had set up a home all by myself.. We had experienced our best and worst days here..i would miss my car, our brand new cozy red couch.. yet we were foreigners here.. We didn't belong here.. for 2 years we were slogging to absorb ourselves into this new world and now we could end all the drama and just be ourselves back in india!!
sep 08- we were back in kerala. no longer NRI's. i think i could feel the difference instantly.. hough it felt good, we couldn't rest till we settled well in pune.. my pregnancy was in the 6th month and i was apprehensive about it.
oct 08- i loved our new home the moment i saw it. it was exciting to set up everything all over again.. little V contributed with his tiny little kicks which made me feel so alive and so blessed..
nov 08- the prenatal classes at jahangir hospital were very informative.. Though most women there had huge bumps and asked me if i was in my first trimester, instead of being worried i was in fact happy. i knew little V was fine inside and it only meant less calories to loose after delivery :)
dec 08 - My mom was all mine again. Though as always it was for health reasons that she was with me, this time was so much better that all the previous times. We were happy and excitedly waiting for V, still not knowing if it was a baby boy or baby girl.
jan 09- Finally, the most awaited year of our lives.. jan 14th had been named our D day.. V never showed his excitement much.. not only in this case.. but in every case, that's his nature, the exact opposite of mine ;) And as bitter as the truth of it is, i hate his principle "there is many a slip between the cup and the lip"
jan 12th - It was no different that any other day,only that we were now only 2 days away form the D day. After dinner my casual complaints of a back pain were taken very seriously by my mom and she coaxed me into going to the hospital at 9 pm. As i was in no mood to spend the night at the hospital i prayed to god for 2 options. Either the doctor should say," Oh my god.. ur baby will be out in an hour." or she should say,"Oh u have long time.. go home and come back later"
So we went in, me a little more than nervous.. God chose to listen to my second prayer and after a few hours of observation we came back home at 1 am.
Even after lots of tossing and turning i got no sleep.. i practised all the breathing exercises we learnt in class.By 7 am i knew i had waited long.. it was time... i shook awake V and said we needed to go.. by 8 we all started again and the morning traffic had us at the hospital steps by 9 am.
Jan 13 - This time god chose to answer to my first prayer. The doctor after examining said"Oh U are just half an hour away from delivery." i was happy.. after that there was no time to think.. i was surrounded by half a dozen doctors, assistants, nurses.. in less than an hour i threaded between their 3 rooms intended for the 3 stages of labour and before i had time to think i was a mom.
I remember seeing little V for the first time.His nose was what i remember seeing first as then i thought it resembled that of my dad's. Though he looked like an alien, he was cute allover. Little V was really little, and though tiny, little V now ruled our whole world..
sep 08- we were back in kerala. no longer NRI's. i think i could feel the difference instantly.. hough it felt good, we couldn't rest till we settled well in pune.. my pregnancy was in the 6th month and i was apprehensive about it.
oct 08- i loved our new home the moment i saw it. it was exciting to set up everything all over again.. little V contributed with his tiny little kicks which made me feel so alive and so blessed..
nov 08- the prenatal classes at jahangir hospital were very informative.. Though most women there had huge bumps and asked me if i was in my first trimester, instead of being worried i was in fact happy. i knew little V was fine inside and it only meant less calories to loose after delivery :)
dec 08 - My mom was all mine again. Though as always it was for health reasons that she was with me, this time was so much better that all the previous times. We were happy and excitedly waiting for V, still not knowing if it was a baby boy or baby girl.
jan 09- Finally, the most awaited year of our lives.. jan 14th had been named our D day.. V never showed his excitement much.. not only in this case.. but in every case, that's his nature, the exact opposite of mine ;) And as bitter as the truth of it is, i hate his principle "there is many a slip between the cup and the lip"
jan 12th - It was no different that any other day,only that we were now only 2 days away form the D day. After dinner my casual complaints of a back pain were taken very seriously by my mom and she coaxed me into going to the hospital at 9 pm. As i was in no mood to spend the night at the hospital i prayed to god for 2 options. Either the doctor should say," Oh my god.. ur baby will be out in an hour." or she should say,"Oh u have long time.. go home and come back later"
So we went in, me a little more than nervous.. God chose to listen to my second prayer and after a few hours of observation we came back home at 1 am.
Even after lots of tossing and turning i got no sleep.. i practised all the breathing exercises we learnt in class.By 7 am i knew i had waited long.. it was time... i shook awake V and said we needed to go.. by 8 we all started again and the morning traffic had us at the hospital steps by 9 am.
Jan 13 - This time god chose to answer to my first prayer. The doctor after examining said"Oh U are just half an hour away from delivery." i was happy.. after that there was no time to think.. i was surrounded by half a dozen doctors, assistants, nurses.. in less than an hour i threaded between their 3 rooms intended for the 3 stages of labour and before i had time to think i was a mom.
I remember seeing little V for the first time.His nose was what i remember seeing first as then i thought it resembled that of my dad's. Though he looked like an alien, he was cute allover. Little V was really little, and though tiny, little V now ruled our whole world..
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yes he is 2 yrs old now and doign gr8 :) thank you