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I have a 7 year old nephew, who at his age is full of curiosity and has his own sense of reasoning for things- the way they exist and why they happen. My sister shared my pregnancy news with him, which left him pondering whether he needs to look forward to a brother or a sister. He also was delighted when suggested it could be twins, which left him pretty pleased. But at the end he concluded a baby brother was a better option. No reasons given, but I think its one of those “boy things”.
My sister has to coax him to get over to the phone and talk to me, which is a very painful activity in his daily life and is an obligatory task that he needs to get over, but nevertheless he performs his duty. He keeps enquiring about my health and everytime I tell him I am not keeping well, his only answer to the same is-“Its ok masi, maybe its the baby, he is trying to come out.” That one comment of his leaves us all in splits as I feel like a hen laying an egg, and the egg trying to be pushed out. But for him, it’s the simplest logic for my apparent discomfort.
I told him the baby would be out sometime during your birthday and maybe I can give it to you as a gift. This left him pretty distraught and he tried his best to reason with me and explain that a baby is not a gift to be given off to someone and he specially is not looking forward to such a gift!
He is very tender around kids and cares for the ones younger to him, but they better know he is the elder one who is going to tame their actions and correct them, because he is the big brother.
I love being around my nephew and hope for a kid, just like him, with all the bubbly enthusiasm and fusses that this young fellow has!!!
This is my last week for the first trimester…my baby is 88mm long i.e 3 inches!!! Quite difficult to imagine! When I first got myself checked my baby was as big as the head of a pin or a mustard seed! Technically that’s just a “dot”, so small I could hardly make it out, till the doctor showed me the speed at which she was moving, I wouldn’t call it a heartbeat, more like a horse galloping down a racecourse! It was also using up all my energy to grow & develop its organs, which really left me exhausted, but then it was all for my little one.
At week 10, the size of a grape, my baby had little toes and hands and was also moving by bending its feet, although I couldn’t make that out and it’s going to take me another few months to feel any sought of movement; which is pretty disappointing! I keep checking out my tummy for signs of growth and movement, but nothing is visible as of now. By week 11, there were tiny tooth buds and the at week 12, my doc said, your little one maybe sucking its thumb...although its cute to imagine...that’s not a habit I want to encourage once its out and in my arms!
And now at 13 weeks, with 3 months ending…my baby has a fully developed brain, spine, a heart, body organs and even eyes & hair! I hope the hair are like me dark brown and eyes like my husband with thick eyelashes…just imagining the face gives me such a thrill…when I actually hold the kid I hope I don’t go jumping around the room...that would be a sight!!
I didn’t believe in love at first sight till I met my husband. Getting married & spending my life with him seemed the most natural thing for me and life thereafter felt just perfect. Now 2 years later, we are entering a new phase of our life together. We are going to become the proud parents of a little baby.
I never realized that having a baby could be such a joyful experience. It is an out of the world experience and no matter how much you read about it, or hear about it, nothing can prepare you for the incredible love, joy and sheer happiness the news of a baby can bring.
We had been talking about having a baby for sometime. But the news still created the desired effect of surprise and thrill. I will be completing my first trimester by next week and it’s been an eventful 3 months. I have experienced all the nausea, fatigue & emotional upswing in this period.
My first sonography that gave me a glimpse of the little life in my tummy was a thrilling moment. It was just a little dot moving at high speed, which I was told was the heartbeat! I couldn’t control my laughter and amazement on seeing it. I couldn’t stop gushing about it to my husband…there’s a baby!! A small, teenie weenie thing that’s growing at a weekly pace, forming its little organs and expression and is going to become a beautiful combination of both of us! It’s a wonderful and awesome feeling...we were just individuals who were sharing our life together, but now we are going to become parents...and it’s absolutely amazing!
