I saw my Baby!!!

I had my second sonography yesterday…and I saw my baby!!! I saw its spine, head, eyes, hands and a small thumb!! It was such an adorable sight…my kid rolled its fist and gave me a thumbs up, atleast that’s how I would like to interpret it…I also saw its heartbeat…and I was totally amazed. My husband also accompanied me to see the baby, although I must say it was tough to make out everything as it was so vague…but it was a sight to see.


I am in my 6 month of pregnancy and the baby is 11 inches long; the size of a papaya! My weight is going to shoot up from now onwards and I have heard that from next month even a simple walk is going to be an effort…but nevertheless I am counting days and weeks.

My baby continuously moves around in its little house and practices all its acrobatic moves on my tummy. Everytime I talk to it or tell something or even ask a question with options, it responds with a kick or a small punch, acknowledging every word I tell. It is so much fun talking to it this way. Even yesterday, during the sonography it kept punching away to glory because the doctor was putting a lot of pressure on my tummy…maybe it was telling her to just buzz off and leave it in peace…:)

My clothes don't fit anymore!!!

I have become fat…although I would like to describe myself as a cute and plump mother to be…but in normal words it is referred as FAT!! I have put on 5 kgs and weight 60 kgs now.I no longer fit into any of my jeans or trousers or dresses for that matter. And; this has really become a matter of stress for me. Although I knew this was borne to happen, but it can become quite taxing when every morning you have to struggle to fit into a dress and then try and decipher what to wear, because, the dress you picked doesn’t fit you any longer!


It’s not like I haven’t gone shopping…but anything you select even the sales girl comes up with recommendations to buy a size larger! That really gets onto my nerves, as I look like a complete fool…like a flower pot, in those loose fitting clothes which, apparently are supposed to make me feel comfortable and ventilated, but leave me feeling miserable! Uhh!

The other day, I was visiting one of our family friends and although I planned to get dressed an hour earlier, I still ended up being late ‘cos out of the four dresses that I put on, I couldn’t fit into even one of them comfortably! .I ended up pulling out a few stitches here and there from a dress to loosen it up a bit so that I could fit my large frame in it.

My baby bump visible at 5 months

Now being a girl, gaining weight is always going to be a depressing issue…and no matter what the reason it would leave you very distraught. I have already started praying that I can get back into shape post my delivery! Adding to my agony, my doctor told me I may be putting on another 5-8 kgs, in the next 3 months!! Kind of weird imaging myself all blown up! But kind of pleased to think my baby is growing so fast. As of today it weights 500gms and I am going for my second sonography this week..:)

Our first gift to our Baby!

People say the footsteps of a child are the blessed footprints of God in your life; it brings good luck and prosperity.


Well my kid sure has bought us some prosperity. We bought our first house, a huge investment and a little token of love for our child who will play & grow up in its own house! I have had a hectic month getting the house functional. We did a small Pooja with family and friends on Mahashivratri and moved in this month. We have been wondering once the baby comes where we would like to have its bed, what all little stuff would be required. My bhabhi who had come over the other day with her 6 month old baby boy and my child’s first cousin, gave me tips on child management and list of essential purchase stuff.

They say, a child should always sleep in a cot which has been passed on from one child to another and also for the initial few days, they should be made to wear clothes that have been worn by another kid…logic being the baby’s skin is extremely soft and a used piece of clothing which has been washed a few times and worn protects the skin. I didn’t know this and it was piece of information for me! Well I have been getting such tips and pieces of information from friends and family all over… how I should walk, what kind of clothing to wear and what food to eat. These small personal experience stories and anecdotes shared by all leaves me quite enlightened.

I am in here!

This little kiddo has started moving around. The movements are gentle and fluttering sensations like water boiling or something tumbling and rolling!

This young one was really active last night when I could make out the maximum movement…and it was fun! I can finally feel my baby…hehehehe….

Look who’s hearing???

I read this beautiful line somewhere-“The moment a child is born, the parents are also born. They never existed before. Individuals existed before who shared their life together but being a parent is absolutely new. When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.”



Well adding to this thought a bit more, now that I have completed 18 weeks, my little one can hear and make out my voice. So I am actually not alone in my thoughts any more! Also just advising all to be a bit careful about what you say around me...’cos then you know how little minds are impressionable and they are fast learners too!!!

I have started talking to my baby… telling little things about my routine and my daily life. My mother got me the Bhagvat Gita and told me to read to the baby, although not got around to do that yet…but I like telling it more about what I am doing and how am I feeling at the moment…feel some kind of strange bonding…I dot my conversation’s with little endearing’s and keep talking about all the silly things that I do. Its kind of fun, but need to be careful in public, ‘cos then people may think I am kind of crazy talking away to myself all sorts of nonsense!

I also told me husband to get me these ‘Garabh Sanskar’ CD’s, which left him pretty amused, but I read somewhere that music has a really soothing and calming effect on the child and who wouldn’t want a peaceful kid who sleeps at night and also lets u sleep!

Anyways, now that this baby of mine can hear, I am really enjoying my time, discussing my day with it and it sure is a very pleasurable & amusing experience!

Cutie Baby Stuff!!

I know there is loads of time left, and I have not yet started to show, but my motherly instincts couldn’t resist a peak into this store selling baby cots and other stuff. It was the most adorable sight, these lovely cots decorated in all their glory with lovely printed quilts and hanging ornamental pieces that were so pleasing to the eye. It was just like a princely bed waiting for a little baby to be placed in it.

The beauty of these little possessions is that it adds magic to your baby room making it the most revered place in the world. Gorgeous, tiny & exquisite smelling babies sleeping peacefully in a lovely crib with white net and lace covering them is such a lovable & royal view.

The other collection’s were perfect sets of white and cream bootees & caps done in crochet with little ribbons as bows…just imagining my baby in these warm bootees all cuddly and cute delighted me.

Looking at all the baby stuff around made me want two or three more babies simply for the sheer pleasure and joy of dressing them all up…although a few of my friends and well wishers have warned me of the repercussions of such desires!

I will not be having an exclusive baby room, but have surely thought about all the stuffed toys that I am going to buy and checked out the Johnson & Johnson baby lotion and powder kit that needs to be purchased on immediate priority!

Baby Names!

There is always something exciting & fascinating about thinking about a name for your baby. And invariably one starts doing it from day one, once you get the news of your pregnancy. These days my husband and me are in a deep discussion over the names we would like to keep. And since it’s bound to happen that a husband and wife rarely reach on a consensus on any topic, we are having our share of disputes. The reasons vary from the name is too common name to its so difficult to pronounce or it sounds so weird, to outright it’s a rubbish name.

Since we are Indians and again Hindu’s, therefore mythology, numerology, astrology and any other science that you can think up of is applicable while naming a child, hence we have to consider the Rashi at the time of birth, the akshar at the time of birth, the time at the time of birth and the planetary positions…which makes the whole task quite tedious. Hence the common conclusion that we have been able to reach so far is to select names starting with all alphabets in Hindi and English for both the genders, so, at the final moment we have our favourite names handy. Which itself is a fairly tough task because now, you have to reach a consensus on a favourite name for every alphabet where in you are having atleast 3 to 4 options per alphabet. So anybody who is good in maths, specially permutations and combinations can give you an idea of the name range that we need to shortlist!

Apart from this, we are again having a minor glitch on the logic of naming our child. I would want the name to start with ‘H’ and he would obviously want ‘M’, provided we discount the Rashi thing as of now. That apart, I am quite religiously sentimental and strongly believe in fairly tales, so wish to have a name which means a god or a goddess or can be interpreted as a child blessed by God or some form of a king or a queen/princess. On the other hand, my husband is a hardcore sports person who is toying with the idea of naming our child after a sports man who would be awarded the "man of the match" or win a tournament on the day of the child’s birth! Now, it could be any sport really like a cricket, tennis, hockey or badminton, no issues about it and the player of the day would be honored as we would name our child after him. No offense to anyone, all are great players but what if it’s a tongue twister kind of name of some foreign player or its an international player who wins on the date I deliver, I can’t name my child after a player just because they won the Wimbledon on that day. Although, after I developed a liking for tennis I personally adore Fedrer and think he is an awesome guy and plays like GOD, but still I am not convinced enough to name my son “Roger”!

Since I have been insisting on some kind of king or queen kind of a character, my husband has suggested “Ravaan” or “Kaans”. His justification is they were after all learned people, just their deeds were not justified at that time and according to him I should be open to the idea of making a change and take the initiative of naming our child differently. I am not at all game to this idea, although my mother seems to be supporting him in this nonsense suggestion! Please excuse me; I can still take the sport’s person!

My husband is also worried I may give our child some weird embarrassing nickname and is trying to shortlist a name which cannot be abbreviated any further…but it’s an undue worry because I have already though of a nickname which is soo adorable & cute, but only to my ears!

At the end I have reached the conclusion that thinking up of a suitable name is a tough task which leaves us with flared tempers. No wonder we need to keep thinking for nine months, to get the perfect name!