Journey to bring a new life :)

After 5 years of wedding life I and my hubby decided "let’s get a new life in this world". Mind you we never did anything without plan and we don't believe in accidents in this case.
So here comes the day 21st Feb 2013 stick showed two red lines, oh my…!. I couldn't believe my eyes as I never thought I'll get pregnant in first attempt.
Reaction: Oh what should I do, whom should I tell, idiot I need to inform my husband. Where is he, oh he is in gym and doesn't have mobile, now what. I can’t wait till he comes back. Now what, OK, take a deep breath and think, phew,oh yes I can Google and find number of gym and leave a message for him to come soon did that. Imagine this all I thought and performed in a span of 2 minutes. Then started waiting for Girish to come home. He came in 20 minutes, but man those 20 minutes felt like a day.
As soon as he entered I showed him the stick and he was like OMG. But as you know we can’t trust the stick blindly so we decided to go for blood test in nearby clinic to get confirmation. And in evening I received my report which confirmed that there is a small life planted inside me :).
Usually it should be mom whom should we inform but she was not available for 2 days, oh shit I need to keep quiet for 2 days. That’s a tough task for a female. So I decided to tell it to the closest person I have in Bangalore after Girish, my friend Sonal. She also gave the same reaction "OMG" and a good hug :).
Next day showed it to gynec and she gave a good list of what to do, what to eat and blah blah…!! And gave me a scan appointment after a week to check everything is fine. She was quite amazed that how did I come to know on day one. Usually stick takes a week or two to show the results.
Finally my mom was back in town and was dancing after hearing the news.  
After a week, went for first scan with a quite nervous mind-set. And doc said don't worry look here is your little one (funny though as it was a sac that time), but a perfectly healthy sac, which I have to nurture and turn in a new life. So this is how journey started.

First Trimester:
My husband is a fitness freak and has very healthy eating habits. And me I can eat both healthy unhealthy both , usually on unhealthy side. But then I had one more life growing in me, so I need to switch. I decided I am going to eat all possible healthy food as per doctor's suggestion.
Now here is the bummer we live in India, here advice is free. Every single person started giving me advice on pregnancy, no matter they were still single or without kids and no experience on this topic. I started getting confused which I don’t like at all. Being an avid reader, yes I can read almost anything I decided to gather information on my own and not trust/follow anyone except doctor.
So I took everything on my hands what am I going to eat, what am I going to wear and what not. And I pat my back for I thought of it as this is what made my whole 9 months smooth.
Thanks to god and my little cutie pie there was no nausea and no other issues. People were actually amazed why I am not vomiting or why am I not sick. I have no idea why would be parents are usually embarrassed about the pregnancy. In my case it was opposite me and hubby both were quite comfortable and I still remember one person's reaction when my husband said "WE ARE PREGNANT" he was like WTF how can you say that so clearly. I literally flaunted my bump throughout 9 months. Here the mandate is if one is pregnant you need to cover it with shawl or wear big cloths and blah blah…!! But  here  I was, wearing shorts with sleeveless tees in a “who cares” attitude. I had just one worry that my baby is growing fine or not. And then finally the day came when doctor said "Look here it's your baby and let’s hear his heartbeat". Oh my! I never thought a simply a thump voice can be this melodious and can made our day. 
So this is how first trimester ended with lot of smiles, worries, research and a newly found friend Priyanka who is now a family :).

Second Trimester:
This period is called a bliss in pregnancy, as the irritating symptoms go down. Though I didn’t have any; as doctor said this is a relaxing period so enjoy. I thought lets follow the doctor and we planned a baby-moon. We chose divine Bali for vacation as it is famous for its luxury and spas. Those 5 days in Bali we enjoyed like anything from traditional spa's to Jacuzzi in room. Oh man I miss that. 
We also enrolled in pre-natal classes which were great and we got lot of information about delivery. They need to be mandatory for every pregnant couple.
So, my whole second trimester went in to outings, movies, lunches and general doctor visits. 

Third Trimester:
Here comes the monster, people say it is a bigger version of first one. More issues with more drama.
The best thing about this period were my surprise babyshower party thrown by my friends. Cake was beautiful and very well designed. I felt like a princess; whole day.And other thing my little one was moving and playing like a professional football player. It was quite amusing to me and girish. Playing with him became a regular routine for girish, you poke him from outside and he will poke from inside :-P. 
So till now everything is like a beautiful, no troubles but in this real life you can’t have a fairy-tale ending so I didn’t. One fine morning I got a nasty rash which spread like hell in few hours. We ran to doctor and found this is very common and had no cure, it will go automatically with delivery, awesome. And then BP shot up for no reason. I was like what the hell I am not even stressed and dont have BP too. But doc said we need to control it and go for urgent delivery. Come and get admitted on 10th Nov. And then it hit me finally, oops I am pregnant and I am going to deliver a baby in two days. Oh shit! How is it going to happen, my baby will be fine or not. I almost ate doctor's head. She said you come and we will see. Pretty normal for them huh…!.We packed our bags like going on picnic.

D-day (10Nov):
Around 9 PM we got admitted. Doc said let’s try for normal delivery, and they started giving medicines for that. But my sweetie pie knew that mumma is quite scared of normal so he didn’t come down at all. Whole night hospital guys were giving me pain inducing medicines with no impact. Early morning it was confirmed that it has to be a C-section as normal is not possible. I took a sigh of relief as I always wanted that in my heart. Now day’s hubbies are allowed in OT, only condition is he should not faint. And Girish is the bravest guy I have seen in my whole life. So he was inside in OT holding my hand whole time. Imagine you lying down in operation table surrounded by so many doctors and machinery and you can see and hear them, scary right. So was I scared a bit and looking straight in to Girish's eyes and listening to doctor’s conversation about their leave plans. And finally moment came and doctor said "It's a boy", take a pic fast. They showed him to me for a nanosecond. 
I still have that first faint memory of Abhimanyu as they gave sleeping medicine after that.
I woke up after 5-6 hours and saw him properly. I can’t even describe that feeling, a sense of accomplishment phew we did it.

So here is the final ingredients everyone need to have for successfully cooking a cute little happy baby:
A supportive, understanding hubby  like Girish.
Amazing set of friends who can bring smile on your face and support in all situations like Sonal and Priyanka and of course Akaash and Kapil
Ability to close your ears and mind
And in the last but not the least GOOGLE.

Have all above things in your life and you will have your sweetest creation in your hands in no time.

 


Here are some pics from my beautiful journey:

 Bali:

 Babyshower cake

 Friends:

Final outcome Abhimanyu :