Oh my God!! I am Pregnant!!!

Whether you exclaimed this in happiness, despair or mixed feelings, this is the thing you will or must have uttered, when you saw that pink line on the test. As for me, I was quite sad and even cried a lot in spite of the fact that we were trying for pretty three months. I thought it would take a year or so to make a baby and started early. Throughout the pregnancy, I kept on thinking that we could have waited for another year or so. But, now when my baby is 1.6, I think we took the right step at the right time. When I see couples who have delayed maternity and are not able to conceive, I think its better you plan early.

‘Don’t tell this to anyone yet’ my mother exclaimed. It is a bad omen to tell the good news. With ants in my pants and a bun in my oven, I waited for 3 months to crack the news. Actually, I could wait only for 2.5 and started letting the cat outta bag to my besties. When the news reached the relatives and neighbors, I used to keep a bag for the advices. All the advices were locked in the bag, never to be used again. ‘Do not eat fast food’, they told me. With the health going up and down, fast food is something like comfort food. I need to grab it at least once in a week, just like I do with the instant noodles.

Walk, walk and walk. Yes, walking is very good for health. But, as I walked, they stared me and yes, my tummy too. Walk slow, girl. No, I can’t. I do not have a habit of slowing down. Mommies run marathon and dance on the heels, man. I am just walking, let me walk in peace. Love happens at the time of cholera and pregnancy at the time of monsoon. Oh my God, I just hated those rainy days, gloomy ones with no one at my side to cheer me up. It was just me, with my hubby returning late. Times passed and my tummy grew up to be a balloon. So, this was the time to guess the gender.

Oh, it would be a baby boy. No, your bums have not grown up. It would be a baby girl. This continued. And I was least concerned. One thing that I was concerned about that my baby hearing all this and deciding gender preferences for the future. And then was the time to ‘when’s the baby coming out?’ this was the most irritating question of all, making me all the more anxious; as my baby took more than 9 months to come outta my shield.

But, I must tell you that it is all these things that made my pregnancy fun. It would have been boring without advices and questions. I loved being pregnant as people smiled at me and made me happy. Thank you God for surrounding me with good people.