My so called Babymoon holiday

Week 26

26th April 2010 - 02nd May 2010

Second trimester is for no reason called the Babymoon period. I was having all the good feelings (except the occasional backache). I was eating well....in fact enjoying eating ! feeling positive and so so wanted to go for a holiday.

Initially we had planned for NZ but moving house etc cost us too much, then came Sydney..but I wasn't too keen on it so finally we were going to Bright to see the Autumn colours..wow !! sounds exciting..plus we had company of friends..Manasi and Sushil.

I was so excited, I had done some shopping as well ...offcourse Maternity clothes from Pea in Pod and couldn't wait to wear my new clothes :D

The holiday was fantastic...the autumn colours were so amazing..I saw it for the first time..green , yellow, orange, brick and red colour leaves !

Can't forget the roasted chestnuts we bought from the farm ! I also bought little baby booties form the local market..My first shopping of clothes for our little one :-)

Celebrated Sushil's b'day on 1st and had a lavish dinner at Maharaja back in melbourne.

Backache so early..Nooooooooooo !!

Week 24 - Week 25
12th April - 25th April 2010

First few days just passed thinking about the party and the fun time we had. Wednesday was my next appt with Emily. Our cutie pie is now 650 gms, but I guess is camera shy. The moment Emily puts the U/S receiver on my tummy the baby stops moving. It will want to hide its face.
The weekend took a new turn with massive back and pelvic pain. O god I thought "wasn't this supposed to happen in the last months?"
Hubby darling did my seva and massage for continuous 5 days after which I was up and running on feet again :-)
All in all a painful week !

Party Time ! Hubby's Birthday

Week 23

05th Apr 2010 - 11th Apr 2010

We were so excited..we were hosting the first real party at our place after we moved to Melbourne.

It's hubby's birthday on 10th but the party is on 11th.

We put the empty photo frames finally up on the wall with our pictures. Pallav was too excited to buy a nice vase and bunch of real looking artificial flowers..we settled for tulips..red and white.

I was busy deciding on the menu and the games...Its our party... has to be something for everyone to remember.

On 10th, we spent quiet time together and went for a late afternoon lunch at a near by Bistro "Zingara", Almost as we were preparing to wind up the day we were surprised by our friends Manasi and Sushil who came with a lovely cake.

Next day was busy for me, but I managed everything on time, except my hair....u'll see for urself in the pic!

Our games were a supa dupa hit.."Pictionary" and "Make me a Mummy" made us roll down with laughter on the floor :D

Good times come to an end but leave good memories behind...

The Anamoly Scan

Week 20 - Week 22
15th Mar 2010 - 04 Apr 2010

The next one month passed on merrily, with no side effects of pregnancy. This week was the Anamoly scan which went on well. The Dr showed us various organs of the baby which looked liked fuzzies to me....all I did was nodded when she said.."look that's the liver." Our baby was growing healthy and everything was going on fine.

The next couple of weeks were one of the most peaceful and yet sometimes scary for me. I had no symptoms of pregnancy and baby also did not give me a Hi Five after that tram ride day...so basically I had no clue what was going on inside me..All I could do was wait until next appointment which was on 14th April...long wait for me.

The next few weeks went on settling and decorating the house. We bought a new sofa from Ikea after having looked at many worthless pieces being sold at Garage sales at ridiculous prices !

It was April now...God time is passing so fast..almost a month that we moved in this new house.

The First Kick

Week 19
8th Mar 2010 - 14 Mar 2010

So after the weekend full of action with the shifting and stuff, this week was perfect with plenty of rest of me and not much to do, as I had strict instructions not to stress myself unpacking and setting up the new home. Hmmm..so I lay all day in my bed and did nothing ;))

But the best part of the week was on Monday evening when I was on my way to our old appt to get the steam cleaning done. I was in the tram and felt something move in my tummy ...for a moment I thought it was the Tram brakes..and then I felt it again..and after sometime again...and I was pretty much sure that if was my tiny winy baby trying to give me Hi Five from within.."Yeah baby...Hifive.."

Week full of shopping....shifting and Hailstorm !

Week 18
01st March 2010 - 7th March 2010

Well this week was supa dupa hectic and I didn't get time to feel anything except and odd nausea and puking on tuesday.
All week we were busy deciding on what to buy from where. Got the keys of our new house and Pallav got the the first look of it, He was quite happy with my decision :-) and I was happy that he trusted me for such a big decision !

Sat was nice day for shifting...We thought...as it was the long weekend and we get an extra day to settle down. Little did we know what was lying ahead. All the stuff was packed by friday night..it took us 18 pieces of baggage to fit all our stuff...huff !!

On sat afternoon when the stuff was being moved, I was in the living room and suddenly I hear loud noises as of gunshots..I came out of the balcony and OMG there were hailstones as big as chuppa chupps hitting my balcony and window...OMG how r we going to do the shifting now ??
Anyways, I just came down at the loading area in the parking lot just to have a final look bfore hubby left with the movers n packers fella. They decided to wait a little bit for the hail to calm down and then move. #

I bid them bye and then came back to the aisle and called the lift..No response ...even the aisle lights were very dim..and then the reality struck !! I was stuck in the aisle...no electricity in the building...Thank God one of hubby's friend was there with me. We went up the stairs to the 6th floor only to realise that the Fire door can open only outside and not in the aisle...The we finally came out of the fire exit on ground floor and waited in the building lounge which was full of water !! OMG wat a day !
After 4 hrs of being stranded including walking in the rain to go to Rajeev's house to eat something and then come back home I was almost dead.

Hubby came back by evening with all the stuff in new house moved and settled.

How exciting was this day I will always remember...

Good News and Sad News

Week 17
22nd Feb - 28th Feb

Monday evening brought a very heart breaking news for my family. I lost my first cousin "Alok" who was suffering from kidney failure. I couldn't sleep for 2 nights. Away from family I had to cope with this loss alone. Hubby darling gave me strength and to regain
myself.

Wednesday, 24th Feb was a big day as I had my Ob appointment. Our little angel was doing gud...fluttering inside me...dancing all across my womb :-)
We also got to know the gender of the baby but that's a SECRET !! Sssshhhhhh I am not going to reveal it.
Now finally I could call my baby with the name we chose.