meri kahaani, meri hi zubaani!

So, Munckin's mom tagged me to do this one and seemed like a great way to relive the preggers days and first few days after! :) Yes, I plan to add pictures because there isn't much readership for non-photo posts of mine. Ofcos, i doubt how putting pictures of BIG me will help. But what the heck. No walk in the memory lane is complete without some photos! :)






Completely unaware of pregnancy, happily doing a chhaiya chaiyya on TOP of the bus at Hampi!


1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?

Yes. But we didn't expect it. I was on medication thanks to PCO's and was told it could take quite some time. It worked in first shot. I think it was because it was our anniversary! :) And we were to go on a trip up north a day after we found out. Yup. we did go and had a blast! :)

Yup, we went to Agra to meet our favourite chacha who takes awesome pictures!

Pregnant, in love and at at Taj. can it get cornier?!

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?

YES! It was our wedding anniversary(the day Cubby got conceived me thinks!). 2nd to be precise!


3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?

I went in the bathroom anxious. Then came out with a BIG smile!



This is me at Cafe Noorani, haji Ali, Mumbai ready to gorge on some of the best rolls and biryaani ever made. Sometime in last few weeks of pregnancy! :)



4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?

Nope. This was a wanted pregnancy!



Trying to show the tummy! Sometime in first few months me thinks! :)



5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?

28yrs. Now I wish it was little earlier.



6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?

By peeing on a stick.



7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?

M ofcos! I came out, jumped on the bed waving the stick and singing "Samjho ho hi gaya!" hehe. M was quite expecting the coy "Hamaare ghar ek nanha mehmaan aane waala hai" line! :p


8. DUE DATE?

21st July



At Nasik with my adorable niece. This is April 2007. 3 months to go!



9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?

Nope. My doc kept asking me saying it would help me lose some weight! :p Apparently lucky 5% women don't get morning sickness. Good to NOT be a part of the majority. I did puke in last trimester thanks to reflux. But once found out the tabs took care of that.





Exercising in our terrace in Bombay. M used to accompany whenever he was there!



10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?

Nothing really. I was actually pretty much on a strict diet. My doc was a monster and expected me to LOSE weight during pregnancy. So I would eat apples and sprouts. I can't eat apple even now. As an afterthought, I am thankful to the doc! Without him cracking the whip I would have been VERY fat rather than just overweight! :p



Eating chat at Atria Mall few days before the D-day! :)


11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?

Nothing really. I had a happy pregnancy throughout almost. It was post partum breast feeding trouble that made life hell for me!



At Cinemax for FDFS - Harry Potter movie! Oh! I miss those days!



12. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD’S SEX?

It's a BOY! :)




Cubby as l'il bunny at 8 weeks in Pune (Daadi-daadu's house)



13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?

Yes. A girl. There are no girls in the family. Ofcos, everyone was quite sure it would be a boy. Now i know it doesn't matter! :)



14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?

14kgs





Can you see how BIG I am? At Shivaji Park.




I was okie with the whole Flower Girl thing till they even made me hold a basket and take pictures! Gee!



15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?

Yes! The traditional Maharashtrain Dohal-jevan that my mom and kaku arranged. M was sadly not there.





See that horrid blouse? I had opened the katori that had Gulab Jamun in it which meant it would be a boy! :)


16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?

I knew. Even had to wear a horrid ready made blouse in golden colour 'coz nothing would fit me.



At my biggest me thinks! This was before M and me went to Mocha to meet a close buddy and hubby. Imagine the scene when she turned up wearing the same thing in kurti style!




17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?

Nope. Was hospitalised once for BP trouble. And yeah, the anomaly scan to check if Cubby was a "normal" baby 'coz he didnt move that much. That scan was the worst 45mins of my life me thinks. But very cool othawise.




My FAVOURITE pregnancy in picture in FAVOURITE tee! :) At Worli Seaface.




18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?

Bombay


19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?

About two hours. It was induced. The lady said since it was my first delivery I won't go into labour for 7-8 hrs least. This was at 230am. By 530am i was calling M and hollering asking em "WTF are you!" By 7 i was completely dilated!



At the hospital the previous night with my packed bag et al.



20. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL/BIRTH CENTER?

My parents and M in a taxi.




Mom & Dad waiting anxiously as I was wheeled into the OT! Cant even imagine how worried they must have been! Love ya both!



21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?

Doc and his team!


22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?

C-Section. After i went into labour and was taken into OT. I was doing the pushing business when Cubby's heart rate started dropping. So an emergency c-sec was done! Either ways it was the happy beginning that mattered! :D



23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?

Yes.I was conscious throughout the operation.




Cubby at home few days later. Yes, M got the last harry Potter book to the hospital on 21st July, the day it released! I forced him to! :p



24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?

3.3 kgs. The scan were showing 4kgs plus baby!



Cubby on the hospital bed! :) Thank God they look human eventually!



25. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ?

20th July 2007. We were so hoping he would crossover and be a LEO kid! :p



26. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN THE DOCTOR ANNOUNCED THE SEX OF THE BABY?

I seriously don't remember!



Holding Cubby for the first time two days after birth!



27. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST REACTION ON SEEING THE BABY?


I couldn't properly see or hold Cubby for about 2 days. I wasn't allowed to get up. So when i first held him, i was crying!



28. DID YOU CRY?

Yup. Look above!



No29. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?

Kabir - got lotsa gyaan about how it's a Muslim name and bs llike that, But once we decided on this one, we couldnt imagine anything else.



30. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY

I am bad at Maths. So i will just say 19months and some days!


Oh! It's over already! This was fun.



With my in-laws in Pune exactly 3months before the birth!


And i also realised I had written quite a few posts during pregnancy and it was fun reading them.



My pregnancy was one of the funnest times of my life. The attention, pampering and love was so addictive. Add to that the bloody hormones make your skin and hair look so much nicer! M kept asking if we can bottle it up for later! :)


Thanks Mom, Dad and M for showing me a great time through the pregnancy and later. For accepting my tantroms and tears. For hugging me and supporting me through them. For letting me be! :)

And all the happiness, am sure reached Cubby too. He is one helluva sunshine kid. Since the day he was born.

I think almost all mommies I know have been tagged. So I will ask Suma (yes again! lets see how much you remember!), Puja, Lijy, Namesake, Art, Angie and IHM.