April 19th 2008
A normal Saturday morning, Rina and I are in the bed. I as usual up little early 8am (early by Saturday standards) and i am just moving from side to side and knowing touching her, asking her some random, illogical, stupid questions over and again in a bid to wake her up. And she as
usual is covering herself with the blanket and tucking it under her as if i am going to steal it from her. Finally after some time i manage to wake her up. Then i started asking her, lets go out for a walk. But it was rainy a bit so thought of going to Gym.
She has been telling me for past 2-3 days that her breasts are a bit tender. As she was waking up, i was online and having my daily staple of Indian taaza khabar (daily news). I kind of knew what may be the reason for her breast tenderness but was not sure, so i asked Google Singh for his esteemed opinion on this. And it confirmed that... Man...You have hit the bulls eye. I said to Rina, you are pregnant and immediatly she became a little tense. All her sleep which usually ends when she has rolled in bed for another half an hour after waking up.. was all gone. And only thing she wanted to do then was to go to nearest pharmacy and get one of those quick pregnancy test devices. Since it was raining, we drove to Bartell drugs, close to our home and came back with the test device.My hunch came out to be true, and it was +ve. Even before she tried the test, i had the phone ready in my hand to call mummy papa to give them the news.
It was already 11am here in Seattle, so it was 11.30pm in India. Mummy papa were sleeping and papa picked up the phone. After all the pleasantaries, i asked him to pass the phone to mummy, as i wanted to tell mummy first. Mummy was in deep sleep and was sleep talking to us on phone. I said, mummy... you are about to become grandma again.. She said.. achaa.. good news. Then we asked her to pass the phone to baapu ji and he was very happy to hear about it. In the mean time mummy came out of her sleep induced daze and was very very excited about this new happening. Mummy later told us that Papa didnt sleep for quite some time after we put down the phone. For unavailability of a traditional sweet at home at that time, he just had a piece of Jaggery and slipped one little one into Mummy mouth too.
Then we tried calling Germany to tell Rina's Dady and mummy. They were in Train and going home from Temple. I talked to Dady and asked him to pass phone to Mummy and then told her that she is becoming Nani or Grandma again. She couldn't hear properly and thought that i was just kidding. She didn't want to believe even when i told her repeatedly and said that she will call back once they get to their home. Then, they were very excited too. And as out of habit, she said...Beyo!! after we gave her this news. Then i joked that isn't it enough.. Even if we
want we can not have another kid before 18months. Rina was little confused and understandably a little dull. We were actually planning to have baby towards the mid of next year. But then, some things, just happen. She was also little confused about her period. So she wanted to go see a doctor to confirm the deal. Luckily there was a Dr available for a 1.30pm appointment. She took her urine test and told us that Rina is 100% pregnant. I was very happy. I immediatly called Kaka and Ashu. Kaka was very happy and Ashu started with a barrage of "good words". They were very excited too. Then i woke Munni up around 5pm and it was pretty early in India. She was very very happy to hear about it and excited and wanted to give all
the tips to Rina right there and then.
Today is May 5th 2008. It is exciting time for both of us. Now we have already seen 1st ultrasounds of the baby. At the time of ultrasound, baby seems to be almost 6 weeks old. And the doctor said, the delivery date would be 25th of December.. The Christmas day. So i was joking with Rina that if it is a boy i would call him Jesus and if its a girl i will call her Jesusa. We both are reading online on DOs and Donts and what to eat kind of stuff online. Rina has reluctantly started having milk.. sometimes two times a day. Which is a big deal by itself. But then, Things are changing and they will change further. She is quite careful these days... and happy.
These times are exciting and i want us to relish every moment of this wonderful journey. Just to mark this year, i am planning to STP- Seattle to Portland (200miles) bike ride.
Let the fun get started now!!
usual is covering herself with the blanket and tucking it under her as if i am going to steal it from her. Finally after some time i manage to wake her up. Then i started asking her, lets go out for a walk. But it was rainy a bit so thought of going to Gym.
She has been telling me for past 2-3 days that her breasts are a bit tender. As she was waking up, i was online and having my daily staple of Indian taaza khabar (daily news). I kind of knew what may be the reason for her breast tenderness but was not sure, so i asked Google Singh for his esteemed opinion on this. And it confirmed that... Man...You have hit the bulls eye. I said to Rina, you are pregnant and immediatly she became a little tense. All her sleep which usually ends when she has rolled in bed for another half an hour after waking up.. was all gone. And only thing she wanted to do then was to go to nearest pharmacy and get one of those quick pregnancy test devices. Since it was raining, we drove to Bartell drugs, close to our home and came back with the test device.My hunch came out to be true, and it was +ve. Even before she tried the test, i had the phone ready in my hand to call mummy papa to give them the news.
It was already 11am here in Seattle, so it was 11.30pm in India. Mummy papa were sleeping and papa picked up the phone. After all the pleasantaries, i asked him to pass the phone to mummy, as i wanted to tell mummy first. Mummy was in deep sleep and was sleep talking to us on phone. I said, mummy... you are about to become grandma again.. She said.. achaa.. good news. Then we asked her to pass the phone to baapu ji and he was very happy to hear about it. In the mean time mummy came out of her sleep induced daze and was very very excited about this new happening. Mummy later told us that Papa didnt sleep for quite some time after we put down the phone. For unavailability of a traditional sweet at home at that time, he just had a piece of Jaggery and slipped one little one into Mummy mouth too.
Then we tried calling Germany to tell Rina's Dady and mummy. They were in Train and going home from Temple. I talked to Dady and asked him to pass phone to Mummy and then told her that she is becoming Nani or Grandma again. She couldn't hear properly and thought that i was just kidding. She didn't want to believe even when i told her repeatedly and said that she will call back once they get to their home. Then, they were very excited too. And as out of habit, she said...Beyo!! after we gave her this news. Then i joked that isn't it enough.. Even if we
want we can not have another kid before 18months. Rina was little confused and understandably a little dull. We were actually planning to have baby towards the mid of next year. But then, some things, just happen. She was also little confused about her period. So she wanted to go see a doctor to confirm the deal. Luckily there was a Dr available for a 1.30pm appointment. She took her urine test and told us that Rina is 100% pregnant. I was very happy. I immediatly called Kaka and Ashu. Kaka was very happy and Ashu started with a barrage of "good words". They were very excited too. Then i woke Munni up around 5pm and it was pretty early in India. She was very very happy to hear about it and excited and wanted to give all
the tips to Rina right there and then.
Today is May 5th 2008. It is exciting time for both of us. Now we have already seen 1st ultrasounds of the baby. At the time of ultrasound, baby seems to be almost 6 weeks old. And the doctor said, the delivery date would be 25th of December.. The Christmas day. So i was joking with Rina that if it is a boy i would call him Jesus and if its a girl i will call her Jesusa. We both are reading online on DOs and Donts and what to eat kind of stuff online. Rina has reluctantly started having milk.. sometimes two times a day. Which is a big deal by itself. But then, Things are changing and they will change further. She is quite careful these days... and happy.
These times are exciting and i want us to relish every moment of this wonderful journey. Just to mark this year, i am planning to STP- Seattle to Portland (200miles) bike ride.
Let the fun get started now!!
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