meeting deadlines.

I have had many many reactions to my news. Teary-eyed hugs (you’re going to be a mom!!) to incredulity (are you sure you are ready for this?) to shrieks and stunned silence and wonderful wishes and warm hugs. But the reaction that I must document for my posterity is the one that someone who I know quite well, [...]

all choked up.

About a month ago I had my anomaly scan. For the non-moms out there, that’s the midway detailed scan which is done to ensure that the baby is doing all right, there are no exra organs developing that don’t need to be there and that generally, there are no problems. Since k had not been [...]

Orientations

In one of the only prenatal classes I attended, a sweet-looking nurse sat opposite me and some other newly mummied people and told us about stuff that will help us in the coming months. Posture, diet, mental well-being, happiness. She talked about the actual physical formation of a tiny person inside us and the different [...]

The Great Segregate.

Becoming part of a couple these days is all the more exciting because not only are you now being emotionally taken care of, you also get to go to places “with” someone. After many many years in our 20’s car-pooling with friends and then perhaps eventually acquiring your set of wheels, it’s a weird relief [...]