what would a little k-jam look like?

Over the last 7 odd months, there have been plenty of words all around -wonderful wishes, lots and lots of prayers, oodles of advice, nostalgia ridden reminences and more prayers and wishes. Obviously everyone has their own way of participating- whether is through actually being there, silent support type, or saying the right thought provoking words, [...]

my pregnancy bubble

One of the first emails I got from babycenter.com stressed on the importance of surrounding myself with positivity. People who make me happy, who say things which make feel good about the changes happening in my life. It isn’t always easy of course, because different people have different ways of being supportive. Some feel criticism [...]

blue or pink?

Usually the first question anyone asks you when they find out you are pregnant is whether it is a boy or a girl. And supposing you are part of the decreasing percentage who haven’t found out, they ask you whether you want a boy or a girl. There is no politically correct answer, of course. If you say you want [...]

it’s 5:45am and all’s well.

No matter how close a person to you has gotten pregnant and produced a human being, it only takes going through it yourself to fall in love with the ”wonderful” little things that keep happening to you.  Latest in the line of funny things to have happened to me in my almost seven-month journey is the [...]

say it my way.

I have always been a bit of a language snob. There are some turns of phrases that I simply don’t like and I won’t deem to give you a reason for it. There is no grammatical or metaphorical reason for this. I simply don’t like the way they sound. Of course, progestron-ally speaking, my tolerance [...]

at the 26 week point.

we are from venus.

I was talking to a newly married friend last night and she was telling me about her husband and how she finds herself getting irritable and cranky because she feels that so many times, he just doesn’t get what she needs to hear and how she wants to feel. She asked if I felt that way [...]

“he makes you uncomplicated”

Last night was one of those evenings which remind you of the reason you have friends. Because you don’t have to, shouldn’t have to, try too hard to make things happen. Somehow, without too much to and fro, without too many who’s coming whens and for how long, we all found ourselves at Hussys after [...]