boy o boy o boy oh boy!

On Friday May 25, 2007, at 12:25pm, our world changed forever. Everyone, meet Nadir Khalid Wyne.

on different poles for now.

Person Who is Obviously Very Happy for Me :   AAAAAHHHHH!!! This is so exciting. YOU MUST BE SO EXCITED. Soo when when when??
Me, Who Is Obviously Not Sharing The Same Sentiment Quite Just Yet:    Errr…any day now.

quick fix

You can be the most independent go ahead, grab life by the lapel kinda person you know, squarely demanding your fair share of everything you are due without a moment’s beat or hesitation, but when it has to do with a time when you most need a long fix-it-all-hug, or a friend to be contentedly quiet [...]

my way or the highway

Just before I got married, every time in a social situation, I would find myself observing couples and their dynamics, mentally coming up with lists of how I would be and how I would not be, once married. Some friends thought it was a rather condescending thing to do considering I wasn’t exactly in the situation yet, [...]

look at the pregnant woman!

“Do you people stare at your stomach while talking to you?” asked a friend, when I mentioned to her how much nicer the average person on the street has been to pregnant me. No, I said, after taking a moment to think about it. They don’t really, although I suppose most people cannot help an initial [...]

on being part of the action

…and as the final countdown gets closer and we all are getting ready with our own checklists of what needs to be organized in the next couple of weeks for life to change in the most dramatic way possible, maoo is most happy to be just snoozing away in the moses basket, enjoying his final moments as the baby [...]

happy

Last week, my students threw me the cutest surprise baby shower before class. All blue and pink cakes and balloons and everyone singing “happy baby to you- may you have many more”. The day which had started out on a tired draggy note (some last trimester- last month days do that) suddenly became brighter, happier, [...]

no thank you…

…I do not want to hear your story of how painful the birth was…or watch a documentary on it. I do not want to hear about c-sections, episiotomies, cephallic or breech babies, last minute labour issues or why they induced you despite your begging them not to. As fascinating as it might sound, I don’t [...]

listening to me

For me this whole baby-growing experience has been, thankfully, less medical and more…well…introspective. I have not come out of it knowing what medical terms stand for what position or what one needs to do in case of what feeling. I have gone (or tied atleast) mostly on common sense and gut instinct  which I am beginning to believe [...]