Trimester Journeys To be updated shortly

Easier said than done....

Week 5 and 6 go by and I'm cruising along. Morning sickness? What in the world is that? Everyone's been enquiring whether I'm doing well and I couldn't have been better. My skin is glowing and the one off zits have also disappeared into oblivion. Looks like this is going to be a fun pregnancy.
Uh Oh! Mid Week 7 and we seem to have run into some rough evening weather:-( My stomach starts to feel bloated. I'm burping away to glory. My appetite seems to have taken a vacation. By late evening, I can't get myself to make a decent dinner. The foods that are supposed to be healthy and full of iron and protein give me nausea. And all this makes me wanna stay in bed and sulk. To top it, I'm having horrible mood swings. One minute I'm happy as a lark, the next minute I'm sobbing buckets. Oh God! what in the world is happening to me. I can't imagine how women have babies that too more than one! Phew! By end of day, I'm completely drained out. Old wives recipes begin to pour in from all corners of town. Websites & my ready reckoner say suck on some ginger, preggy pops, eat crackers, potato chips, drink mint tea. After 2-3 days of trial n error, I found that chewing ginger helps. Eating bread slices helps with the bile and the burping.


I seem to have developed a food aversion toward healthy meals and a craving for seafood. I ask my husband to take me to lunch so I can feast on some tandoor shrimp. He willingly obliges. I finish the plate and then before exiting the restaurant, throw up the whole thing (luckily made it to the restroom in time). That was my first barfing episode.

As the days go by, my burping episodes have become a daily evening affair. Finally, out of sheer desperation, I call my OB-GYN who suggests I take Mucaine Gel. Thats a welcome relief but is shortlived.

After several trials n errors with remedies n cures, my new found wisdom says eat small meals but eat at the first sign of the burp and lo and behold the burp subsides and I'm much better.

Luckily these awful evenings seem to be coming to an end. Luckily for me it lasted 2 weeks and with 1 barfing episode. My heart goes all out to those women out there who have to battle morning sickness throughout most of their pregnancy. Weeks 7, 8, 9 go by and I'm feeling better at the end of week 9.

Conception Made Easy...

Having read thousands of websites on the difficulties associated with conception and the umpteen attempts couples make before they discover they are pregnant, I was quite apprehensive about our success rate. The pressure was also building up from all quarters of the family, given the recent baby boom. To top it, starting a family had taken a bit of a backseat due to the nomadic lives we led, roaming the world, pursuing our careers and discovering each other. But I was determined to get it right the first time despite the fact that both of us were in our thirties.

After loads of research, I decided to go by the age old cervical mucus method of tracking fertile days. Luckily for me, I know when I ovulate every month because of the slight pinkish staining. We tried just once that cycle given my better half's busy schedule. And lo and behold on 29th of September, the day Aunt Flow was due, I only saw a spot of red tinged mucus that morning and then nothing. Although they say it is a bit early for home pregnancy tests, I wanted to check as soon as I could. I sent for the pharmacist's helper boy who arrived within 5 mins with 2 test sticks. Within 5 mins, I got a positive though it was early evening urine.

I didn't know what to do. My husband was half way around the world in California. I waited 2 hours and logged into MSN Messenger to break the good news:-) However, the skeptic that he was, he dismissed it saying, it might have been a false positive and asked me to wait out a few days before making any judgements. I called up the hospital after 3 days and scheduled a Serum Beta HCG which showed that I was 100% positively preggers! Scheduled a visit with the OB-GYN who confirmed it and started out what was promising to be an easy pregnancy.