I didn’t expect it to be easy having a baby for the first time, but neither did I expect that we would have difficulties with the most essential needs of a baby – food and sleep. Of course, I should have anticipated that these basic needs are where challenges will arise with us understanding what…
10 – A Chirpy Meerkat
What is that? Well, not a ‘what’, but a ‘whom’. And it is none other than Ducky!! Yes the animal menagerie connected to Chaplu papa is increasing ever so often. She used to neigh like a horse in her sleep (she’s gone past that stage now), her cries as a newborn sounded just like our…
The pee and poo tales
Time has just flown by. Can’t believe how busy life has become that Ducky is already 3 months old and I am just putting out the next update on her. Phew!! Feels good to take a breath and write about the latest happenings. Well, as I sit at the desk typing this out, Chaplu papa…
Knock Knock, Delivery for you!!
Well folks, as you can guess from the title, Ducky has hatched!!!! And Ducky is a girl, so I can continue to use the feminine form of address in my writings….It is so exciting to actually see this little bundle that was growing within me and see how perfect and complex she already is. As…
7 – It’s Squishy Squashy Time
Time is racing by as each day merges with the other, and before you know it, Ducky is one week older in her cosy intra-uterine environment. Lots of changes are happening too and it is becoming more and more exciting. We have reached the latter half of the third trimester and it feels like I’ve…
Is my baby belly big enough?
Like a lot of young girls, I started having issues with the way my body looks from my early teens itself. It has been an ongoing saga for the last two decades – wherein there have been periods of triumph and times of complete loss. Once I crossed the first trimester (with all its associated…
6 – Traipsing into the third
Its time for the next update from Ducky and me. Its been quite a few weeks since the last post as Ducky and I took a break from everything just so that we could focus on each other and our bonding. First of all, I had written before that I started the third trimester from…
5 – Bumping along beautifully
There are so many exciting things happening with Ducky that enough has materialised for the next blog already. Her kicks and punches are strong enough to be felt by others!!! This is such an exciting development. A little over 7 weeks ago I felt the first gentle movements that were more like gas bubbles. I…
4 – Ducky’s 360 degree impact
Ducky and I have a lot to celebrate in this article. We have successfully completed the first 2 trimesters, i.e. 24 weeks, and we have only 1/3rd of our journey left before a whole new set of adventures begin. Can’t believe how fast time the golden trimester has gone by and I’m not ready for…
My Big Fat Green Indian Wedding
Weddings!!! A source of incredible joy and unbelievable stress. Atleast this is the way that most Indian weddings are. And mine was no different in this sense. This article is a bit of a long read, but that is purely because I have written out in detail the steps we took to for my big…
3 – My golden lining during the Covid19 pandemic
My second trimester started towards the end of March 2021. I was very excited when I was told that this is called the golden trimester as the body settles down into a rhythm with the emerging foetus, morning sickness disappears and the pregnancy glow appears. All of it was so true for me. As April…
2 – Rock and roll: Here we go
As the days went on, my uncertainties about my pregnancy definitely reduced, but it reared its ugly head once in a way. A few days after my 6 week scan (where I saw and heard my baby’s heartbeat for the first time), I woke up not feeling nauseous at all. It felt very strange for me…
Food Forethought 