A mother's blog: growing with my son!
morning sickness… a misnomer!
21 Sep 2009 Author: Vandy In: What to expect when you are expecting...Going by the name, I always thought ‘morning sickness’ happens in the morning… but when I conceived Sam, I realized that it’s a big MISNOMER … I experienced it throughout the day!!! especially in the evening and at night.. so should I call it ‘evening sickness‘ or ‘night sickness‘?
Well this so called ’sickness’ leaves you puking when you really dont want it (to me it happened during the meetings… while taking classes in school… while traveling… at midnight….. during festivals…. huhh !!!) I suffered with this sickness for first 6 months!! (don’t get scared… it’s an exception!) It’s accompanied with nausea, giddiness, mood swings and vomiting..
Everyone told me that you wont remember anything after seeing the baby.. ABSOLUTELY TRUE!!! it’s like those 9 months and whatever sufferings I had, is completely erased from my memory… all I remember is bringing this ‘bundle of joy’ home!
SO dont get bugged by this temporary phase in your life because as they say, “everything comes with a price tag!!” Eat well and nurture that tiny life in you 
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Childbirth:part 3: the last few hours…
14 Sep 2009 Author: Vandy In: What to expect when you are expecting...The midwife also checked the dilation and found it 2 cm (still!!) … she increased the dose of oxytocin which lead to more severe contractions… contractions help the baby to move downwards and oxytocin facilitates dilation… midwife kept on checking the fetal heartbeat and my blood pressure, every 10 minutes and kept a track of frequency and duration of the contractions… In between the pains, she asked me get up and move around slowly in the room…
After 2 hrs, at 12.30 pm the Dr arrived and checked the status of contractions and dilation. To my surprise, she “wasn’t happy” with the pains at all… she said, “this way she will not be able to deliver till midnight. Increase the dose! Put 2 more injections into the drip.” Dilation was just 4 cm till now…
At 1 pm, the water broke!!!! Since the baby had already descended into the birth canal and was positioned quite well, Dr immediately shifted me to the Labour room from the pre-labour room… she called the pediatrician also and checked for the dilation once again … it was still 4 cm!!!! And you need 10 cm to deliver!
Dr wasn’t pleased … all her previous enthusiasm, after touching the head of the baby while doing the internal check-up, immediately turned into disappointment… On the other hand, I was screaming with that gripping pain and wanted the dr to take the baby out ASAP !!!! But without dilation, nothing can be done….Then the midwife took it upon herself to help me out … She asked me to push during the contraction, and breath in when the pains subsides for 1 min.
I simply followed her and after 1.5 hrs of trying, the dilation was 8 cm !!!! She called the dr who further asked me to repeat what I had been doing for the past 1.5 hrs…. Believe me, when you push at the time of contractions you feel very little pain, otherwise if you lie down still and cry, it breaks you down!
Another 30 minutes of trying and I saw the Dr pulling out the baby from the head… he was crying… I was so relieved that he’s out without any complications (he had cord around his neck!) … My gaze followed him till he was sent out to the nursery…
A great feat for a woman … a new life, newer me and a new status … I am a Mother now!!!!!
About this blog
This blog is born out of the need to share what we, as first time parents, are going through in bringing up our 'bundle of joy'. Parenting is the most difficult art that one perfects over a period of time.. So here we are trying to put across our experiences which are gained while practising this art... whatever is written here, doesn't prescribe anything. It's just a log of our daily happenings which we want to share with all of you... nothing official about it!