Well well well, it’s been
almost 4 months since my last blog. A lot has changed between then and now. I
have changed drastically – of course intrinsically I am the same person; or so
I‘d like to believe. But a lot of external things have changed for me - my size
for example. Gone are the days when I could just slip into anything from my
wardrobe – these days I need to think a lot. Getting into clothes, perhaps I can
still manage – it’s the “getting out” part that worries me.
Another thing that’s changed for
me is the “looks”. Every time I go out I get these “looks” from people; looks full
of sympathy, full of empathy, concern and kindness. Not to mention the motherly
advice. It comes in plenty from all walks of life - right from my office
colleague to the house keeping staff to the local auto driver to my domestic
help and even strangers at shops and malls. Mothers get reminded of their
pre-natal days when they see me.
I still cannot forget the day when, for the
first time, I was asked to step aside from a line meant for security check at
one of the malls. The lady gave me a kind smile and let me pass through the gap
between the scanner and the glass door (for the uninitiated, scanners or any
form of X Ray radiation is not good for the fetus, hence the precaution). Now
it has become more of a norm. I get offered chairs at shops randomly by
strangers – even if I don’t feel the need to sit.
I have always had this
complaint about, we Indians not being courteous enough. One such example of
un-courteous behavior is that you rarely find people holding out doors for you
– in fact if you hold it out for someone coming behind you – you are likely to
get stranded at the door itself for no one else would bother to carry on the
responsibility as long as they get to pass through. However, all this has
changed for me – I no longer have to face the slamming door. In fact, I have
been receiving preferential treatment. People actually hold out doors for me
and I am kindly allowed to pass through them first.
If that was not enough, I have
had auto drivers tell me to sit in the middle of the cart to avoid a
jerky/bumpy ride. And just the other day, when I stepped into local circulating
library with my mother –in-law, because our very own “Just Books” was shut, I
had the guy suggesting me to pick up a copy of the book “what to expect when
you are expecting” !!!
After all this I have come to
think that this world is really a kind kind place for mums-to-be, don’t you
think?? Life seems so much more accommodating ever since the baby bump has
started to show visibly! :P
Anyway, on the personal front
life goes on as usual – with some occasional pains and aches. I have had quite
a normal journey so far and sincerely hope to have a normal end to the entire
process. Just got done with the baby shower function – and boy did I feel the
shower!! It was overwhelming. Thanks to my parents-in-law, without whom I wouldn't have had this experience.
Finally, even with all the
goodness around because of the visible bump, I cannot help getting restless to
get it off me and hold the little one. So
the countdown begins as I wait for the D –Day. Or rather, in my case, I count the number of
movies I can catch at the theater before the D – day for I know once the baby arrives it would be a
far away dream at least for two long years.
Ah, does that sound like a complaint? Well, for
now it is – not sure if I would have the time to think about movies later….. As
for my next blog, I shall be back soon!!
