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I know I am jumping the gun by 2 weeks, but I cannot hold it in any longer and just need to get this out in the open. I am going to have a baby! :) It has been 11 weeks so far, out of which it has been 6 whole weeks (and counting) of awful morning sickness. I have lost about 16lb so far and don’t feel too good often, which is the reason why I have been pretty behind on my blog updates and other extracurriculars.
If everything goes well, we are going to have a June baby, so poor husband is going to be stuck with not one, but two Geminis driving him nuts. Physically I feel awful, but emotionally I have been on a perpetual high, ever since I got to see my tiny little lump in a sonogram and could actually watch the tiny, little chest raise and fall with the heartbeat. Wish me luck, y’all - I am going to need plenty of it :)
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Congrats!!!!! :beam: Enjoy every bit of attention and pampering your going to get :beam:
Posted by: Ashwini at November 12, 2003 9:32 AM
Hey Shanti !! A whole truck load of congratulations !! Looks like a gooood reason to visit Texas after june :) :) !!
Posted by: at November 12, 2003 9:51 AM
Thanks, Ashwini - I am trying to make the most of it right now, because I know once the baby comes, I am out of the limelight again ;)
Posted by: Shanti at November 12, 2003 9:51 AM
Of course, yes - there will be new people to share in our fun then :)
Posted by: Shanti at November 12, 2003 9:52 AM
hey!
Congratulations! I’ll second Ashwini’s comments and add: enjoy sleeping in as much as you can because that sure is toast after the baby comes :-)
Posted by: Sunil at November 12, 2003 9:53 AM
ah.. i forgot to put my name… and then why did it not take the whole comment ? anyway.. here it is:
Hey Shanti truck load of congrats !
(hehe.. i know now.. it doesnt take more than 3 exclamation marks !)
Posted by: The Steppenwolf at November 12, 2003 9:54 AM
Thanks, Sunil and Wolf - sleeping in is what I am doing most of the time, now that I have zero energy after the forced-starvation ;)
Posted by: Shanti at November 12, 2003 9:56 AM
Congratz Shanti! It is an experience after which you’ll never be the same person as you were!
BTW, what’s this thing about losing wt ? I believe pregnant women gain a lot of wt. Heard stories about emptying the fride!!
L.
Posted by: L. at November 12, 2003 11:10 AM
Congratulations Shanti! I have the same questions as L too… weight gain, hunger pangs, weird food cravings, etc., but never weight loss:huh:
Posted by: Gokul at November 12, 2003 11:15 AM
Thanks, L & Gokul - I am still in the morning sickness phase where I cannot eat anything or even stand the smell of food :( I am getting by on a steady diet of a little yoghurt for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Hopefully, soon I will sail into the fun stage where I am allowed to eat all I want with the cravings as a good excuse :)
Posted by: Shanti at November 12, 2003 11:44 AM
congratulations!!!!
and best wishes:nice:
Posted by: coolchimp at November 12, 2003 11:48 AM
Hey, I’m not surprised - it’s all here in your PATRIOT Act info anyway ;)
CONGRATS!!
Posted by: Kingsley at November 12, 2003 11:50 AM
Thanks, coolchimp!
Kings, I knew you had all that inside info already - now tell me boy or girl? I wanna know! ;)
Posted by: Shanti at November 12, 2003 12:30 PM
Hey. Congrats! That is always good news.
Posted by: Ankh at November 12, 2003 2:08 PM
Thanks, Ankh - I didn’t exactly feel prepared initially, but am getting more and more confident every day :)
Posted by: Shanti at November 12, 2003 2:36 PM
Congrats! I kind of suspected it when you said you will wait for two more weeks (call it my spider sense, if you may) before giving the excuse, but was hesitant to ask you.
Now we will have one more blogger from Texas :)
Posted by: JK at November 12, 2003 3:20 PM
I was trying to be prudent to hold off till the first trimester was officially over, JK - but then you guys know that no one would ever give me too many points in the prudent department ;)
Well, I will give the new Texas blogger about two years to be online :)
Posted by: Shanti at November 12, 2003 3:26 PM
:beam:sweet
Posted by: Om at November 12, 2003 6:54 PM
Thanks, Om :)
Posted by: Shanti at November 12, 2003 6:57 PM
thatz great news!!!! congrats and wish you all the best….
Posted by: Patrix at November 12, 2003 11:13 PM
Yay! Congrats Shanti! Guessed as much…so your bundle of joy is already making you lose weight…heheh! :-)
Take care and all the best.
Posted by: Sandeep at November 12, 2003 11:30 PM
Congrats Shanti ! Take care and chill for a beautiful happy baby….. by the way, does two Geminis make it four people in all ?:tongue3:
Posted by: Charu at November 12, 2003 11:54 PM
Is that a :beam:WOW:beam: or what? Super news! ! !
Posted by: Yazad at November 13, 2003 3:31 AM
Congrats:) …Well, you got the answer to “how will I live without my doggies??” question…:)..
Posted by: P@L at November 13, 2003 5:06 AM
Thanks, Sandeep - I call this the morning-sickness diet :)
Charu, however many it is, it is going to be a quite a crowd for my husband to control (or runaway and hide from) ;)
Yaz, thanks!
Thanks, P@L - I am now going to have 5 babies - 4 gour-legged ones and 1 regular to take care of :)
Posted by: Shanti at November 13, 2003 6:45 AM
Patrix, thanks :)
Posted by: Shanti at November 13, 2003 6:46 AM
Congratulations! :beam:
Posted by: andy at November 13, 2003 7:42 AM
Congrats! :beam:
Posted by: michele at November 13, 2003 8:01 AM
Congratulations, Shanti! Althouh, morning sickness is bad, this is the time to get pampered and enjoy life just like my wife did last year. Everyone will jump to attention if you call them and ask for anything. So, have a great 6 months before you enter the ‘sleepless’ life.
Posted by: Parag at November 13, 2003 8:27 AM
Thanks, Andy (you are a few months ahead of me, so I can learn from your experiences) :)
Michele, thank you - I need to start reading “Raising Hell” now for some pointers :)
Parag, I am being every bit of a drama queen with fainting spells and all, I am making perfect use of my excuse :)
Posted by: Shanti at November 13, 2003 8:49 AM
Congrats Shanti!
Posted by: Chris C. at November 13, 2003 8:53 AM
Thanks, Chris - we have a budding Mavs fan coming out in time to see the Championship run (or not) :)
Posted by: Shanti at November 13, 2003 8:58 AM
now tell me boy or girl? I wanna know
Girl.
‘Cause I said so.
Posted by: MadMan at November 13, 2003 11:50 AM
LOL, MadMan - now that is an option I would really not argue with :tongue3:
Posted by: Shanti at November 13, 2003 1:28 PM
Wow….congrats…..have fun :beam:
Posted by: Inscrutable American at November 13, 2003 3:01 PM
Thanks, IA - I am enjoying the limelight while I can - as Parag put it above, it ain’t gonna last :)
Posted by: Shanti at November 13, 2003 4:08 PM
Super-congratulations.. Geminis rule BTW, so poor husband has not a chance of competing :tongue3:
Once again, congratulations on the so-to-be new arrival :beam: :beam:
Posted by: Suman Palit at November 13, 2003 5:04 PM
Congrats!! Two geminis in the household… hope your hubby is a good listener :)
Posted by: Gandalf at November 13, 2003 5:59 PM
Congrats, and all the best!!
—Ashok
Posted by: Ashok at November 14, 2003 2:14 AM
Congrats Shanti :beam::beam:
If it is a boy, wouldja name him Gaurav?:nice:
Posted by: Gaurav at November 14, 2003 6:39 AM
Congratulations Shanti. :beam: Hope the morning sickness phase ends soon. :) Take care,
Posted by: Sarika at November 14, 2003 6:49 AM
Suman, I agree :)
Gandalf, my husband is a Cancer and an expert at pretending to listen ;)
Ashok, thanks!
Gaurav, I wonder why! :tongue3:
Sarika, thanks - it is slowly getting better.
Posted by: Shanti at November 14, 2003 7:05 AM
Congrats! :beam:
Take good care of yourself.
Posted by: Rezwan at November 14, 2003 11:40 PM
Thanks, Rezwan :)
Posted by: Shanti at November 15, 2003 8:30 AM