"Look your baby is clapping", the radiologist exclaimed!
Lying on the bed for the 20 weeks sonography, I peered at the screen to have a look at the life thriving inside me. My joy knew no bounds. Tears welled up in my eyes. I watched at it continuously and was wondering, when will the baby land in my hands? My father was there in the room too. It must have been a totally different experience for him to watch his own grandchild even before it has taken birth.
The trend has changed so much. My dad saw me only when I took birth, but now he is watching his grandchild even before it is born. Atul missed the sight as he was away in Germany for work. I couldn't get the recording either to show it to him. The radiologist examined the baby for 15-20 minutes, took all the necessary parameters and showed me all the vital parts of the baby's body like his face, stomach, spinal cord, hands, legs, eyes, nose. They were so tiny, but were developing as expected and the baby also weighed 275 gms now!!! The radiologist gave me a green signal and said everything is fine.
Beaming with joy, I walked out of the room and waited for the report patiently.
That wait of half an hr took me into a flashback.
I remembered the day when I first did the home pregnancy test 5 months ago and it showed positive. I had got up at 2 am and had done the test. I couldn't believe my eyes at all, so I woke Atul up and asked him to check it too. He was speechless and said yes, it was indeed positive. We both couldn't sleep after that. We were happy, very happy and at the same time, we couldn't believe that it has finally happened to us after a wait of so many years. I had done everything possible for conceiving, reduced my weight, went into dieting, tried ayurvedic medicines, prayed etc. etc. But then as it is rightly said, things happen at the right time and god knows best when to give you that right thing. I conceived when we were not thinking about it so deeply.
I consulted the doctor in my apartment and she asked me to do a sonography for confirming the pregnancy. That time, I was so thrilled and nervous at the same time that I could hardly believe that motherhood is finally happening to me. That tiny dot throbbing with full vigour in my womb was as though telling me, mom, I am finally here! Your wait is over. I am coming to you in a few months from now. And how that tiny dot has now increased to a baby. which has a definite form now and which I can very nicely identify! I couldn't thank nature and God enough. We all know the natural things happening inside a woman while the baby is growing inside, but then isn't it really amazing the way this process unfolds in front of our eyes? A life growing by leaps and bounds inside another life is indeed a miracle for me and I am enjoying every moment of this miracle growing inside me.
By the sixth month now, the presence of the baby will be more evident as it will start kicking inside. That is again going to be another experience to which I am looking forward to. But the ultimate moment will be when the baby will finally land in my hands and I will touch it's soft, pink skin with my own hands and see that tiny little thing with my own hands. Those tiny little feet, which went touched will turn more pink and those tiny little hands which will catch my finger very firmly where I will escort my baby in the greater world and nurture those hands to gain strength and courage to do right things!
I am so looking forward to motherhood that nothing else seems important to me at this time in my life!!
Lying on the bed for the 20 weeks sonography, I peered at the screen to have a look at the life thriving inside me. My joy knew no bounds. Tears welled up in my eyes. I watched at it continuously and was wondering, when will the baby land in my hands? My father was there in the room too. It must have been a totally different experience for him to watch his own grandchild even before it has taken birth.
The trend has changed so much. My dad saw me only when I took birth, but now he is watching his grandchild even before it is born. Atul missed the sight as he was away in Germany for work. I couldn't get the recording either to show it to him. The radiologist examined the baby for 15-20 minutes, took all the necessary parameters and showed me all the vital parts of the baby's body like his face, stomach, spinal cord, hands, legs, eyes, nose. They were so tiny, but were developing as expected and the baby also weighed 275 gms now!!! The radiologist gave me a green signal and said everything is fine.
Beaming with joy, I walked out of the room and waited for the report patiently.
That wait of half an hr took me into a flashback.
I remembered the day when I first did the home pregnancy test 5 months ago and it showed positive. I had got up at 2 am and had done the test. I couldn't believe my eyes at all, so I woke Atul up and asked him to check it too. He was speechless and said yes, it was indeed positive. We both couldn't sleep after that. We were happy, very happy and at the same time, we couldn't believe that it has finally happened to us after a wait of so many years. I had done everything possible for conceiving, reduced my weight, went into dieting, tried ayurvedic medicines, prayed etc. etc. But then as it is rightly said, things happen at the right time and god knows best when to give you that right thing. I conceived when we were not thinking about it so deeply.
I consulted the doctor in my apartment and she asked me to do a sonography for confirming the pregnancy. That time, I was so thrilled and nervous at the same time that I could hardly believe that motherhood is finally happening to me. That tiny dot throbbing with full vigour in my womb was as though telling me, mom, I am finally here! Your wait is over. I am coming to you in a few months from now. And how that tiny dot has now increased to a baby. which has a definite form now and which I can very nicely identify! I couldn't thank nature and God enough. We all know the natural things happening inside a woman while the baby is growing inside, but then isn't it really amazing the way this process unfolds in front of our eyes? A life growing by leaps and bounds inside another life is indeed a miracle for me and I am enjoying every moment of this miracle growing inside me.
By the sixth month now, the presence of the baby will be more evident as it will start kicking inside. That is again going to be another experience to which I am looking forward to. But the ultimate moment will be when the baby will finally land in my hands and I will touch it's soft, pink skin with my own hands and see that tiny little thing with my own hands. Those tiny little feet, which went touched will turn more pink and those tiny little hands which will catch my finger very firmly where I will escort my baby in the greater world and nurture those hands to gain strength and courage to do right things!
I am so looking forward to motherhood that nothing else seems important to me at this time in my life!!
mrunal, i could literally see ur face, ur happiness, ur emotions through each n every word u wrote.....God bless u dear.....
ReplyDeletecan imagine n very well understand too the "feeling", the "excitement", the "happiness".....
enjoy the "out of this world" feeling for next 3-4 months...it will be a long time before u could experience it again....:)
मृणालिनी,
ReplyDeleteराम राम!
तुझी ताजी पोस्ट वाचून आनंद झाला.
सध्या तू ज्या आनंदाचं वर्णन करते आहेस त्याचा काही मला अनुभव नाही आणि कधी येणारही नाही पण तुझ्या प्रत्येक वाक्यातून त्या आनंदाचं चित्रं माझ्या डोळ्यापुढे उभं राहतंय. छान लिहिलं आहेस (नेहमीप्रमाणेच).
बाकी पुढली सोनोग्राफी थ्रीडी करून घे. त्यात बाळाचा चेहरा आणि इतर फीचर्स छान येतात. त्याची छायाचित्रं आणि संपूर्ण परीक्षणाची सिडीसुद्धा मिळते. तेव्हा यामुळे तुझ्याजवळ आणखी एक अनमोल ठेवा राहील.
हार्दिक शुभेच्छांसहित,
When you gave me the news I was speachless with happiness... I know how much you had wanted to be in the moments you are living now and am extremely happy for you... looking forward to meeting the little one :-)
ReplyDeleteBe happy... Keep smiling... and keep blogging :-)
This reminded me my pregnacy days and remembered all those exciting experience you have written. When I saw her first in OT, firstly I could not believe she is my baby but I was very haapy for the fact that she is mine and will be with me and can enjoy all her developments. The only thing I could relate with her was, Sameer and Me we both have observed her nose shape in 9th month's sonography and its is exactly the same as we had seen.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy every moment of your pregency and take care. Keep recording these feeling as you can always cherish these days even after the baby is born.
Very nice dear. Tears rolled down from my eyes reading this article :)
ReplyDeleteI m very happy seeing your happiness :-D God bless u !!!
Me too waiting for this little bundle of joy to play with. As he/she will call me Massi :)
Very touching and so well written.
ReplyDeleteSo true Mrunalini!
ReplyDeleteWe all are happy for you :)
Its an emotional journey I am sure.
First you are surprised, then happy, then a bit worried for you little one, Curiosity of how he/she will look, pain when your little one is not well and stressed when he is jumping around destroying many things and worry to protect him from not getting hurt himself......
Wow.. I could express it :P
There are many such emotions and experiences to have on the way........
I read it and I can clearly imagine what is going through your mind.
ReplyDeleteYou have expressed yourself very nicely!!!!!!
Hi Mrunalini,
ReplyDeleteI am so happy for you. John mailed me about the news and congratulations!! Your happiness reflects in your post. Please take care of yourself and the baby and share the moment of joy with all of us! And above everything, I thank the God for blessing such a nice lady with such awesome news.