I love when (not in any particular order):
1. I find a comfy & colorful pair of pajama pants on sale for 5 bucks, that I want to live in all day.
2. My hubbie offers me part of his orange, whether he's sitting next to me or if I'm in another room.
3. I complete all parts of a work project.
4. My hubbie kisses my stomach.
5. I can actually breathe for 5 minutes during the day (without aid of nasal sprays).
6. My hair is clean and straight.
7. I feel baby somersaulting to the sound of TV or music in the car.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Eating breakfast influences sex?
Here's an article about a study showing how diet affects the baby's sex during conception.
http://www.thinkgene.com/you-are-what-your-mother-eats-first-evidence-that-mothers-diet-influences-infant-sex/
Apparently there is a correlation b/w higher energy consumption and birth of baby boys. Let's see what was I eating at the time of conception? COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF FOOD...
If my baby boy was conceived during our wedding days, then I was practically gorging on wedding buffet food (morning through night). Every event came with catered food. There were sweets between meals and snacks galore.
If my baby boy was conceived during honeymoon, then I was eating at an all-inclusive resort for all three meals, and never feeling hungry (actually quite opposite). The fresh food was to our tastes because it was cooked by Indian chefs (so even the continental stuff had an indian flavor to it). This is in contrast to our recent Cancun babymoon, where the food was decent but was catered to American tourists who can't take spice.
As for the breakfast theory, I always eat breakfast, dieting or not dieting. In India pre-conception (while staying at relatives homes and preparing for the wedding) after doing my morning excersise routine I would sit down to tea in the living room and promptly find boxes of barfi (my favorite indian sweet), cashews, and various items plopped in front of me, too tempting to resist!
So yeah although this study just shows a correlation, it makes sense with what I went through...I was NOT starving or dieting during the time of conception.
http://www.thinkgene.com/you-are-what-your-mother-eats-first-evidence-that-mothers-diet-influences-infant-sex/
Apparently there is a correlation b/w higher energy consumption and birth of baby boys. Let's see what was I eating at the time of conception? COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF FOOD...
If my baby boy was conceived during our wedding days, then I was practically gorging on wedding buffet food (morning through night). Every event came with catered food. There were sweets between meals and snacks galore.
If my baby boy was conceived during honeymoon, then I was eating at an all-inclusive resort for all three meals, and never feeling hungry (actually quite opposite). The fresh food was to our tastes because it was cooked by Indian chefs (so even the continental stuff had an indian flavor to it). This is in contrast to our recent Cancun babymoon, where the food was decent but was catered to American tourists who can't take spice.
As for the breakfast theory, I always eat breakfast, dieting or not dieting. In India pre-conception (while staying at relatives homes and preparing for the wedding) after doing my morning excersise routine I would sit down to tea in the living room and promptly find boxes of barfi (my favorite indian sweet), cashews, and various items plopped in front of me, too tempting to resist!
So yeah although this study just shows a correlation, it makes sense with what I went through...I was NOT starving or dieting during the time of conception.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Baby Kicks & Cold
This baby likes to kick....not just straight on the tummy, or sides, or even below the navel....he likes kicking me down south in my CHA - CHA. And these kicks, when they occur, shock the begeezus outta me!
Will discuss with doctor...but lately I've been dissapointed in my doctor. Not that he's bad...he's been okay....it's just that sometimes he makes me want to stick a fork in his head. He assumes SO MUCH about me....I realize these guys see tons of preggo ladies and have heard every complaint in the book. But I've had this cold now for months, and it just keeps getting worse. My hearing has lessened, I'm pretty sure it's some form of sinitus. I go through tissues and nasal spray much more frequently now....it just can't be normal for a preggo woman! His nurse just keeps saying "take Tyenol Cold...drink lots of fluids..." And they have never even bothered to look inside my nose/throat/ears! Aren't doctors supposed to do that with that little hand held light?
Will discuss with doctor...but lately I've been dissapointed in my doctor. Not that he's bad...he's been okay....it's just that sometimes he makes me want to stick a fork in his head. He assumes SO MUCH about me....I realize these guys see tons of preggo ladies and have heard every complaint in the book. But I've had this cold now for months, and it just keeps getting worse. My hearing has lessened, I'm pretty sure it's some form of sinitus. I go through tissues and nasal spray much more frequently now....it just can't be normal for a preggo woman! His nurse just keeps saying "take Tyenol Cold...drink lots of fluids..." And they have never even bothered to look inside my nose/throat/ears! Aren't doctors supposed to do that with that little hand held light?
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Couple, married 75 years, pass away hours apart
It's stories like this that just melt my heart!
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080401_mo_lovecouple.216b6a71.html
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080401_mo_lovecouple.216b6a71.html
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Stats for today
We arrived back from Cancun for our Babymoon on Tues night, and I spent a day with a fever and about 2 days so far with a really bad stomach...so much about recovering from a vacation!
Number of nose blown: 30 or more.
Number of tissues used: Too gross to count
Number of rushes to the bathroom to use toilet: 13
Number of near misses to toilet, which could have resulted in big disgusting mess: 1
Number of kicks felt from baby: 8
Number of meals eaten: 1, plus snacks (what I do for this baby!)
Number of back aches: 5 shooting pains down legs
Number of newly sprouted chin hairs: 26
Number of wishes to have Mom take care of me: 1,500,278
Number of nose blown: 30 or more.
Number of tissues used: Too gross to count
Number of rushes to the bathroom to use toilet: 13
Number of near misses to toilet, which could have resulted in big disgusting mess: 1
Number of kicks felt from baby: 8
Number of meals eaten: 1, plus snacks (what I do for this baby!)
Number of back aches: 5 shooting pains down legs
Number of newly sprouted chin hairs: 26
Number of wishes to have Mom take care of me: 1,500,278
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Conversation with Mom
Mom: So you need to look up the Durga Chalisa (a religious text) online and read it daily from now on.
Me: Umm no freaking way Mama.
Mom: STOP trying to be Christian!! You guys are not Christian!!
Me: (flabbergasted & confused as to how she came up with this) Mama how does not doing certain Hindu rituals make me Christian? Do we go to church? No! I told you that I'd go to the temple once this week for your sake.
Mom: It is my duty to tell you these things, you two are HINDU.
Me: Mama, I believe in God generally, and I enjoy participating in various Hindu holidays, but I just can't pray daily, do the little things you want me to do because I just don't believe in it. And G is an athiest, btw if I haven't already told you 10x.
Mom: MAKE G believe in God and MAKE him do the holiday rituals with you. You need to read these texts for your baby's sake! You two are making horrible mistakes for the health of your child.
Me: No. No. No. I will go to the temple sometime, but I will not read the chalisa daily. This is all you are going to get from me.
Mom: (And the rants continue from her side and my harsh responses to make her understand).
Me: Umm no freaking way Mama.
Mom: STOP trying to be Christian!! You guys are not Christian!!
Me: (flabbergasted & confused as to how she came up with this) Mama how does not doing certain Hindu rituals make me Christian? Do we go to church? No! I told you that I'd go to the temple once this week for your sake.
Mom: It is my duty to tell you these things, you two are HINDU.
Me: Mama, I believe in God generally, and I enjoy participating in various Hindu holidays, but I just can't pray daily, do the little things you want me to do because I just don't believe in it. And G is an athiest, btw if I haven't already told you 10x.
Mom: MAKE G believe in God and MAKE him do the holiday rituals with you. You need to read these texts for your baby's sake! You two are making horrible mistakes for the health of your child.
Me: No. No. No. I will go to the temple sometime, but I will not read the chalisa daily. This is all you are going to get from me.
Mom: (And the rants continue from her side and my harsh responses to make her understand).
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