THE MOM IN ME - 5

So all my gals who are blooming moms .. so far things are ok I mean, moderately exciting. But after your First Ultra Sound... it'll be something you never anticipated!!!

The first picture of your baby, is not comparable to anything!!! The little wonder so tiny, so delicate... don't be surprised if u find yourself wiping a  tear drop from your cheek.. or finding it difficult to let your eyes blink. Believe it, feel it and let it sink in. These are the few moments when it feels great to be born as a woman.. not that its not great otherwise.. but yes it's that feeling you know, no man can ever know or experience because he was not designed to have a womb.

But that is no excuse for not being excited on being a father!!! We as women experience our babies since we conceive, men on the other hand start a clock in their life.. a clock that is ticking towards their new life which they are getting ready to embrace as Fathers. They too will have their own unique way of care and concern. Some will be over careful ('most'will be more appropriate word, hope you girls agree). And some clueless and confused. Yet,  all this apart, they will have their own way to show the baby that they are there. It thus can't be a coincidence that, as fathers symbolise to be the strong shoulders that protect, this journey of protection starts as the care, concern, understanding and learning of the clock of pregnancy. Their support makes you content. It completes the woman nature in you that feels happiness in seeing others happy around her.

From all that I have seen and read fatherhood is a bigger wait. They wait longer than us. The fact being that their real experience will only begin after the baby's birth. Till then it is their longing that makes them go through this long wait to touch the miracle of life. It's about making themselves into a father is what counts. Listening to their thoughts of how they would want their child to be,  what they would want to do and go through for them is all a part of their genetic arrangement. Many a times  it will be noticed that they build more dreams than women.. because those dreams will make their fatherhood come alive and learning at every step will only make them more confident.

More to come in my next blog.

About me- My name is Ruhi and am a mom of a lil toddler. These are my expriences of being a mom and the expriences that have been shared by my near and dear ones. Hope it helps mothers in some way to enjoy their motherhood.

THE MOM IN ME - 4

We have spoken about hormones running wild in your "new life dwelling state "and about the stages of the growing foetus.

The first three months generally and most commonly are filled with many common adjustments like don't bend suddenly or take it slow etc. Also around 60% women go through nausea or more commonly known as "morning sicknesses". This trimester will be learning period of the do's & dont's of pregnancy. Thus this will be the time for you to gather as much information as u can , of what you must or must not do.

Appetite increase won't be a part of this trimester if you are in the 60% slot. But if you are not, then yes appetite increase will  be a visible part of your metabolic change. It will not be voracious but with time will increase more.

If by any chance you have performed the dont's and produce spotting after the 6th week, don't be alarmed and also don't panic. Just visit your gynecologist asap. Why do you think I told you not to panic??? Because spotting is assumed to be a miscarriage very easily. Well, that is not the case every time. In most cases it is the reduction of the flow of an important hormone called 'PROGESTERONE'. This hormone helps keep the pregnancy in continuation. Thus you will be prescribed hormone tablets consisting progesterone. Which will have to be taken by you till the 4th month when you will have a look at your baby's world inside you... your First Ultra Sound.

The general thought process is.. Oh no! ! Hormonal tabs!! .. But it isn't so. These supplements are important for carrying on your pregnancy, so take them without fail according to the dosage prescribed to you.

Also around this time you will be going in for your first ultra sound. No matter if its your first or second .. the first ultra sound is always very precious. Ultra sound or sonography , I believe has been a big boon to field of medicine & to that of the birth of babies it's a different gift in all. Why I say gift is because this one of the only times when you enter a doctor's clinic with a smile and exit with an even bigger smile.. One time where your not scared of an examination and where when you have butterflies in your stomach and the want to see your child and experience the miracle of life being born out of a single cell. The thought of its very existence makes you do all you can for it. All the world stands aside when your born is to be protected. That is only when you become a mother you'll know how to be the tallest mountain that will stand in the way of the harsh winds.. when you will be the softest pillow to take over the bad dreams ... and when your hug will take away all the pains in the world. So girl don't underestimate motherhood so easily!!

More to come in my next blog.

About me- My name is Ruhi and am a mom of a lil toddler. These are my expriences of being a mom and the expriences that have been shared by my near and dear ones. Hope it helps mothers in some way to enjoy their motherhood.