telling people

Over the past 2 days i've told so many people about li'l tickles. well.. not that many.. but i feel i'm letting the world into my secret. reactions are so varied.

When i told alex - i never thought i'd tell him over ST at 11:30pm!
alex (11:17 PM) - I just thought you were smoking weed again
alex (11:17 PM) - I swear to you
ME (11:17 PM) - yeah!
alex (11:17 PM) - no really
alex (11:17 PM) - I kinda did
ME (11:17 PM) - the weed makes you glow!

alex (11:19 PM) - and I'm going to pay you a compliment
alex (11:19 PM) - but if you ever tell anyone
alex (11:19 PM) - I will deny it
alex (11:19 PM) - You will be a great mommy
alex (11:19 PM) - I can tell
alex (11:19 PM) - you are very loving
alex (11:19 PM) - and attentive
ME (11:19 PM) - man! i can't imagine being one as yet.
ME (11:20 PM) - its so hard to picture the whole scene..
ME (11:20 PM) - but thanks.. :)

atleast someone thinks i'll be a good mom!

I told piggy over IM. she asks me how i am & I said.. good & the tummy is growning.. & all the response i received was WHAT??????????????? like a few 100 times. anyways.. i called her & filled in the details (whatever! ) & she seemed to hang up with disbelief. well.. guess i'm still in disbelief.

then i told P's mom & she was all upset that she was in LA during this critical time & not in SF :) how sweet! & she's SO excited that we'll be meeting her this weekend.

i told SR about it in June sometime when she was in taiwan & i received a call from taiwan right away & she's been insisting on weekly updates on everything. i can't wait to make that trip to her palace.. to just relax & stretch my legs & be taken care of.. atleast.. S, that's what I'm expecting to do. no more drunken dances!!

but A takes the cake. calle dher this morning.. as soon as she picke dup the phone.. i asked her.. "what's happenning".. & she sounded stumped! so, i kinda thought somethign must be up.. anyways.. we chatted along.. about dosa parties & kovakkai & services to mankind & beach houses in plymouth... & then somewhere along.. she said you should come over.. & i said.. yeah.. next yr, with baby! :)) & she was like... "are you pregnant"? i said "Yes". & she said "ask me". oh my! i could have big fat hugged her right then. i was sooooooo excited! wow! & then we bitched about the statistic of an avg of 6 months.. guess we are all really fertile! ;-)

S, S, S & R. we were out in PA. doing a drink dinner thing. I was ranting along about WoG & this & that.. & 1/2 way thru dinner.. L throws out a "BTW.. j's pregnant". R DOES NOT believe him.. just the way he threw it out had everyone in such a confused state for a good 10 mins.. & then it all sunk in.. & it took atleast that long for the first congrats.. :)

i think we're having fun with our style of letting the world know about the latest happennings in our life!

its a baby!

dr spencer gave us the due date last wednesday - july 6th. I was annoyed when L said he'd join me for this doc's appointment. i felt like i was back in 6th std & my mom or dad were accompanying me to class to chat with my teacher. embarassing! but well.. in the end, i'm so glad he came. L being himself had his set of 10 questions.. how can she increase her protein intake, does pcos have any post conception role? any specific body part she needs to stretch? etc.. etc.. & at that last one.. dr spencer said that was the first time she ever got asked that qn! anyways, so, i had my 2nd ultrasound. this was fuzzier than the first. the foetus.. or should i be more gracious & call it baby? :) well.. the baby looked pretty much like a b&w digital mass of random pixels. but i did notice the heart beat. well.. even that was a set of pixels moving at a more rapid, uniform pace compared to the rest. think L just barely managed to see that. but... it was exciting! for some reason.. when we drove back.. it felt like we were family. its a weird feeling. a first for sure. L so far has been my companion, my best friend, my worst enemy, my ardent supporter, the biggest annoyer. we've been through so much together. taken some very bold decisions together.. & all along it felt like we were a team. a good strong, coherent team.. where we perfectly complimented & completed each other. that day... walking back home after parking the civic, it felt we were family. & t felt good.

sunday july 3rd. very exciting day. P & i met N from africare.org. it was a very very educating & insightful meeting. though i came off it thinking she needed to much more thinking before her project took off, i learned so much about potential partner interaction. P is So good at this. she's a natural. & there are so many things i want to just sponge off her. she is so articulate, crisp, clear & beautifully & concisely narrates what's on her mind. after this fantastic meeting, i showed her some of the pieces of jewellery i designed. & got the OK for 4/8 pieces. Samples are being made in Bolivia as we speak & once I approved them, they go into production & will be on the shelves of 150+ stores this fall. after all this excitement, i meet L, A & A at subway on univ ave, Palo alto. & well.. L's mentioned ot them.. about the baby! i have never been overwhelmed with information the way i was that day. i read a basic book about pregnancy a few weeks back. the one i got from the doc. So, i kinda know what happens when & what i should eat.. etc. But A & A, known very much for their intensive interest in research catapulted us into a galaxy of information. No foreign cheeses. no non-pasteurized milk products or fruit juices. jamba juice manages to pass the test. no papaya, mango.. no this yes that no this yes that! phew! to to top that.. they gave us a 750 page book on the topic! phew! i have to say i was very happy meeting them. it did make me start thinking of this whole phase a li'l more seriously. up until then.. i was eating like i did before.. without caring too much. & after that conversation... L's all like.. oh man! i hope the kid hasn't lost his chance to bulk up like daddy... load up on more proteins :) the pest.