It’s a boy! May 25, 2007

Congrats Jammie and K on your lil bundle!

Ofcourse, since I’m not a designer, here’s a lil google-stolen image for you!

Sour!! May 18, 2007

I want sour! Anything! Lemon. Chaat. Kurkure. Nothing is sour enough!

Yesterday my back was hurting like anything so we made an emergency trip to the chiropractors. Well, now my back is perfectly fine alhamdolillah… but I’ve been throwing up like anything. it was as though the back pain was masking all this other stuff.

 Nausea this time around is much, much, much worse than my previous pregnancies. And i’m writing this so the next time i try to convince imran that we need more babies, i want to read back and remember what this was like!

Poor imran and nayma dragged me out last night for a drive, but i couldnt even get out of the car. If i changed positions from lying to sitting to standing or anything… i threw up. it was insane. All that yummy cafe sinai I begged imo to take us for the night before *sigh* 

anyhoo.. thats all the whinning I wanted to get out! hehe

Around.. week 10 May 17, 2007

Amidst gynae and midwife visits, court sessions and media drama, foodswings and eesa’s cuddles…

I’m around!

It’s been a crazy week and a half so far. So much has happened… I’ve revisited my old gynae and met up with a midwife – yet i still can’t decide which one it would be! I’ve been swamped with an entire list of bloodwork that I need to get done at a lab, a pile of magazines and tons of baby product samples to go through.

I feel completely anti-social right now – mostly because I’m an embarassment to myself. I feel like I should pack up my entire education and dust my hands of them. I’m loosing my memory people. HORRIBLY. I can’t remember anything anymore. I would be talking to person A one moment, discussing what I need to tell person B as I’m dialing the phone. As soon as person B answers, I make a fool of myself by not remembering what i had to say. A mere 20 seconds differential!

I’ve been having a great time with Eesa. He thinks my nausea happens everytime the baby jumps.. its so cute.. he points to my belly and tells my bump: ‘no jumping!’.

With Imo travelling so much recently, Eesa’s become really attached and clingy with me. He wants eveything to be done by me. I was just reading up on how its a sense of consistency and security for him. I’m just loving the constant cuddles and kisses I get endowed with mashaAllah. We spend endless hours just playing crazy games where his imagination runs wild! its amazing how much a two year old can think up!!

Anyhow… I need to go tinkle for the umpteenth time today. So catchya!

Chaos.. May 9, 2007

 I remember during my last pregnancy, I would joke off about women who had cravings, calling it entirely psychological. I kid you not, God is mercilessly teaching me a lesson for being so judgemental!

This morning, I woke up wanting some chaat papri. As the day progressed, my list has increased… i want paani puri and samosa chaat too. I want something torturously sour.. like jolly rancher’s sour apple candy intensified. Aagh as I’m typing this out, I’m scared I’d start dropping drool all over Imo’s laptop.

I cant button my pants anymore and praying with them on feels as though the veins in my face would explode when i go into ruku’. So skirts is it. Most embarassingly, I’m starting to loose my train of thoughts, mid conversation and my hormonal fluctuations are making me feel like a yo-yo. I can be extremely exhausted one moment and super hyper the next. Infact, day before yest, i was being super cranky and biting my poor hubbys ears off. 20 minutes later, I threw up and felt like the happiest woman alive. Go figure.

The weather is getting warmer alhamdolillah so we’ve been trying to get the balcony back in shape. We should have eesa’s inflatable pool set up by early next week inshaAllah. This weekend, hopefully daadi’s pool will reopen as well inshaAllah. CANT WAIT.

Travelling.. May 8, 2007

I remember back before we had Eesa, everyone would scare us by saying life stops once you have a baby. We wouldn’t be able to go anywhere, do anything or meet anyone. I desperately didnt want to become one of those mommies whose conversations at a party revolved only and solely around their childrens’ latest – toys, clothes, milestones etc.

Over two years into mommyhood, with Eesa around, life hasn’t changed much. We’ve travelled endlessly, by road and air. Imo and I are still out and about everywhere possible. And my conversations don’t revolve around fisher price, carters or lil tikes. Infact, i’m getting sick of those. Call it my new excessively volatile hormones or whatever, but three days in New Jersey and I was not the least bit motivated to shop. I just didn’t want to! I accomplished nothing out of my shopping list. NOTHING.

But what we did do was spend an entire day by the American Falls. We took a guided tour on a sanfrancisco type bus and did everything touristy possible. We learnt facts about the falls, walked endlessly and took pictures like crazy.

Above all, we spent time together. Just another of a million more vacations that everyone promised we’d never be able to take.

Egg-sessed! May 3, 2007

These days i’m completely egg obsessed. I want omlettes all the time!!! Cheese omlettes for that!

Speaking of cheese, we’re heading to new jersey today inshaAllah for a basketball game tmrw evening. Imran had tickets for last weeks game in new jersey but at the last moment, he had to travel for work. This week we managed to get some more tickets and inshaAllah are heading out in a couple of hours.

Bring out the salami and cheeese – this ball game is OVER!

 Not to forget, my favourite chant from game 5: “Let’s go Raptors. VC Sucks!!”

Food swings part 2.. May 1, 2007

Yes guys, the food is still giving me a hard time. Unlike my previous pregnancies, I’m having super cravings this time around. I’m TOTALLY into food for some reason. Yesterday evening, I randomly had this urge to have some Aero mints. *grr* So much so that, I finally walked down to the daisy mart down the street to pick up some aero mints and sour apple candies. *phew* it was good to finally get the urge out of the system!

 Imran returned from Vancouver this morning and completely spoilt me with a breakfast in bed. Again, weirdly enough, I was craving omlettes. Those who know me, know that i CANT stand eggs. They give me those gross feeling and for the longest time, I couldnt even watch someone eat eggs. But I guess, the lil baby in my tummy takes after his/her father who LOVES eggs. Nonetheless, Imo hooked up some yummy cheese omlette and toast for me. I’m still not used to having milk, so cheese it is!  So far, I’m craving some chicken sandwiches and margarita (just looked up the sandwich recipe on maryams blog on aasi’s shower).

But ironically enough, as much as I’m enjoying eating the food, its not sitting well at all. Ive been throwing up like crazy lately which leaves me with a disgusting feeling. The moment i drink milk, it comes right out. The moment I eat salted crackers, it comes right out too. I’m noticing it with lemon too. *hmpph*

Another thing thats been bothering me is the complete exhaustion. I can sleep endlessly and still wake up tired. I hate not having any energy throughout the day. But alhamdolillah, its a means to a beautiful end inshaAlllah.

Tommorow, inshaAllah, I’ll find out if the midwives can take me on. I’m actually looking forward to meeting them inshaAllah. Imo and I are still very skeptical abt the midwives though. At the end of the day, Imo says its my choice, but its a tough decision. I had a really great time with my gynae and would love to go on with her – the only prob being she’s in Mrssauga (approx 40mins from here without traffic).

 I guess if i go with her, I’d just have to pray I dont have the baby during rush hour. lol.