tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62952089433164739992023-11-16T08:22:29.815-08:00Joys of MotherhoodJyotihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12269334819271957249noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295208943316473999.post-12744640456205545562010-03-10T05:21:00.000-08:002010-03-10T05:23:15.490-08:00Bundle Of Joy Arrived on Feb 16<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Wooohooo my Bundle Of Joy arrived on Feb 16, 2010.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">It was a Caesarean. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Thankfully all went well :-)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">I am struggling and enjoying with my new born.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Will post more about my new found joy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Cheers!</span>Jyotihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12269334819271957249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295208943316473999.post-81068768727438024352010-02-11T06:53:00.000-08:002010-02-11T06:58:36.692-08:00One Day To Go<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;"></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">As per my tickr (see on the right side) - only one day to go.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">That's true...as per my doctor too hardly anytime left.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">She says that my body hasn't started showing signs of labor yet. She is worried. She says that she will wait till my due date and then she will induce labor.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">I am both excited and worried. I just pray to God that everything goes smooth and fine and happy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">I am looking forward to pleasant, happy, healthy and joyful delivery....wonderful angel coming into our life.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Mamma and Dadda are looking forward to your arrival sweety!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Lots of Love to my Angel</span></p>Jyotihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12269334819271957249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295208943316473999.post-18778472535563423112010-01-19T02:54:00.000-08:002010-01-19T03:16:42.911-08:00To Bank Or Not To Bank<strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#993399;">To Bank or Not To Bank?</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">That is the question. Should we go for stem cell banking for our child or no?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">I am hell confused and can't make up my mind. I have had Biotechnologist, from one of the leading 'Stem Cell Banking' providers in India, at our place this weekend to get more understanding about this concept. Though after the session we have got an idea about what it is but we aren't sure if we should go for it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">My husband has a lot of valid questions like what accreditation the company had, rules and regulations for private cell banking in India. Though we are convinced that it is good thing and might turn out to be a blessing in future (God forbid if we ever need it, though!) ; we are not convinced if it will be stored properly. Moreover, Government of India hasn't yet devised or imposed any rules and regulations for this thing as it is pretty nascent in India and is just 6 years old.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">Besides discussing it with the Biotechnologist from that company, we also took our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gyno's</span> views. She said that we can go for it if we can afford it. But in future technology might advance and cell extraction would be possible from other sources as well in which case cord banking might turn out useless.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">I also found out guideline for this on a </span><a href="http://www.babycenter.in/pregnancy/labourandbirth/planningyourbabysbirth/choosecordbloodbankexpert/"><span style="color:#3333ff;">parenting site</span></a><span style="color:#006600;">: </span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">Excerpt:</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;"><em>If your family has a history of diseases, such as leukaemia, lymphomas, sickle-cell anaemia, immune deficiency diseases, aplastic anaemia or thalassemia, cord blood storage may be a good idea. Your family's odds of needing a stem cell transplant are higher than the general population's. For more help assessing your risk of having a child with one of these diseases, talk to your doctor who can guide you clearly based on your family history. </em></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;"><em>If your child belongs to a minority group, storing cord blood may be of more value to you. Research indicates that a Caucasian patient has an 88 per cent chance of finding a matching donor on the US National Marrow Donor Program registry, while an African American's chance was significantly lower at 58 percent. </em></span></li></ul><p><span style="color:#000099;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">If you’ve decided to opt for cord blood banking, ensure that you choose a well-reputed bank, which is certified, has technological experience and expertise. Check the pricing options and also find out about their storage facility, network, accessibility and tie-ups with hospitals.</span> </em></span></p><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">PHEW!!! We are still confused.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">Appreciate any suggestions regarding cord banking.</span>Jyotihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12269334819271957249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295208943316473999.post-57244176314598139032010-01-11T07:22:00.000-08:002010-01-11T07:33:35.947-08:00Preparing for my Angel's arrival<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Only 30 days to go...wooohoooo!!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#cc33cc;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">These days my walk has turned into a waddle. Earlier when I used to look at other preganant woman I found them too funny waddling and moving like a duck. But phew even my walk has turned into waddling ducky. Sometimes I laugh at myself and sometimes feel miserable. Nonetheless my excitement is soaring higher day by day :)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Though I feel all lost, confused and worried on what preparations I should do to welcome the new member of our family. I keep talking with my colleagues who already are mommies on tips to welcome the baby. Here is the list:</span><br /></span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Clean the house of any dust</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Prepare a sleeping area and a place to keep clothes and supplies</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">crib</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">bottles and cleaning brush for the bottle</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">diapers</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">blanket to warp the baby</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">bucket or plastic bag for soiled clothes</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">washcloth or baby wipes</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">plastic lined pail for disposable diapers</span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">nursing bras </span></li><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">wash baby clothes before using</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Wow...have got quite a few !!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Request fellow blogger-mommies to enlighten me more on this aspect so that I make the most of it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Cheers!</span></p>Jyotihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12269334819271957249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295208943316473999.post-78588200892348279682009-12-21T19:56:00.000-08:002009-12-21T20:03:52.819-08:00Pregnacy MythBuster #2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvJIqWO-VESa0ManBLsPjP53HdVCyhT8sHVSqz-GdT_0Emo8b5bUFVyDMfzj-dEc6FvNTG2yqTdJVV_60VO0x9_JouENwXmv7R8DoK1rSwlDal4IezK64eKP-SeYIbzyYnSHSw0UNNRQx/s1600-h/mythbuster.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417905559184355122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 163px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 83px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQvJIqWO-VESa0ManBLsPjP53HdVCyhT8sHVSqz-GdT_0Emo8b5bUFVyDMfzj-dEc6FvNTG2yqTdJVV_60VO0x9_JouENwXmv7R8DoK1rSwlDal4IezK64eKP-SeYIbzyYnSHSw0UNNRQx/s200/mythbuster.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#3333ff;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong></strong></span></span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong></strong></span></span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Myth</strong><em>: A common notion is that pregnant women need to eat double</em></span> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Fact</strong><em>: Pregnant women need not eat double, but need to consume about 40 to 50 per cent more over the nine month duration. Every pregnant woman needs between 2,200 to 2,500 calories as compared to a normal woman who needs just 1,800.</em></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">I shall come up with more such myth-busters posts. Please share if you know of any such myth-buster related to pregnancy.</span>Jyotihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12269334819271957249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295208943316473999.post-41157379906343571022009-12-15T22:25:00.000-08:002009-12-15T22:33:49.317-08:00<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This morning I woke up all of a sudden and I could feel immense emotional pain.<br />I've been trying to normalize myself after whatever happened last weekend. But I am not able to forget things that caused me so much pain and stress.<br />Though, I am not stressed anymore but I just cannot pull myself out of it.<br /><br />Oh God! please take me out of this troublesome trap so that I get back on track and put my focus back on beautiful, spiritually & <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">emotionally</span> happy angel that I am expecting to enter my life soon. Oh God! give me the strength to stand this test of time.<br /><br />I love you my little Angel !!!! </span>Jyotihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12269334819271957249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295208943316473999.post-72724287969538997092009-12-01T21:48:00.000-08:002009-12-01T22:07:21.534-08:00Pregnacy MythBuster #1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFD1O1s5k98CfQoCjpBIrA-Ex2bUBsaxIeAwWgfFY7pF6IzPk3IGQMlvYmEiceU8GpgGobF2MY7OsYrq5olcSd53YoXFgVgudOcL0b7t3acLQi5CMjEhyphenhyphensBHNNJNPIqxTzkLdYfxZl1Dtu/s1600-h/mythbuster.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410515631379483762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 157px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 77px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFD1O1s5k98CfQoCjpBIrA-Ex2bUBsaxIeAwWgfFY7pF6IzPk3IGQMlvYmEiceU8GpgGobF2MY7OsYrq5olcSd53YoXFgVgudOcL0b7t3acLQi5CMjEhyphenhyphensBHNNJNPIqxTzkLdYfxZl1Dtu/s200/mythbuster.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#006600;"> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It’s that time in life when I'm going through a mixture of emotions — excitement, happiness and anxiousness. As a soon-to-be-mother I want to try and do everything right in order to have a safe and healthy delivery . </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But the endless advice that people are giving leave me perplexed. Right from the doctor to parents, friends, relatives and even strangers; everyone has an opinion on what I should and shouldn’t do. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A lot of pregnancy myths are created through hearsay and need to be sifted out from the truth.</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#3333ff;"><strong>Myth:</strong> <em>A common notion is that eating papaya, eggs and other 'heaty' foods may result in an abortion</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#3333ff;"><strong>Fact:</strong> <em>There is no such thing as 'hot’ foods and if eaten in moderation it will cause no harm to the baby</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">I shall come up with more such myth-busters posts. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Please share if you know of any such myth-buster related to pregnancy.</span></span>Jyotihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12269334819271957249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295208943316473999.post-2042533323850019292009-11-28T13:02:00.001-08:002009-11-28T13:19:23.260-08:00Happy 29-Week Birthday Fetus!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Got my ultra sound report today.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">The fetus is 29 Weeks + 1 Day.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Inside my beautiful bump is our little chick.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Will our little chick be a boy or a girl?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">We will know once it hatches!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;">Only 73 days to go!</span>Jyotihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12269334819271957249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295208943316473999.post-60891312570691318712009-11-20T02:37:00.001-08:002009-11-20T02:48:40.570-08:00Bubbles Butterflies Gas<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Bubbles</span> <span style="color:#ff0000;">Butterflies</span> <span style="color:#006600;">Gas</span></strong> <span style="color:#006600;">- This is what I felt for the first time my li'l angel moved inside me!<br /><br />For quite sometime my mother’s been asking me if I feel the baby, or if I feel any movement. “No Mom…nothing at all”, I used to tell. Since this is my first pregnancy I didn’t know what feeling the baby meant.<br /><br />Then one day I felt a little poke, poke. And next, I felt like popcorns popping inside my tummy.<br /><br />Feeling my baby moving was the sweetest feeling!<br /><br />It feels great and feels real. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">‘Coz now I can feel the baby moving, tumbling, somersaulting, kicking inside me.<br /><br />It has now become an everyday activity for me and my hubby. He gets excited by noticing a quick thump here or there.<br /><br />The baby also enjoys this. (S)He plays little tricks on us. Seeing us in anticipation of where would be his/her next move, (s)he keeps still. We keep staring at the tummy for minutes. And there is no movement at all. But the moment my hubby gives up and eyes away, (s)he comes back with a bang. We can see my tummy making strange shapes. And we all are agog!<br />(S)He keeps us entertained by his/her little movements, though conspicuous, inside my belly.<br /><br />Hey, as I am writing this post, my baby just accomplished one somersault! </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">Am I ticklish :-) :-) Yes I am !</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">Sure enough the baby’s gonna be lots into sports ;-)<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#006600;">If any mommy or mommy-to-be is reading this post, please share your experience how your little angels made you feel their benign presence. I would love to read about your experiences as well :-)</span></em> </span>Jyotihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12269334819271957249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295208943316473999.post-89853763089736828982009-11-09T05:14:00.000-08:002009-11-09T05:19:19.886-08:00Tiny Toes<div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#cc33cc;"> Dust ...<br /> Dreams ...<br /> Hopes ...<br />Yes we are expecting !!!</span></div>Jyotihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12269334819271957249noreply@blogger.com1