30 May 2012 - I want all the food in the world

               I am hungry 24/7.. It's just the opposite of how I used to feel in the first 4 months of my pregnancy. I hated eating then, I would have been the happiest if I had to skip a meal. But now, it's YOU who is making me eat a crazy amount of food! Don't you believe me? Then listen to my eating schedule. I have my first breakfast with 3 dosas at 8 in the morning and I am hungry again at 10.30! I eat my second breakfast of either fresh fruits or dry fruits and nuts with biscuits and milk. Then starts my first lunch at 12.30, second at 3 p.m, snacks time at 4.30. How can I not eat at 6 p.m. when your dad comes home hungry after a long day's work? I give him company though the bigger amount goes to my stomach. Then dinner at 8.15 and before going to bed, I eat again. Or else who wants to wake up at midnight and eat like I already did a few times?

               Let us talk about you now. I am used to the hard kicks I get these days. But the new thing is, where I get those kicks! You don't kick me at one place now, it keeps changing every one hour! If you can't stay still for more than an hour and if you keep turning round and round 3 months before you are even born, I wonder how much trouble will I have catching you once you are out and start running around the house! But I really enjoy the fact that you are quite active in there! The only trouble you give is, you like kicking on my bladder. When I am outside the house shopping, the first thing I will have to do now is, search for a bathroom and stay close to it!

               I had my doctor's appointment today, and I am not very excited anymore about the appointments because I know I don't get to see you here after until the last month. But your dad and I were happy today to hear your heart beat when the nurse placed the heart beat instrument on my tummy. It was 140 per minute - still super fast. Now in malls and shopping centers, everybody notices that I am pregnant. And I am proud to carry you.. :) You can hear even your dad's voice now and you listen to music. As I already said, you kick more in response when I keep my hand on you, but I can already see your respect for your dad because when he keeps his hand on you, you stop all the kicks! You are quite partial I say!