Entering 8th month

Will shortly be completing my 7th month. Planning to take a few days of WFH starting next month onwards, when I enter the 8th month. Also, planning to send dear daughter Chhavi away to my parents house. Chhavi has been getting more and more clingy by the day as the due date gets closer. Hence the thought. Not easy for me / dear dad to leave her and stay away by ourselves, but looks like it has to be done. She's been getting more crankier and cries at every possible chance.

She cries if something doesnt go as she wants. She cries if the building blocks that shes playing with dont fit in a particular way. She cries if things are not going her way. She cries if anybody talks to her when she doesnt wanna. She cries at almost everything. Sometimes, I feel so frustrated that I feel like hitting her. But I havent hit her recently.

I do scream from time to time and she cries again for that too. But I am putting a lot of effort in being extra patient and not hit her. Thats because I made a promise to myself that I'll control my anger henceforth. I was so forlorn after the last few times I hit her. Although I don't hit hard, there were finger marks on her body (she has sensitive skin) and it made me sad and depressed when I saw that. So I have made up my mind to control my temper to a very large extent.

Now that I am entering the 8th month, I also have a lot of planning to be done. Need to pack stuff away for the hospital, clean up the room entirely, pack a few stuff for Chhavi and the baby for use when I go to Mangalore etc., etc., Too many things on my mind. Too much stuff to resolve at work too. Few projects in my hand which I need to clear up before leaving for my maternity. Have to keep in mind not to take up any long projects, which I cannot handle or which would stress me out.

Planning on meeting up with my sister and cousin - planning a small get-together as sis is going away abroad for a few years. Oh God !! So many things - so much planning - so much to be done. I should take a time management course. I have always been bad at it and it would definitely help and I have been thinking about it for a while now. Maybe ill find some courses online - now that everything is available online :D :P

Will try and keep the blog updated...
- So

30 weeks Update !!

On the verge of completing 7 months already... God !! How time flies by...

Things have gotten hectic both at home and at work. Hence the long break from blogging and posting about my coming little one. Haven't been able to do justice to blogging and neither have I been able to pay much attention to the new baby :(

Baby would probably feel real bad when it grows up. Anyhoo... here goes.

Currently at 31 weeks and writing this post.

Dearest babbatoo... you have been kicking a lot lately and its keeping me awake all night some of the days. You have become super duper active and spend a lot of time awake. Compared to your sister Chhavi, you are more active and kicking and moving almost all the time. I can sometimes feel your little feet / hands when I stroke / press on my belly. Also, sometimes you lift your bum and then its fun to play with you. If I press on your bum, you move around and lift it elsewhere on my stomach. However, Chhavi used to have a lot of hiccups, but you dont seem to have as many.

I am patiently waiting for the day when I can see shapes forming on my belly when you move around. Was the same with Chhavi, so am hoping it will happen with you too. Also Dear Dad and me have been trying to guess your gender. Not that we are particular about you being a girl or boy, but its fun to just try and speculate. We read about all the myths floating around on the internet. God, how stupid some of them seem :) Some of them are so obviously mythical, but whatever, its a fun pastime.

Oh BTW, last weekend, we had some blood reports done for thyroid, haemoglobin and sugar levels. Everything turned out to be normal. That was a huge relief, especially the iron levels. Never thought they would come to normal, since I have always been anaemic. Next appointment is going to be on the 21st. Also waiting for the next scan date to see you.

We are also looking at good days to welcome you into the world. Doctor has said that it will be on one of the mornings in the first week of July. So waiting to talk to him about the date for the operation. Lets see how things go. Next post in a few days... Ciao.