My Journey of Motherhood (Part 5) - Taboos contd, A wedding and GoT

So my little brother  (cousin but may be more special than a real one) was getting married and I had this big problem - what to wear - formal enough to make it to a wedding but comfortable considering the physical discomfort that had started to creep in...heels was a complete no no...so now how can formal wedding like dressing be comfortable?? Difficult to imagine...I know.

So after googling a lot - accross anarkalis to sarees etc etc I finally decided I'm going to get a dress made - which will solve the purpose - comfort plus bling - and no heels required.This was the first time I had applied that much mind for a wedding dress - I didn't even do it for my own wedding :P

That is how it looked on me :) without making me conscious or uncomfortable in any way...I am going to remember this dress for good :D

After the happy gala times at the wedding...life again got a bit boring...nothing exactly to look forward to..thats when Game of Thrones entered my life...and I'll tell u how :)

Remember the baby shower and the endless gossip session...that was when everybody convinced me to start watching this series...which I otherwise felt is too gory for my taste but nevertheless I decided to give it a shot.I anyways had all the time in the world (which I did not value back then -  only if I knew what was coming :P ) so I took the 5 seasons from my bestie and it was on..the first episode - season 1  - and I was wondering whats so great about this bunch of "tharki" people who are just fucking people randomly like thats the only thing to do in lives...but its not exactly wise to judge things too soon and I realized that there was much more to it...and there I was...glued..addicted and even inspired by it to kill a few people in that ruthless way...who all??Well I'm sure we have some guesses by now :D

In the mean while I had my 30th week scan done and I was happy to see my baby growing well...in terms of weight it was a bit ahead of its time and I had started to imagine a chubby face in my mind already.It had a loop around its neck which the radiologist said should come out on its own and it was already in head down position so chances were good for a normal delivery...So all good...the doctor was happy...,my supplements were cut down a bit now that both the baby and me were doing well. 

Except what we call the part and parcel of pregnancy - my loo trips had suddenly spiked again...my feet had started to swell a little...my back was gone forever...it took me 5 minutes to turn from one side to the other at night....I used crave to sleep straight on my back but off course I could not...I looked at Coke like my little baby looks at food now...waiting to grab it with both hands and gulp it down without a break but I wasn't supposed to :( 

My now strong baby had started to kick in full force - esp while I was in a theatre watching movies..there were times I could feel him kick like he's dancing or something or may be fighting...I could see some bits of my tummy moving out for a jiffy and it was like OMG...I could see him moving...by now it was painful at times..but I'm going to remember this fondly...the funny stuff he did inside me :)

But we still had some age old practices to deal with...this time it was the Solar eclipse and the ages old story of how it can harm the baby - with add ons like - your baby could be deformed - with an ugly mark somewhere on his body - bla bla - I mean imagine...all of a sudden your baby will start looking ugly because a solar eclipse happened and you turned...or you went to the loo or you had something...I mean what shit?? Who makes up all this bullshit?? anyways..so I was told to lie straight on my back during the eclipse to which I said no as it would have broken my back completely...so then mutually agreed position was to sit...and not move...apply some paste on my belly..sit like that for good 40 mins or so...even though the eclipse here was not to last more than 10 minutes but pandit ji bola hai 40 mins to how can you argue?? 

On top of this - I had asked my MIL what if I have to pee badly...she was like  - control kar lena beta...control kar lena...does she remember how difficult it is control this  urge during pregnancy....and thankfully it was only 40 mins...had it been a 3-4 hour long affair me and my baby would have starved to death and my bed would have been full of pee all because of this fear we have in our minds - that an eclipse will harm the baby so you just stay still....that too when you are pretty much indoors...I seriously do not understand how?

That entire stretch of 40 minutes I had my own version of GoT playing in my mind and it was a pleasure to imagine all the killing!! I guess I know where my baby gets his violent streak from ;) But well I had to keep my cool so... ;)