What to do on your due date (2)

Since nothing happens apart from one tiny cramp that could maybe resemble a contraction... we went on to cook the fish:




Well, the fish ( a fera from the lake) was a bit too big for the pot we had, so we had to go to some drastic measures...



The rest was a thai sauce with a lot of ginger, coriander and chilis.. very good, tried to make it as hot as I could handle to maybe speed up labor... but of course forgot to take a picture of the cooked meal, so you'll have to imagine.

And I think this is the end of my due day.

What to do on your due date...

OK, so what do you do on your due date, when the bean has no intention of coming out.

First you go eat breakfast at the best bakery in town, since you might not have a chance to go there often over the next few weeks:



Then you go by the farmer's market and by a 1.5 kg fish, that you plan to cook with thai spices in the evening. (Maybe pictures of that meal will come after tonight). You get 2 kgs of random leafy green stuff because your husband can't help but inventing saag with leafy green stuff every week. You buy a macaroon because it's so good and then you go home for lunch.

But before cooking lunch, you tell your inside shrimp that it's time to get out now. It's not so cold outside, winter is nearly over, and we are getting impatient to know if you are a she or a he!

Belly contest with the futur grandpa

So here is a picture taken at 38 weeks and 1 day... I do beat the future grand-pa easily but you have to admit he put up a good fight!

35 weeks and 5 days

So here, you not only get to see the belly, but you get to see the new iPhone, our office/future baby room (for when the baby will actually need a room) and the fact that a pregnant woman is by definition always to warm and will be in t-shirt even in the middle of winter... well at least I will.

Just to say...

How do you explain to your foetus that once you are standing straight, there is no way you can make more room for him/her, regardless of how much he/she kicks you?

33 weeks and 4 days

OK, I know these are dark, and you don't see much but if I wanted to upload any 33 weeks pictures it was these or nothing. Next time I'll try to take them in daylight and outside.

Still a fairly smooth sailing even if I do start to be a bit tired, and I wish I could take hour-long nap in the afternoon. I certainly miss the couch of our BU office!!!

About 6 weeks to go before this egg is fully cooked :) (And then I guess I forget about naps all together)

29 weeks

I swear from now on, I'll take one picture per week.

So here it goes:


As you can see, I am entering the serious part of the whole thing! (And I was in Rome all last week.. stuffing my face with awesome pizza and pasta... but that's another story.)

Everything keeps going very well, and I keep knocking on wood for it to stay that way.
Next picture will be from my mum's house since I'll be going on vacation on Friday.
Have a good week :)

21 weeks

Here it goes. I don't like posting pictures on facebook so I'll put my pregnancy pictures up here.
This was taken today and I am 21 weeks (aka about 5 months) along. Vishal and I decided not to know what the sex of the baby is, so it's a mistery in there!

Probably not my best head shot, but you are supposed to look at the belly :)