niggles

why do we call it "morning sickness" ? in monica's case we should be calling it "MAN sickness - morning, afternoon and night" !. she grumbles about nausea but can't vomit. apart from her incessant grievances, i am quite apprehensive about her not vomiting. have you seen how a pregnancy is deftly portrayed in bollywood movies ? the ever so obedient daughter-in-law [AKA house donkey] is going about her daily household errands and suddenly vomits !! vvwwwooooooooikkkkk !!. invariably the mother-in-law, with her gigantic arse, is the first one to sight this and comes running towards her daughter-in-law in slow motion with new found love & affection to the background strumming of 101 veenas and sitars.

monica's mom apparently had this morning sickness for 5 months. annie, my associate, gives me more grief by declaring she had it for 7 months !! krithi, my sister, who has delivered twice insists this is almost a myth as far as she is concerned. may be this sickness affects chinese people more than any other ethnic community. i must reconcile with the possibility monica's queasiness could last anywhere between 5 and 7 months. i feel sorry for monica as she can't sleep well when she feels half her stomach is in her throat. up until a week back, monica would wake up in the night only because of my snore. monica who alleged "nagi, you snore as if you are in a direct competition with a vacuum cleaner on heat" has been keeping me awake off late with her sighs and heavy breathing !

i have been noticing something funny. beef, chicken, seafood .. things which are usually monica's favourites make her detest them with a vengeance. sometimes she can't even stand the smell !! surprisingly, she has a fanatical craving for apples, pears, grapes, papayas and broccoli.

i have this impression that my baby is distinctly vegetarian like me.