Jus like that

One of my blogger friend published this Q&A. Felt like publishing mine too. Thus the comparison starts here like this..

1. Were the pregnancies planned?
1st: Yes
2nd: Yes

2. Was I married at the time?
1st: Yes
2nd: Yes

3. Reactions?
1st: Happiness
2nd: Happiness

4. Abortion an option?
1st: No
2nd: No

5. My age then?
1st: x-4
2nd: x-1
x being my age hi hi hi

6. How did I find out?
Sort of suspected both times, because we started planning.
1st: Pregnancy test at home
2nd: Pregnancy test at home

7. Who did I tell first?
1st: Dear MM tested ;-)
2nd: Dear MM tested ;-)

8. Due dates?
1st: November 18th 2006
2nd: August 17th 2009

9. Morning sickness?
1st: Lots and lots of throwing, tiredness, headache, giddiness, mood swings, stress and what not...
2nd: Same as the 1st

10. Cravings?
1st: Mangoes and Nungu..
2nd: Lots and lots of cravings... I even wrote a post about them..

11. What/who irritated me?
1st: MM
2nd: MM

12. And the children are...
nm is precious while mm is priceless EVERYWAY...

13. Did I wish they were boy/girl?
1st: I wanted a girl
2nd: I wanted a girl

14. How many pounds did I gain?
1st: 6kgs
2nd:5.2kgs

15. Baby shower?
1st: Yes
2nd: Yes

16. Surprise or not?
1st: No
2nd: No

17. Complications?
1st: Low lying placenta and Failure to progress while labor so had a c-section..
2nd: Umbilical cord around the baby's neck but delivered safely.

18. Where did I give birth?
1st: Gunasekaran Nursing home, Chennai India.
2nd: Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk US.

19. How many hours in labour?
1st: active labour, 9 hours
2nd: active labour, 9 hours

20. Who drove me to the hospital?
1st: My mom and I took an auto-riskshaw later joined by everyone in the family, actually the clinic was crowded by my family mems ;-)
2nd: MM drove me to the hospital

21. Who watched me give birth?
1st: Doctors
2nd: MM and Doctors

22. Natural or c-sec?
1st: C- Sec
2nd: Natural

23. Pain medication taken?
1st: None till complications developed and then anesthesia for C-Sec
2nd: Took epidural.

24. Weight of the babies?
1st: 3.2 kgs
2nd:3 kgs

25. When were they born?
1st: November 5th, 2006
2nd: August 8th, 2009

26. What did we name them?
1st: mm
2nd: nm

27. How old are they?
1st: 3 years, 1 months and 3 weeks old
2nd: 4 months and 3 weeks old

28. What was our reaction when the doctor announced they were boys?
1st: I thought that doc and MM are playing with me.
2nd: I was told during my 6th month and thought I have to go through the torture again to try for a girl

29. What was my reaction after seeing them first time?
1st: He was so soft as rose petals, I kissed him(so felt him)
2nd: He was very soft and looked yellow and tiny.

30. Did you cry?
1st: No
2nd: Yes, was worried about mm, so cried...

Thats all for now. will update other comparisons later ;-)

New branch in our tree...

We were blessed with a baby boy on Saturday 8th of August. Let me call him nm. I was expecting a c-section, as I had a c-section with my first baby. Thank God, I had a normal delivery and the baby is fine. The entire process was like walking in hell, finally reached heaven...Now I understood, in spite of all the pain why people prefer normal delivery.

I missed mm very much when I was in hospital and was crying. When MM brought mm to the hospital, I was relaxed a bit. mm was excited and started playing peek-a-boo with nm. It was lovely seeing them like that.

mm liked his brother and he missed both me and his father while we were in hospital. But I know he will manage without us. I was very worried about his possessiveness. But he ruled out that concept (touch wood) I am very proud of him, how easily he took another boy in his mom's lap in which he played all his life. He will wait patiently untill I am done with nm then he will come to my lap for my hugs. It is I who will break when he sleeps near me waiting. It really feels awful when I cannot give myself to one while handling the other one.

nm is soooo sweet. He dint trouble me while birth, comparing to mm. He weighed just 3 kgs. He was very cute just like mm and was yellow and tiny. He was very small even mm looked like a body builder, when compared(mm is very small when compared to other kids of his age). Nothing much to say about nm as all he does is drinking milk and sleeping. - again, again and again.

I was all tired and dizzy and crampy all the time. Took lots of pain killer. Lot of mood swing, stress, pressure, hunger. Every odd feeling ruled me and I directed everything towards MM. And he, like a Grandpa was advising me with a pat on shoulder. oops that is another story..

At last I gave birth to another kid too. And my new branch in our tree is pleasantly growing.