Food I love: Mostly Bland food. Lots of Dal, Spinach smoothie

Food I hate: Broccoli (used to be my most favorite.. i could eat it anyway before pregnancy... once pregnant, i found i couldn't stand the smell of it), bitter gourd, Spice
Only thing that pulled me through 1st trimester nausea: narthanga pickle, tomato chutney and eating for half stomach, apple (didn't touch it after first 3 months...got bored of eating it)

Mood swing: Weepy and angry at the slightest provocation.

My walking route: 

Best moments: 1) When my husband got me Idli for valentine's day gift and ate to my heart's content (best gift he could have gotten at that time.. even diamonds wont have made me happy then)

2) When my dear husband gifted me a kutti Krishna 

3) When my husband hugs my stomach early morning (everyday :)) and 'She' responds by kicking

4) When my husband sang to our girl and she danced the whole time

5) When we saw her heartbeat first time in ultrasound (Around 5weeks and 5days, we named her Blinky then. Looked like she was a tiny winking thing in my tummy. Me and my husband were hugging each other and crying on seeing her. Our doc discreetly left the room )

Cravings: sugar candy (balli mittai/jeera mittai), Idli (south Indian steamed rice pancake), Jalapeno popers, lemon rice

Songs that I enjoyed listening to at this time: Mornings: Ganesha Pancharatnam, Chidambareshwar stotram, Thunbam illada nilaye bhairavi... Night: Krishan nee begane baro, Harivarasanam, Jasoda Hari..anytime during the day: Kun fayakun, Murshid khele holi, Aao Balma

Songs that 'She' seems to love :): ... all songs period

Baby Shower: August 3rd: Had traditional ceremony and cake cutting.. with lots of friends and family... My sister, brother-in-law and my husband's mami together decorated the whole house with lots of balloons, baby dress, diaper cakes, diaper scooter (with a lion riding it :D).. My husband had ordered specifically for onion & garlic free food and eggless tres leches cake with a cute stork with baby bundle decoration. I saved the decoration as a memory. 

Baby moon moments: 1)We went to Ukiah, the City of ten thousand buddhas. Attended chanting session in the monastery, ate vegan food in their restaurant, chased after their peacocks (not really.. i am not in any chasing state). did peacock feather picking... And then went to Lake county and cooled our feet in water.

2) Since I am water crazy even in normal time, my husband took me to a water park, where I jumped to my hearts content without adverse effect in water. (I entered their lazy river pool and never left for next 6 hours we were there). Best time !!

3) San Francisco park... rose garden.. After one circuit, I spent the whole time sleeping on park bench with my head in my husband's lap. :D

-from Dhana