31-Dec-2010 - Home Again!

The sun shines brightly upon us this morning but the doctor's strict orders say that since the weather is not very good, the baby won't have bath for a week. My mother is very upset and gives numerous examples wherein the baby had bath right from day one. Nevertheless, he says the baby is fine except for one small thing - the TSH is a bit high so we have to re-test it next week. My tummy is a bit lighter and I can eat normally today onwards.

My husband's calls to various parties to inform about the baby's arrival are on. Some are upset that they got the news late, some even call up and complain that he didn't call them up directly. What row!

The settlement is over - the bill is 56k, 6k from our pocket. My father paid only 22k last time around but we console ourselves that it is after all Bangalore. But I want to complain to my doc about how they treat her patients - she's not an in-house doc there. While they go and visit other patients, they hardly came to see me after the first day. So my biggest question for the day remains - passing motions. I haven't done it for two days and the doc has warned me that for the next 2 months I'm not supposed to exert pressure. Of course I'm not allowed to sneeze or cough either. And no green chillies and sour stuff. And I'm supposed to eat a lot of vegetables and fruits. I love them anyway but my mother scoffs at it. Don't you simply go by what they say and start drinking cold water and eat anything and everything, she says, once the tablets get over you'll be in trouble. I guess I'm going to give in to her wisdom.

So at 2:30 p.m we pack our bags and leave for home. The taxi driver is horrible - he takes the bad road in spite of our suggestion otherwise and I'm scared my stitches would come off everytime the car jumps on the bad Ulsoor road. I do survive and as I enter home, there is a nice feeling of coziness. But we haven't done our homework well - there is no crib and the window is laden with dust. It is dusted soon, we decide upon not having a crib for the time being and the baby is installed on the cot.