16th JAN

16 Jan 2018

We had been to the doc for the bimonthly check up. The next one is on 23 Jan. Weekly from now on. I am 37 weeks pregnant at a consistent 64 kilos. Blood test also done. All normal.

After that, we came home, had lunch and on the spur of the moment, decided to go to Mane Devru. Sathya was supposed to go with his parents and brothers.

From last week itself his mother was singing the tune, “no need for Sujatha this time. We will go and come. It’s very important to go...blah blah. From past 3-4 days, daily calls from her and Kumi to ask if Abdul’s vehicle Scorpio is arranged. Yesterday Sathya said vehicle could not be arranged and also Sujatha will be alone so he wouldn’t be able to accompany them. This he told to Kumi. Immediately his mother called and started the brainwashing. No, you have to come. This is your second child. You have to pray for boy child. Deepu will not come. Anyway he is not interested. But you should come.

Sathya had agreed. I was wondering why so much pressure every year on him coming. Deepu is dying without a kidney donor. If anything, he needs God’s blessings more. Or Kumi the patient. But I guess she wanted to “talk” to Sathya throughout the journey. Thaayi runa noor varsha adru theersakkagalla bhashan.

We left our home at 2:15 and reached the Maney Devru temple at 4:30, finished darshan and started our journey back to BLR at 5:00. Around 5:30, quite unexpectedly, we spotted their Maruti 800 in the distance near the Markonalli dam. They had left in the morning at 10:30. When we caught up with them, you should have seen their faces esp MIL’s.She was so angry that Sathya had not gone with her but with me. Shouldn't she have been happy that, despite my advanced stage of pregnancy, I had made it to the 2+2 hours journey to the temple! 

When we were returning from Mane Devru in Nagamangala, just before we reached BLR, Sathya got a call from Shiv Mondal saying come for an interview tomorrow. If Sathya starts work in Feb, it would be similar to what happened in Tan’s case. In 2006, in Feb, just a day after my birthday, he started his job. This time it might happen that just around the time the baby is born, he starts work – again - this time in Feb. Last time he didn’t leave the job for 11 years. This time...?

Oh as for the third trimester precautions, here are a few