So I realize that I had actually started this blog way back in June 2012 when I was expecting my first child and wanted to jot down all the very different experiences I had during my pregnancy. I had never felt this helpless and this "not in control" ever before in my life. But hectic work combined with severe nausea apart from the usual pregnancy discomfort prevented me from even publishing the first post. In fact I even forgot that I had started a blog. I remembered planning to and even drafting a post in MS Word but it's only now in February 2016, almost 4 years later that I realized that I already had a blog.
Now that I am in my third month of my second pregnancy, I have decided to chronicle my pregnancy and motherhood, something I wish I had done during the first one. Because no matter how much of reading and googling you do, each pregnancy is unique and there are never enough blogs or forums or websites to explain all that you are going through. And I can say this with complete certainty because just 2 months into my second pregnancy, I realized this one is going to be a whole different ball game.
However this time I can commit to updating this blog regularly. A lot of things have changed since 2012 and I am eternally grateful that it has been for the best.
In 2012 I was overworked and stressed - 6 day workweek, regular late nights and the occasional 2 am Powerpoint finishing touches to meet the never ending deadlines of my very exacting boss. I am really thankful to my ex-boss for pushing me so much as I would've never accomplished all I did were it not for his impossibly high standards for me. That said I was also very relieved that I got a different boss after I returned from my maternity leave. The 2 am deadlines and late nights and stress would've been impossible for me to handle with a baby.
The 9 months of my first pregnancy have been the period in my entire career of 8.5 years with the least number of medical leaves. Not even the standard viral fever. Not a single Work From Home either. I went to my doctor's appointments and ultrasounds with my laptop and data card and answered mails and worked on ppts from hospital waiting rooms. Not something you expect from an HR Professional working at a world famous MNC. Oh yes another myth busted about HR having no work. And I went straight to hospital from my office at 8 pm on a busy Wednesday and normally delivered my son a few hours later. Anyway my very eventful delivery experience is for a later blog post.
Cut to February 2016. I have quit my job and I have been a full time stay at home Mom for the past 7 months. I am also blessed with a wonderful maid who takes care of all the housework and my son as well. I will be dedicating a separate post for Sunita maushi later though because she made her entrance only 5 months after my son was born and I am trying to be chronological.
So now I have this luxury called time and "mind space". ( I know the word doesn't exist but I just haven't been able to find an equivalent. I frequently use this word with a lot of my friends and they all get the meaning even though technically it doesn't exist) Oh and more importantly I got a brand new functioning laptop after many travails. Again a story for a different post, actually a different blog altogether.
I know I am making this stay at home Mom thing sound all rosy because 7 months into it, it still remains one of the best decisions I have taken in my life. Of course it was a very very difficult decision many months back and in a different blog post I shall detail how I made this decision. In case any of you are on the fence about quitting your job, forgoing your income and staying home with kids and want to get more inputs on how others did it.
So hope this blog interests whoever chances upon it!!
Now that I am in my third month of my second pregnancy, I have decided to chronicle my pregnancy and motherhood, something I wish I had done during the first one. Because no matter how much of reading and googling you do, each pregnancy is unique and there are never enough blogs or forums or websites to explain all that you are going through. And I can say this with complete certainty because just 2 months into my second pregnancy, I realized this one is going to be a whole different ball game.
However this time I can commit to updating this blog regularly. A lot of things have changed since 2012 and I am eternally grateful that it has been for the best.
In 2012 I was overworked and stressed - 6 day workweek, regular late nights and the occasional 2 am Powerpoint finishing touches to meet the never ending deadlines of my very exacting boss. I am really thankful to my ex-boss for pushing me so much as I would've never accomplished all I did were it not for his impossibly high standards for me. That said I was also very relieved that I got a different boss after I returned from my maternity leave. The 2 am deadlines and late nights and stress would've been impossible for me to handle with a baby.
The 9 months of my first pregnancy have been the period in my entire career of 8.5 years with the least number of medical leaves. Not even the standard viral fever. Not a single Work From Home either. I went to my doctor's appointments and ultrasounds with my laptop and data card and answered mails and worked on ppts from hospital waiting rooms. Not something you expect from an HR Professional working at a world famous MNC. Oh yes another myth busted about HR having no work. And I went straight to hospital from my office at 8 pm on a busy Wednesday and normally delivered my son a few hours later. Anyway my very eventful delivery experience is for a later blog post.
Cut to February 2016. I have quit my job and I have been a full time stay at home Mom for the past 7 months. I am also blessed with a wonderful maid who takes care of all the housework and my son as well. I will be dedicating a separate post for Sunita maushi later though because she made her entrance only 5 months after my son was born and I am trying to be chronological.
So now I have this luxury called time and "mind space". ( I know the word doesn't exist but I just haven't been able to find an equivalent. I frequently use this word with a lot of my friends and they all get the meaning even though technically it doesn't exist) Oh and more importantly I got a brand new functioning laptop after many travails. Again a story for a different post, actually a different blog altogether.
I know I am making this stay at home Mom thing sound all rosy because 7 months into it, it still remains one of the best decisions I have taken in my life. Of course it was a very very difficult decision many months back and in a different blog post I shall detail how I made this decision. In case any of you are on the fence about quitting your job, forgoing your income and staying home with kids and want to get more inputs on how others did it.
So hope this blog interests whoever chances upon it!!
