First emergency hospital visit

Actual Date: 01/22/10 (As i was busy with few other things i have to write about this a week later!)

When dad left for work yesterday he dropped mom in Meenal Manikandandan's house. Meenal aunty had cooked a feast that day and mom enjoyed everything begining from lunch to evening snack. She had fun time with the kids. Totally, mom had a gala time at her place catching up with all the latest gossip revolving around DC achis group. Dad drove to their house in the evening to pick up mom and the adults decided to go to a nearby Indian restaurant (Rangoli) for dinner. After the dinner everybody departed to their respective places.

While returning back in the car mom was complaining about slight stomach ache. They were not sure whether it was because of the food in the restaurant or something else with my support system! During my very early stage, mom used to get morning sickness, stomach ache/bloating problem regularly and my support system is the one that will get blamed always during that time! Doctors, friends, family and anybody that knows how to write up in the Internet will all mention that this is normal during the first trimester of the pregnancy and she should learn to keep these symptoms at bay by following many different flavors of remedies that differ based on region, culture, weather and what is available there etc... You guys don't know how difficult it is for me to be inside this support system!  Leave alone the part where i have to get ready to begin my earthly journey :)

Once they reached their place, mom started implementing many time tested remedies that included walking for some time, drinking warm water at regular intervals. The pain was acute while trying to lie down in the bed. It was there while waling or sitting down in the couch. As there was no change in the pain, they decided to take a bit of medications (Tums/Rolaid) after some time. Even after taking these medicines, things didn't improve much. Time was around 1.00 PM and they started thinking whether they should go to the hospital just in case to make sure everything is fine with me.

During all this melodrama (!), i was sound asleep dreaming about many things that i will do once i am out. I am not even sure whether i have the ability to dream at this stage but for now we can treat the above sentence as fact! Suddenly dad remembered that he read somewhere sometime ago that one of the reason for the stomach gas/bloating problems to lessen during the second trimester is because of the babies movement which helps in bowel movement, blah, blah, etc... As mom was ready for anything that will help her out she agreed to his idea. They switched on the laptop and as they started playing some loud music i got up. I was kind of startled at first with the music volume but then thought probably the adults were in a party mode and a disciplined kid, i also joined the fun by doing what i know the best; few kicks and punches here & their! Parents were really happy and felt proud that i chipped in to help out with their problem :) But still mom's tummy was not improving and finally they went to INOVA fairfax hospital at 4.00 AM in the morning.