Dear Baby (will call you SaGa from now on ...),
Hey! what an exciting day it was for me! I had an appointment to see you today! (I just hope I dont have to take appointments like this when I grow old!)
We went in for the sonography, my first in India. What a difference from my experience in the US!!. The Polyclinic turned out to be in a dilapidated building, the building entrance also doubled as a gents only open sulabh sauchalay. I felt good to know I had carried an extra home washed bedsheet, just in case I felt the bedsheet in the polyclinic was not clean enough, now that I know that tissues..ahem..does not seem to exist around here. I and mom were waiting for the elevator and there it came gradually, slowly like a royal carriage in slow motion. Just when I wanted to open it, a young liftman in a uniform pulled open the doors for me and that made me feel good!! Finally, there seems to be some sort of order and care... Went up to the polyclinic and entered a very crowded 10*10 setup. But yes, it looked clean, newly renovated and I spotted an assistant and oh ...there was actually a receptionist too! Well, the outside had disappointed me so much that the inside was more than what I expected! I walked up to them and the foll ensued:
me (smiling) : Hi, good morning!
them : naam kya hai..
me (now straight faced) : Gayatri Joshi, obstetric appointme...
them: kaunsa doctor..
me : Dr. Shailaja Ko..
one of them : form bharo.. appointment time ke liye 10 min hai.
Completed the formalities and I and mom then sat down on the yet again suprisingly comfortable benches.
After 5 min, one of them : Abhi 5 min mein aapko jaana hai, ready raho.
The whole excitement of knowing that I will be seeing you soon made it easier to ignore the business like cold attitude of the people around here. We went in and everything looked clean and good inside too. The doc also carried a no-nonsense very cold attitude which did not matter to me anymore.
The scan began and there I saw your legs, then your head, then your stomach, your heart, kidneys and the most exciting of all...FACE! Your face was so much clearer now than the previous scans and you looked sooooooo sooooooo soooooooooo cute!!!! really... u did look like the most cutest kid around! You looked like you have eyes like Appa, a nose like me and lips like Appa too! And oh your cheeks!!.. they looked so nice and rounded! You are head down and now that I know I feel your knees and feet when you move, I so wish I could hold them! I am just waiting to cradle you! Come soon baby, i am waiting .... mmmmmuuuaahhhh.
Chanda hai tu, mera suraj hai tu.
O mere aankhon ka tara hai tu ...
... Jisse bandhi har asha meri
Mera woh sapna salona hai tu
Nanha sa hai kitna sundar hai tu
Chota sa hai kitna pyara hai tu
Chanda hai tu mera suraj hai tu
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25 years in India can't prevent you from falling in love with the order and discipline of 25 days in US. Hahaha!! And I remember how you were so upset with the antiseptic and detached attitude of US doctors earlier.
The cute-factor of SaGa will overpower every other inconvenience. Even the ones created by SaGa herself!! :-)
Very cute post. I could visualise SaGa already just reading you describe her....
yeah, very true, i was surprised to see myself react the way I did to medical practices here. Detached attitude is definitely something i never liked in US, they sure are very bookish!
ek saal mein NRI ho gayi bhai!! :p
well my doc was quite the onster too, but he was known to be the best in business so i bore with all of it quietly! as if i had a choice!!
heres wishing you happy times ahead!
cheers!
abha
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