Nothing but 'LOVE'

Friday, the 13th
To some this day is horror and sure to bring bad luck while others would love to debate that the phobia associated with this day is nothing but superstition. To me this day carried no meaning (except for the slasher film series I had enjoyed as a teenager) until Friday the 13th of Oct'2006.

This was the day I got to see our maybaby in the most primitive form, which I lovingly call 'tadpole'! I, instantly, fell in love with approx. 2 inches sized unseeing, unhearing, and formless cute little 'tadpole' of mine and, yes who else by my DH had jumped out of his seat just to have a better look of our baby and both of us were overwhelming with joy! This sure was the loveliest moment of my pregnancy!! He (I'll take the liberty here as I can't address my unborn baby as 'it' which sounds so lifeless) was peacefully lying on his back (again, I assume) in my abdomen with his li'l unformed head and yet to be formed hind limbs all curled up; blissfully unaware of what's going on around him and outside his mama's abdomen. What a adorable picture it posed! No wonder my DH and I could instantly feel our entire parental love outburst from our hearts!!

Probable reason for this sudden rush of feelings might be attributed to the fact that we came to know about my pregnancy rather recently (as I did not experience the usual symptoms associated with the pregnancy), we never imagined or calculated that I would already have carried our baby for 10 weeks now and our baby would actually have acquired some form by now! Another reason could be that though lot many times earlier we had discussed how we plan to up bring our baby and since our knowledge, had started planning for the arrival and mentally preparing ourselves and each other for this new role of 'parenthood', we had never given a single thought over how our baby would look like, be it later or even now for that matter!

Whatever be the reason, the truth is that I am in love with my 'tadpole' months before he steps into this world and I can't wait to hold him in my hands and tell him exactly what I feel - nothing but 'LOVE'!