Amongst equals...

Being used to all the exclusive special treatment for seven months now, I suddenly landed up in a place where everyone seemed to be extra important. I no longer was the only centre of attraction and each of us seemed to gel in very well. Perhaps it took me some time to understand that at an Ante-Natal class, all pregnant women are equally important and I was no queen.

Yeah, a pregnancy class or a birthing class, etc etc....is what Mohit and I attended over the weekend. While he was extra excited about the whole affair, I seemed to miss the attention. LOL.... But it was an experience in itself. With so many pregnant women around you, the room seemed to be abuzz with baby talk from first time mothers.

Everyone was confused and excited to the brim...Dumb questions, stupid answers and worse actions is what we all portrayed collectively, but at the end of the day, we were all special...Special in our own ways to the man who sat besides us and also to the rest of the world who watched us sashaying down slowly for a toilet break.

From the eating tips to the exercise regime to the intricacies of labour, discussions galore followed...While everyone tried to show off how good they were with their eating, none seemed to be hot on exercising. Except a certain lot who is always bothered about your expanding waistline. As all the mums to be showed total enthusiasm for the diet plans, few takers were found for the exercises. But the 'Pa's' were all so keen on this in unison. To the extent that my better half even came back home and revised the exercises with me...And continued to bicker about them the succeeding night..And continues to ask if I exercised every now and then. Maybe its them who should put on the weight and then try to fight it off so they know how it feels...

But if the past seven months were spent wondering, waiting and watching, the 2 hour session surely was a learning and bonding experience. With so much love exuberant from the eyes of each beau, the room seemed to be full of the care that we see from men in only these nine months. With him walking with me step by step and telling me about that stone around the stairs, all of a sudden courtship days came running back. Except this time around, there is another small, little participant in the couple's life making us a happy threesome....