FAQ's

These are a few of the questions people ask me about having a baby over here. There's no such thing as a dumb question!*

Will you be having the baby in America?
Nope - we're going for a dual citizenship baby. :) Or at least until the child is 18 anyway. We'll have the baby right here. The hospital we are delivering at is state-of-the-art, and many doctors are trained in the West. And my ob-gyn is cool and wears a sari. :)

But what about your parents?
My mom is flying over (with a first class upgrade, I might add!) for almost 3 weeks in December, and then James' mom will be coming over for about 3 weeks or so in January. Then our dads and the rest of the family will see Baby Roberts when he/she is 6 months old. That is when we boogie back to Texas.

Many Indian women stay indoors during pregnancy - will you do the same?
No way! That would defeat the purpose of me being over here.

Do you have names picked out yet?
Yep - for a boy: Ethan James. For a girl: Hazel Elizabeth.

What do you do for maternity clothes?
I am a blessed woman! My mom, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law have clothed me well by sending me really cute maternity clothes in the mail. And several friends have given me some hand-me-down larger size kurtas for later in the pregnancy. And at the moment, I can still wear most of my pre-pregnancy kurtas, so I haven't had to resort to the Indian maternity jumper-suits.

*My former supervisors in Paris had a baby girl while there, and she told me they were actually asked, "Will the baby speak English?" So really, there is such a thing as a dumb question, but I'm pretty sure y'all are more intelligent than that. :)