Baby News
As much as I love letting Anil pretend that he's the one that's pregnant, I figured that it probably made sense for me to just get it out publicly (I've been blogging about it here on Vox for friends and family) that, yes, Ben and I are expecting a baby later this year.
If you know me, you know that I'm a worrier and that all that Italian blood in me has made me incredibly superstitious. My biggest fear has been that something bad would happen to the baby and if more people knew (especially the blogging world as a whole), it would be even harder to get through. Even writing publicly about the baby now makes me feel that I seem overconfident. So, until I'm holding a healthy baby, I'll still be scared (and then, surprise, surprise, the real worrying begins).
I need to be a public person with my role at Six Apart, but having someone else to protect and take care of has made me realize how much of a private person I really am. The balance of being public for work and private for life can be difficult at times and we're constantly figuring out what our comfort zones are on a daily basis.
But we're really excited and are completely amazed by how fast this all goes. There seems to be a bit of a baby boom going on in my circle of friends and that makes us even more anxious to meet our little one!
Comments
that's wonderful news, Mena! warmest wishes to you and Ben on this addition to your lives together.
Besides, I really understand your worry coz me too. Maybe we can share our fear and happiness as well! I'll fly to SF next year and we can have a baby meeting, ne?
I don't know, it might still work for someone who's not Thai. Otherwise, eat Pad Thai three days in a row, I think that makes you an honorary Thai or something.
cheers,
Pim
Congrats to you and Ben! I completely understand why you kept this so close to the chest; I was really superstitious blogging about both of my pregnancies, and it took me even longer to announce to my customers. Although I am glad I let them in on my secret; they threw me an internet baby shower!
Huge cheers!
-Amie Gillingham
co-founder, EBSQ
CONGRATS!!!!
Congratulations, you will make a great mother and Ben will be a great father. After all it's not the first "baby" that you two have given birth too. This one just happens to be living and breathing!
-- Paul
For some reason, the rest of my post got cut off. I continued to say... Congrats from one tech entrepreneur to another. My husband and I worked together in our last venture and now we are on our 2nd (or actually our 4th because our two kids are each little ventures of their own!). However he's gainfully employed elsewhere this time. Having a baby turns your world upside down. :-)
You have permission to name the baby after me.
Wonderful news!
And a little sis or bro for Maddy!
So exciting--best wishes to you, Ben, and the wee one!
Congrats Ben & Mena! When's the big day supposed to be?
but I digress, nice to meet you in the flesh in the middle of the street in SF the other day...
Best
Congratulations!
Welcome to the perpetual roller coaster of Children's World !
It is fun!
As a first generation Italian-American who lived in Greece for seven years, I know the drill about the superstitious stuff. But 'bad thoughts or luck' are counteracted by blessings, according to tradition, so I will say, Congratulations and many blessings! You look wonderful and wait to you see how marvellous it is to be a mother!