The ultimate restroom fiasco :s

Just imagine you are in the last month of your pregnancy with an overactive bladder and your restroom is practically inaccessible. It’s a nightmare believe me and I had my share of it just recently. It must be hilarious for you guys :X but for me that was pathetic and torturous.

I am 38 weeks pregnant now (and for those who don’t have the least idea); at this time the baby’s head is pressed to the urinary bladder as a result pregnant ladies tend to have an overactive urinary bladder. So, when you have got the anatomic picture, you can better understand my misery.

It was just the other day and a sleepy me was just drifting into the world of dreams when my mom called me and said the bathroom door is not opening. Sanjeev went to investigate and found out that somehow the bathroom door had been locked from inside but we couldn't understand till date the how of it as all three of us were outside. That’s when the havoc began. Sanjeev used his (what I call) ‘engineering dimag’ to open the door but it didn’t buzz a little.

OMG!!! What the ****? That’s was just the expression that crossed my mind. I got into a frenzy mood thinking what the hell I am going to do the whole night. I go to the loo every hour or so and just the thought of not able to use the restroom for the whole night was a blow (that too in the very wrong place).

Sanjeev’s attempts were futile and in his weary he went to call our neighbor Deepak Bhaiya (his colleague and a good friend) for help. They both then spent the next hour trying to break the lock but to no use. Suddenly Deepak Bhaiya remembered a 24x7 service where we can seek assistance. So, the call was made but they provided locksmith assistance only to privileged members and neither Sanjeev nor Bhaiya were one of them. But the kind lady at the service centre provided us numbers of two locksmiths, God bless her. Next Sanjeev tried to call those guys but neither of them picked up. :X @###@###@##$%

Now, in this whole madness I was getting agitated (blame my pregnancy hormones for that) and tensed at the same time. And a worried I sat in a corner chair praying to God to start off my contractions so that we could go to the hospital and I could use the restroom there. When I said this to Sanjeev and my mom the next day, we had a hearty laugh over it but at that time restroom was all I could think of.  

A helpful Deepak Bhaiya suggested us to keep a key of his house and use his restroom whenever required. That was some kind of assurance for the three of us. But, ‘me being me’ a hesitant fool that I am, couldn’t really digest the idea of entering someone else’s house to use the restroom in the dead hours of the night when his entire family would be in the arms of slumber. But considering the advancement of my pregnancy and the long night ahead we accepted Deepak Bhaiya’s kind offer.

With the keys at our disposal, Sanjeev (being the most relaxed one among the three of us) drifted off to sleep soon, but sleep seemed to have deserted me altogether as I twisted and turned in the bed with a heavy heart. My mom who knew me very well came to check on me and found me wide awake. She asked me to come out of the room to sit and talk as tension is not a good friend in pregnancy. So, it was in years that I and my mom had a one-on-one chat late into the night. That was one and only one good thing in the whole restroom fiasco.

Though we had the key to Bhaiya’s house and his permission to use his restroom whenever required but ‘me being me’, I was quite skeptical about the whole idea. But soon I realized I had to keep my reluctant attitude aside and better use the restroom otherwise I would face the consequences later. So, I dragged myself to Bhaiya’s house to freshen myself before something bad happened. That was just the push or courage I needed as I used the loo for another 3-4 times that night (thanks to my pregnant overactive bladder :( ).

First thing in the morning Sanjeev went to our club house to get hold of our maintenance guy and it just took him 2 seconds to open the door. As soon as the door clicked open I sighed with relief and joy.

You guys must have rolled with laughter at my expense but for me that night was quite tormenting and agonizing. I will remember it for years to come.