On attaining seniority

Now that I am going to be Vine pinni, I feel old. Lots of 'LOL' to that. Suddenly, all of us appear older. Mommy papa are old, Gundu's old, Tittu's old, and hence, I must be old too!
Recently I was wondering, so many kiddies being born this year, I guess it is the time for my batch of friends... A couple of years ago, everyone was getting married. Now, everyone's coming up with 'good news'.
My friend had a baby girl, and it was the first time husband & I saw a pregnant lady in such great detail. She had a C-section. & my MY MY, it really got me wondering, what gives Indian women the strength to just have baby after baby, it is such a huge huge work, so much pain, so much distress... Every moment in distress, the friend signaled to us, 'Don't get into this mess, never have a baby'... But every time her pain subsided, she was eager to hold baby in her arms, and smiled, and said, 'It is totally worth it, you too should plan one very soon'... Lots of 'LOL' to that too :-)
I must say, watching baby is infectious, every lady who watches the baby, wants to have one too!
So our life is pretty much filled with pregnant friends, freshly-delivered-friends, lovely cute babies...
There is one baby we're all particularly in love with, it is funny, how the baby has become the much coveted sought-after 'diamond' of our gang :-) Everytime we meet up, everyone wants a chance to carry her in their arms. Later, we wonder, what draws us to her, she is so tiny, she just keeps sleeping, or stares around/cries when awake. But still, we're like the rats, and she's our pied piper, and our world is Hamlet.