Jan/Feb/Mrch 2012 Momies to Be

Hi ladies just popping in to say a quick Hello ....

Mia you daughter's are both so cute. & yes do not be disheartned about not having your vbac everything happens for a reason ...

mummoo hope alls well @ your check-up !

been to the gynae yest.both me & Riley r well. doc gave date for c-sec. 12th March. im nervous & excited. Riley weighing 2.9 kg , Doc says he has a very big head

g2g , will chat soon again , take care ...

So I didn’t get my Vbac, but at the end, everything happened for a reason.

So here is my birth story. I started to get contraction round about 2h on Thursday morning. I started to time them. For a while they were 10min apart and then suddenly change to about 5min apart. 4h30 I woke DH and told him that he must get ready to go to the hospital. So we left at about 5h. At the hospital they started to monitor me and said that my contractions are pretty strong. I had about 4 in 10min. Dr came about 7h and did an internal. He said my cervix is pretty far back and only 1cm. So he said that they will monitor me during the day and then we can decide what to do. I really appreciated it that he gave me a fair change. 4h he said that he think we must rather do a C-sec that evening or if I want to wait until the next day and see what happens. But he doubt that anything will change during the night. I was so disappointed at first, and told my husband that I do not understand WHY, because I really ask the Lord to help me with everything, but now I know it was for the best. I think because I didn’t have a nice experience with my previous C-sec, I was so scared. Mia was born 18h46 on her due date. A Nice weight of 4.04kg. I’m really happy that I waited my full 40 weeks and didn’t listen to all the people that told me to rather go for a C-sec earlier. Mia is so much stronger. For this C-sec, it was so much better than the first one. I was up on my feed the next morning at 8h. It wasn’t so sore to get up. The only thing is, I fainted in the bathroom. Shame, the poor nurse couldn’t hold me so I hit the floor. My knee is still sore and my arm was blue were the nurse tried to hold me.

Well enough about the birth. Mia is such a sweet baby. She is on a nice 4hour routine. Last night she struggled with some cramps but we forgot to give her the gripe water. But we gave her some at 9h and then her bottle and she slept until 1h30 this morning.

Annie, I can’t give you an advice on breast feeding, as Mia is on formula milk, but I know that the first few weeks can be a bit overwhelming. I think that is why I decided with my first born not to BF. Call me a poor or selfish mother, because I know that BF is the best for a baby, but I think Emma turned out pretty well and she is very healthy. So you can only do your best, so don’t beat yourself up because you don’t have enough milk. You tried your best. Emma also had colic and I also took her to the Chiropractor, but he couldn’t find anything wrong with her. At the end it was the milk she was on. And we had her on NAN HA. My husband was allergic to his mother’s milk, which is why we decided on Nan HA. And you will see you will enjoy your daughter. I love my two princesses. Maybe it is because I’m a girly Mom. And you will see, as soon as she started to smile at you your heart will melt. That feeling when you enter a room and their face light up in a smile when they see you. It is priceless. And it is so nice when my oldest daughter come to me and wraps her arms around me and tells me: Mammie, ek is SSSOOOO lief vir jou.

Well I must go. All your little angles is so precious and beautiful. Heather, congrats on pushing out a 4.4kg baby out. Rather you than me.

Well, here is a photos of Mia.

Hey ladies!

Just checking in. These girls keep my busy hey! They gonna be 6 weeks on Friday and we going for the paed checkup. Gosh if there routines fall out of sync, then I'm so pooped! Thank goodness for nannies! They starting to give me smiles Too cute man! Those are the moments making the madness all worthwhile!

Congrats to all the ladies that gave birth recently. Such nice birth weights.

Lumine-Annie, please don't beat yourself up about breastfeeding. I am also trying to bfeed my twins and constantly think gosh - where is my milk?? I do give formula top-ups as I just know I will go mad if i don't! I used Eglonyl with my first girl 3 years ago and swore not to use it this time again. I took it for 6 months and if i think back now, I really shouldn't have, it actually wasn't necessary. It made me gain extra weight as well. Now, I'm trying to boost my supply naturally. I take fenugreek tablets I got at the clinic and yeast tablets. Drinking schlehn and ginger beer. There is only so much I can do!

Also planning an on-last-minute birthday party for my 3yr old poppit in 2 weeks time! Wish me luck - just gonna throw some things together

Have a good week!

Heather – yeaaaa! Congratulations! Nice weight, I love big babies from the start, it will be less effort to put some fat on them, cause lots of it is already there.

So glad to chat to mommies who have some grown up babies!

Vision – thank you for support, picture of me and Tallulah in Milky Lane made me smile, I’ll be the one who eats everything on the menu. Yes, that’s what my husband said when I got disappointed that Tallulah is not a boy, he said “but she will be your friend”.

Juandre – thank you for encouragement too, sad words of wisdom! Congratulations on baby shower, just the fact that people did it for you shows that they like you a lot. Chiropractor is brilliant idea, I’ve heard before that they can sort out colic, you are the 1st person I know who confirmed it, so I just made an appointment. I took genuine eglonyl, but want to get off it, since there are no results, and it concerns me that originally this medication is prescribed to treat schizophrenia (!), I feel weird to stay on it for no reason if it doesn’t help. Will take your advice to get off it gradually.

Hi Ladies,

Annie- being a mom is the hardest job in the world and nobody gives you any credit for it. And they say that sleep deprivition is used as the worst kind of torture in torture camps because it is so terrible. Yet as a mom you are expected to function normally on minimal sleep. Take your jungle juice and eat well to try keep your energy levels up. It normally starts getting easier from 6 weeks but yes by 12 weeks they are far more settled and sleep more at night. Shiloe had proper colic (she screamed all day long) I took her to the Chiropractor and within 3 sessions she was sorted. So this is also an option for you and I would definitly do it again.
How many eglynol tablets are you on? ANd is it the genuine eglynol or the espiride. I tried the espiride as it is far cheaper but really didnt work the same. You can take 2 tablets 3 times if needed.

My ante natal group gave me a baby shower on Saturday. Was lovely and I got just what I needed for baby!!!
I have exactly a month to go to my c-sec date, cant wait!!!

Lumine-Annie that pic of you and Tallulah is so lovely!!! She is such a pretty girl and you look awesome

Angi wow 3 weeks is going to fly and Izelle is such an awesome weight already!

Juandre you can moan here as much as you want! thats what we here for Our garage door motor was broken so had to go in and out the front door and leave my car in the driveway all day - we dont have a fence so didnt like it at all!
Sorry about the teething - seems she is also waking up realllyyyyy early!

Cookiemonster thanks for popping in - wow 7 hours wasnt so bad. he is definitely a big strong boy

Lumine-Annie - it can become discouraging especially when all you do is change nappies all day but let me tell you when Tallulah is bigger she is going to be a friend to you - I love going on dates to milky lane with my 2 year old even if she only got 1 day of breastmilk you did awesome so well done for doing it this long - we can only do as much as we can

Chubbychick it does sound strange. I know my pregnancy books say to keep hydrated and drink more for babys sake?

Not much on my side - also have lots of pressure down there Juandre, can get very uncomfortable. We have had some rain in JHB so atleast it has cooled things down because I really couldnt cope! cant wait for next appointment to see how much leah has grown