Jan/Feb/Mrch 2012 Momies to Be

Hi Ladies

Sorry for being MIA. I’m reading the post every day, but have no time to reply. I’m still working and it seems like the work is never going to end. If I don’t pop this weekend I will go back for Monday and Tuesday and then I’m going on ML. I’m so tired and I just feel that what is not finish by Tuesday is not my problem anymore. I work every night till about 8h and some mornings I start 6h till 7h30, Then I go to work to work from 8-12h.

Anyway, I went to the gyne today. Everything is still looking fine, but Mia is getting a bit big. 3.5kg already. Dr said that if she is not here by next week Friday we must look at a C-sec. To be honest, the way I feel now, I don’t care anymore. Don’t know if I can take this pain for more than a week. I woke up every hour last night to go to the loo and it is so sore to get out and back into bed. So I really hope that she will make her appearance soon.

Carol I also have lower back pain and period pain and my Braxton Hicks is more frequent now and becoming sore. So I hope it is a good sign.

Well, I’m going to take a shower and go to bed now.

Hopefully I get time for personals next week.

Hi ladies

I've been reading all posts via email but couldn't log in:(

Lumine I agree with Amanda...only if u have small baby do u wake them up. Demand feed for now and let her wake u when she is hungry. My cousin did that...woke child to feed and her daughter was 4yrs old STiLL waking up out of habit to drink!!! I'd die!!

We're good this side. Josh is a month old today. He is really sweet and cute. Sleeps well...does 5hrs at night, wakes for feed, then 2-3hrs more sleep until 6am:) not too bad I think.

Zel how is it going that side?

Ashleigh what is your due date? Glad u're on track with plans for the home birth:)

Carol its sooo freakin hot all over. Humidity in PE is terrible:( hope back ache doesn't get worse!

Vision baby is a nice weight:)

Juandre congrats...and what a pass mark!!! Wow!!

Okay ladies...hope this posts for a change!!

Hi ladies!

Sjoe this heat is awful. So jealous of the mommies who have their babies already! the humidity is the worst!

Anyhoo, been having lower backpain since yesterday, combined with period pain. Not nice. And I am so tired! can't sleep with all the peeing, struggling to turn in bed and the heat!
My dog got the cutest puppies! 4 days old and sooooo cute. So just me that has to pop still.

Lumine - you are so lucky to have a flat tummy already! After this one I will never be the same hehe. But hey that is the price for motherhood and one I pay gladly. Oh I remember the baby blues. Not a nice time, I had them too. Guess its the tiredness that just makes you sooo depressed. Don't worry you will soon get into a routine and you will basically do everything mechanically. And before you know it Tallulah will be sleeping right through! Good luck with the pumping!

Juandre, hope you enjoyed your dinner with DH. You deserve some spoiling! Hopefully you stayed awake!

Where are all the other ladies? Any new babies?

Annie- Yes you will need a prescription for the eglynol but your gp will give it to you and they usually give a 6 month script. It will also help with the baby blues/ mood swings as it is a mild tranquilizer with the side effect being breast milk supply. So it helps you cope a bit better and increases your milk.
You are so lucky to not have a tummy- With Shiloe I was back to pre preggy shape within 4 months but with McKeilagh I still was not there when I fell preggy this time . But having natural birth does really help with the tummy.
I totally get the breastfeeding thing, but if you persevere with the pumping I am sure that it wont be long and she will be back on the breast. Just use the lactation consulatant to help. It is so rewarding knowing that you are giving your baby everything she needs in your breast milk. I BF M for a year and plan on doing it for even longer with this one.
BTW- if she is putting on weight nicely you dont need to set your alarm, you can let her have her last feed at 7ish in the evening and then let her wake you when she is hungry through the night until 5am when you start on the routine. You only need to wake them for feeds at night if they are very small (like Vica) or not gaining enough.
Good luck and keep us posted!!!!

AFM- We had another bad night last night and this time it was both girls. M woke at 10.30 but went down again quickly, then up again at 2.15 but this time it took a while to get her down. Then as we were falling asleep Shi came through having a nightmare. Then we were just dozing again when at 4.20 M came through again, this time I gave her the bottle and put her in bed with us. She happily went back to sleep across my chest but I was too uncomfortable to sleep .
DH has booked us for dinner to celebrate my pass tonight... I can see us both falling asleep at the tabel

Amanda – I also was anti-pink, Tallulah’s nursery is turquoise-green-yellow, as well as most of her outfits. But then it does turns out that these cute newborn girls just look too incredible in pink. It is difficult to follow whose story belongs to whom, I just try and reply to 10 recent posts or so, it makes it easier, especially if you cannot chat often. Shame, I know how you feel about expressed breast milk that was thrown away, it is such a tedious job to do the pumping. Tallulah behaves the same way with the dummy, she literally attacks it and sucks it like her life depends on it. I liked your story on how you introduced Dieter to his sister.

Juandre and Vision – thank you for advice, I got the jungle juice at Weleda, but I suppose Eglynol is a prescription thing, will have to go to the doctor for that one. Juandre congratulations on your exam, that is remarkable. Vision – happy that your check-up went well.

Angi – Izelle is very sweet and feminine name, it is soft on the tongue, she will love it. Yea, the last stretch is not easy, especially in summer heat, but all these symptoms will be gone within a week after birth. Even my tummy is gone, I didn’t expected that, I look like I never been pregnant.

Ashleigh – seems like you are well organized for your home birth. Preparation is the key, it will carry you through easier. My husband wanted to catch the baby, he insisted that he must, so I said ok fine, but when Tallulah was coming through and into the water, he froze and didn’t make a move, midwife did it all and then he just cut the cord. I felt better that way, he doesn’t have to do what midwife knows the best.

Tallulah is growing fatter and bigger by the day, and developed quite cute double chin. She is an easy baby, but sleep deprivation is quite a tough thing to handle for me. I am beginning to appreciate my mother even more now, when I know what she went through to bring me up. It never dawns on you, until you give birth to a child. Occasionally I burst into tears, because Tallulah cannot breastfeed, and I am sitting with the stupid pump 8 times a day instead of baby on the breast. May be it’s just the standard “baby blues” that most of us goes through this time. Funny thing, I never looked forward to breastfeeding, when I was pregnant, I thought “someone is going to munch on my boobs, that’s not cool”, but now when it’s not happening I am very upset about it.

O andI forgot to say that school went much better today. Less tears! And he was willing to go to teacher much quicker. Actually immediately. So I am very proud.

lus for pizza tonight! it is so warm! or even a cool salad will do.

Juandre you an DH sound like really clever people!

Anyhoo have a nice evening!

Thank you for the congrats ladies. Its an international certification and only 100 000 ppl in the world have it so they are very strict as you can see with a pass mark of 94%, their pass rate is less that 50%. Im doing it so that I can help lecture it with my DH. My DH was my lecturer so I think he would have been very disappointed in me. I had to get 300 out of 320 and I got 311, when he did it he got 316 so he is chuffed to have beat me Men!!!!

Well both my girls have swimming this afternoon so I am off to drop SHiloe and then climb into the pool with McKeilagh. Wish it was going to cool me off but it is an indoor heated pool for little ones

Doing chicken wraps for dinner tonight.... yum yum!!!