September / October / November mommys 2012

Welcome Nola and congrats!
Hope the rest of your pregnancy goes smooth and well

Morning to all the ladies.

I wanted to join earlier, but our internet kept booting my msg. This pregnancy also started out a bit rocky and I was worried that I will only be a temp. visitor.

Also had a bit of a scare with bleeding at 5weeks. Luckily turned out to be nothing. Currently 11 weeks with due date being 17 October. Will however have a ceasar between 1 and 5 Oct.

I have a LB who is 3 years 5 months old.

Looks like my all day m/s has passed and my appetite has found me again. Pants are already rather tight.

Elamsmom, The doc put me on progestrone too. Need to take it untill 14 weeks. Happy it is almost over as my skin looks terrible.
My next scan will be on the 4th.

Looking forward to chatting to all of you.

N

Hi ladies

Elam - you def need to be safe than sorry when it comes to issues with pregancy
You can't take a chance
I MC'ed after having a few cramps and went to the bathroom and saw blood
So always be cautious

Oh, I told some of my bosses/managers that I'm preggers - everyone was very happy for me
It was abit embarrassing - we were at a management meeting and one of the managers (a lady who's son is 2 months younger than D) asked me in front of all the other managers when no 2 was coming.
So I said I'm officially 12 weeks so I can say baby is due in Oct. She said she could tell because I was 'glowing' Yeah right!! I said no, it was because my tummy thought I was 6 months already!!
So we all chatted about our kids - 4 of the mgrs have 2 kids (most are under 6) so we were comparing notes
The lady (who outed me) - her son set fire to the kitchen last week - he turned on the stove which was covered with a cloth! And he puts plastic toys in the oven and puts metal things in the microwave and turns them on!! What a little terror!!
At least I can stop worrying about sucking in my tummy now
Now I just need to wait til my main boss gets back on 12 Apr to break the news to him

Can't wait for my scan on Fri - will post a pic as soon as I get back to work

Hi Elamsmom

Sjoe sorry about your scare!! i had a blighted ovum my prev pg so everything is worse this time and your mind do play tricks but i dont care what people say i go immediately to the doctor. jan i went to the doctor also after i saw some blood and that monday i was rushed to hospital with an ambulans and everything looked liked a mc but thank God for my miracle!!
Take care and take it easy the next couple of days!!
I saw dh posted on fb about the gender he is just wondering about it but we arent set on a gender so if we get the news Friday it will be a nice suprise!!

Take care

Hi ladies

Quick update. yesterday afternoon I went to the loo and saw the slightest pinkish CM and totally panicked. And I'm not sure if it was paranoia, but after seeing that, I also started to feel the slightest pangs/cramps. With my history I can't take ANY risks! And especially because I had been put on Progesterone even with this pregnancy, I just can't be too careful. Also the fact that i have absolutely NO morning sickness, no tender breasts, no really bad tiredness, almost NO pregnancy symptoms at all except a growing belly(but I even became paranoid about that wondering if my belly had stopped growing).

Anyway, to cut a long story short phoned my gynae but his calls were diverted to another gynae who regularly stands-in for my gynae. They work quite a lot together. After hearing about my history and the fact that I had been put onto Utrogestan (Pregesterone tablets), he insisted that i come in as he didn't want to take any risks. Went to the stand-in gynae yesterday evening (Arrived at about 4:30pm and was only seen at 7pm! ) But everything turned out to be fine. Whew!!! I don't know if I can go through another scare like I did with my daughter. That was a very traumatic experience. My heart aches so badly for those ladies who have actually miscarried becasue for me, just the scare I had was scary & traumatic enough. The issue that my gynae had seen around my placenta etc is apparently a cyst or something and the Progesterone tablets are not supposed to make it disappear but they are just to support the pregnancy. Apparently progesterone is normally given to women who have miscarried before or the doctor sees a risk that you may miscarry. So I was told to stay on it for as long as possible. I must just phone my original gynae today and see what the way forward is. I may also need to go in to get that same Sticth/suture in that i had to put in with my daughter. Apparently if you've had it put in before, it is always safe to put it in again as a safety measure. *sigh* can't I just have a normal, stress-free pregnancy?

Anyway, sorry for loooong post. Just glad everything is ok. I was trying to get gynae to tell me the gender of the baby. I was convinced that I saw a little winkie but doctor was NOT entertaining that AT ALL! He said I was seeing things and there is no way to tell yet. I'm still convinced. Hubby and I have made a R1000 bet on the gender (not that we'll ever actually pay each other R1000)

have a good day.

I love you all!! Thanks for all the advice its really helping me a lot!!

Im heartbroken today, my friends mom died last night. Dh is scared that it wasnt good for the baby as i was quite upset and the more calm i tried to be the more i cried. Do you think it will have an effect on my baby.

I know my friend for 10years and she was there for me when i lost my dad. What made it worse for me the whole evening we chatted and she asked me how to deal with it and do i think its the end. and the next bbm was my mom just died.

Another day closer to my scan yippee and im still waiting for my desk. he said he would put in early this morning and still no sign.

Hope you all have a wonderful day

Take care

Hello Pregnant Fairies ...

Wow this thread is thriving! Lovely to see! I must admit I am still trying to get used to the idea of being pregnant again. Its amazing how much more relaxed you are about it second time around (And this does not mean I don't buy preggie mags ) I think there is pandemonium about how we will get everything together in such a short time I guess. We were very blessed with our son because we had almost everything we needed. So now its just wants really.

My LB is almost 17 months. Jordyn is the light of our lives and has been an extra easy baby (Thank the Lord for the easy transition into parenthood). He has just fallen ill about three weeks ago for the first time and even then we only realised when he was at the Ped how ill he was. He had tonsillitis, after one course of antibiotics he had to go on another and now ten days later its back again (well I dont think it cleared hundred percent!). I am so grateful for a Ped who doesnt play around and makes everything easier to understand. We had a rough Saturday night- Jordyn was unsettled in the start of the night then he woke screaming at 1am and puked his heart out which is scary when you have a kid that never even spat up as a baby. He cried and cried and cried.......Had no idea what was wrong. Anyway long story shortened- took him to the ER on Sunday morning as I didnt think it was an emergency to phone Ped. Well I will never waste my time or money again. I paid all the after hours fees blah blah to see a GP that said its probably a upper respiratory infection/virus. He gave us a script that was as long as the bible and I walked out angry. He didnt listen let alone look into Jordyns throat(especially after I told him he has recurrent tonislitis). So I reluctantly phoned Ped who said meet her at the Ped ward in 20 minutes which was really sweet of her. So after all that it was tonsils again and now we have to see an ENT. She says he is still a little young for the op but if they need to then they will operate. So I have that hanging over my head next week. Any of you second time moms have advice? I agree if it needs to be done, why wait.

I am trying to read back to the beginning of the thread and will post as I can remember.

As for me, I have a gynae appt on Wednesday next week and I cant wait to confirm how far I really am. I think I may be 8 weeks as I had what seemed to be an oddly light AF last month. I am also not really happy about going off the Glucophage as Gynae said because a month ago I was diagnosed with IR and my insulin was 30 which is really high.

Some of you are almost past first trimester already! wow! I am lucky as I have had no MS, and I hope this is a follow on from first pregnancy. Do you think there is any truth in the fact that it will probably be a boy again? I dont really understand the logic in that. I think every couple would love a pigeon pair and a girl would be divine but we really dont mind either way.

Bottle advice- I think I agree with the wait option. You really dont know if baby will need a bottle or take to a bottle. I only realise now that I took a chance buying it all. Luckily J took to Avent bottles and I did BF and Formula together( Yeah I know its a crime). But Avent are nice besides the leaking issue from time to time with these rubber rings.

Belaine- I must be honest I had a BF pillow and you can really get value out of it. If I had it before bubs was born I would have used it to sleep with. I then used it for feeding-which is great when you had a csection. I have still not packed it away because before J sat nicely I used it as a safety net and now I still put it down on floor for him if he wants to lay in front f TV etc. I was lucky cos one of the midwives made them for R150 and they were made with a little more thought process. The preggie rolls are quite pricey.

I also had a emergency csection first time round so have opted for the elective C section second time around. Easier when you know what to expect.

So now just the wait for the scan next week!!! Hate waiting. Cant wait for everyone else's updates on their visits. And I am sure we will all have healthy pregnancies.

Chat soon ...