March/April 2013

Sleeping hmmm well. Tuff days and good days....
New thing my little one has learnt is to kick so hard my tummy moves really weird seeing that.

I didnt sleep well last night, she was very active and u Zee? how u doing any new developments

Hello ladies,

How are you all doing? anything new?

Wow, Nix u've decided on the name? Daniella is a lovely name ... When it comes to food i'm really not that good. I've only just started eating meat (except chicken) just recently. couldn't stand it during the first trimester and early 2nd trimester. i was literally living on veggies, fruit, pasta and beans...

what cant you eat right now? i'll ask for simple recipes for you.... I'm still sleeping well, my tummy hasn't gotten to the point where it affects me or makes me uncomfortable.

Has your sleep pattern changed much? except your 2 am snack time?

Chandreb, how's your sleeping?

Hey Nix....

I have not descussed that with the doctor as of yet, due to my cervix problem i have, she is worryed that the baby comes between 32 and 36weeks, so they are monitoring me month to month, i have to take two tablets each day. because of the problem. they wanted to put the stitch in but i was to far along in my preg for them to do that, and they said that if they had done the stitch at 22weeks i would have lost my little girl.

if you read the new love and living mag, (the one about babies) it actually in there. read the article last night and i went cold, cos app its a common problem with ladies, just no one has really picked it up.

And no one talks about them miscarrying in the 2nd trimester.

i think if the doctor says natural i will do it. but depending if my body can handle natural i am very small. and that was worries me. gna send you a private msg, with my bb pin.

enjoy your day

I also used to make my self so paranoid with everything i read in the internet so i stopped otherwise i would make myself a nervous wreck during my pregnancy and not enjoy it. Just try be possitive. I would suggest you buy a doppler from Baby City. They are R550 with the gel and they work with one of those fat batteries but it comes with the device. It would just but your mind at ease.

Do you sleep comfortably still?

Thank you, i crave fruit salad but i try to eat fruit everyday. Will go to the fruit and veg this weekend and buy alot of fruit and make a huge fruit salad - hope i have enough space in my fridge I have started eating all bran again with a banana. Usually i will wake up and round 2 and have a glass of milk and then around 6 i will get up and have low GI bread with cheese every morning - cant live without cheese, milk or yogurt Daniella is going to have strong bones and teeth . I usually have oats around 11 and then around 1 i will have left overs from the night before or salad or cous cous salad from woolies and i love orange or mango juice from woolies supper will be raost chicken, pasta and vegetables or something like that. I am getting bored with food lately, dont know what to eat anymore.

Do you have any nice recipes for me? I seriously need ideas

Yes, it was such a relief to be passed the 13th week mark but then i heard of people having miscarriage/stillborn babies which didn't help my paranoia, guess i'm still paranoid which is why i'm waiting till the 30 week mark.

Your Doppler sounds so cool!.... I'm not sure how much I've picked up but quite a bit by now, think possibly about 5 KG or close to it. i'm still wearing some of my pre-pregnancy jeans and my tummy is not big yet. if you don't know i'm pregnant, you'll probably thing i've had one too many burgers

I eat alright, as close to normal as possible but I've found that i can't eat much in the evenings. if i don't eat by 18H00 i'll probably go to sleep without eating. I eat a lot of fruit during the day and either a sandwich or a salad.

The tiredness doesn't go away, but i've found it a bit better recently which is why i'm itching to go back to gym.

What do you normally eat? try to get some fibre into your diet. i've found that all bran helps with the sluggish feeling.

Thank you

I suppose a womans body was built to have children . These days there are just so many options available to us.

I know how horrible and stressful it is when you start bleeding. I am so glad that everything is fine now. Its such a relieve when you reach 13 weeks I brought a angelsounds doppler which you can listen to the heartbeat from week 10 and it gave me such peace of mind and from week 12 you can hear movements and hickups also. When i was about 13 weeks, i heard a sucking noise but very loudly. It was absolutely amazing and now that she is much bigger, i can hear the valves of her heart smacking closed and its very loud and quiet scary but it depends if she is lying on her back directly under the doppler.

You can definately see i am pregnant because i have a big ball in the front and i eat alot. I wake up hungry early morning and have to get up and have a glass of milk which most of the time puts me in a nice deep sleep. I have picked up about 6 KG but most of it has gone to my tummy. How much weight have you picked up? How are your eating habbits?

Lately i have been getting so uncomfortable after lunch and i eat the same amount that i would normally eat and then i get so tired. Do you experience the same?

I'm worried about how my lady bits will get back to normal ! hope it will be fine though....

Thanks for the shopping advice, will definitely keep it in mind when i do my shopping.
It's good that both your doctors are so close together, so i'm sure you are getting the best possible care.

So sorry to hear about your miscarriage, i can imagine anything worse for anyone to go through, and i'm so glad you are expecting again.

At about 7 weeks or so i had quite a bit of spotting, the doctor was concerned and gave me a week's rest. and i started bleeding a bit at 12 weeks, must say that was quite stressful. but everything is fine now. if i wasn't gaining weight, i wouldn't even know that i was pregnant!

How's your weight gain?