February 2014 Mommies :-)

Morning Ladies

Glad to see everyone is doing well and that we have 2 ladies given / giving birth

All is still well for me. nothing changed my side

Hope everyone has a lovely day

Hi Ladies,

Just wanted to say good luck to mrs_tl with her c-section today!!!
Can't wait to hear an update and see pics of Maria


Also getting a bit worried about hopeful, hope she and the girls are doing well.

Good morning ladies!

@mrs tl - very shmart planning with your leave there lady!!! Are you at all bored though? Do you have any hobbies that are keeping you busy or just relaxing, reading, enjoying the quiet time?
We are only starting prenatal classes next week - I'm actually quite nervous about it. Worried it completely freaks DH and I out!
Regarding the Berry Elixer - surely you can take that already? They recommend it for fatigue during the pregnancy so I'm sure there is no harm? Maybe ask at the Dischem/Clicks clinic if you go in there? I hear you about wanting to do what you can to have milk but not wanting to be engorged - all the painful stories I've heard... yikes

@ Izzles - hair and make up!! That's still an on your feet, tiring job!!
Have you booked that pedi yet? I have been doing gelish while I've been pregnant, but only once a month.. thinking maybe I should just soak off next month and not reapply cos my nails are going to be the least of my worries once baby is here and if I can't find time to go to the salon now, I will def not be thinking about it then!

@ JeanineK - hope baby turns again!!! I must check that website out - didn't know there were things you could do to encourage baby to turn (besides the massage thing). There is still time though isn't there?
My DH was flipping channels recently and came across some show on BBC where this doctor was trying to get the baby to turn by massaging the mothers belly. DH went green, watched about a minute of it and had to change the channel... lord only knows how he will get through antenatal classes and the birth itself...

@Belinda - it must be so difficult having hubby away for so long Is he scheduled to go again soon after Danique arrives? I've never heard of a c-section booked so early in the day... it's not a bad thing, it's not as though you'd get any rest the night before anyway, so the earlier the better
Sorry to hear about the nightmares... that's horrible. Have you tried taking some rescue remedy or something? Hope they stop! I'm sure you are stressed and tired enough without that adding to it.

Thinking of Hopeful and her girlies, hope they are all ok and she gets a chance to let us know soon.

AFM - saw doc on Wednesday, Nugget is weighing 1.513kg's, cord around her neck but doc is happy. Confident natural wont be a problem. Decided we will only induce if I haven't gone into labour by 40 weeks.

We were washing the carpets in Nuggets room on Sunday and discovered that the water feature that runs along the bedrooms (that we have recently fixed) has caused damp on the one wall in her room. I am so annoyed. We've been in the house for just over a year, the feature was supposed to be running when we moved in, but of course wasn't and we have been on the previous owners case since then, but nothing - finally fixed it ourselves and now realize that they didn't do a very good job, clearly... and have to deal with damp on top of everything else. We knew it would be an expensive year but my word... it's just one thing after another now. And there is no way I am putting her in her room until the damp is 100% sorted out. Which means she will have to come into our room (which we want to avoid)..

Good lord I talk a lot.... sorry ladies!!

Hi Mommies


Glad to see its going well with everybody and their little ones.

Just a quick update from me.....

Sjoe time is flying by like crazy! Hubby have been in Ghana for a whole month now and will be home 17 Feb. So glad schools are starting next week cause my oldest is driving me crazy! She is starting Gr 1 and cant wait.

Had my gynea app on Tuesday and Danique is measuring ahead. My gynea booked my c-section for 26 Feb 04:30 the morning. Dont know why that early but that's the docs orders. So also booked my room at the hospital and got the list i have to pack. Now the stress for the c-section is starting to kick in and i am having some bad nightmares.

I also started washing all the baby clothes and bedding just to keep busy. And went for some pajama shopping for the hospital.

Congrats Hopeful cant wait to see pics of your little girls and good luck for the rest of the ladies with the final stretch of your pregnancy!

Hi Ladies,

Can't wait for an update from Hopeful - but also remember from my own c-sec, things are HECTIC And that was with one full term baby! Shame, can imagine she has her hands full with two prem ones!

Went to the midwife this morning - bit of bad new... baba has turned again, and is now breech!! After being head down at 28 and 29 weeks!!

So off to spinningbabies.com, and I'll try a few of the positions and see if we can encourage her to turn back. Midwife also mentioned that the external version (where they try and turn baby manually) is not an option, due to my c-sec scar.

OH WOWWWWW HOPEFUL!!! Ive been checking and checking in here and now all of a sudden there is so many updates.. now that Im on my way out the door..

HOpeful ... Ek glo en vertrou dat ditbaie geod gaan met jou en jou klein dogtertjies! Ek hoop en bid hulle is sterk en sal baie vining sterk word met jou melkies. Siestog mammie, hulle tweekies is seker so klein!! Hulle is gewoonlik nog kleiner as wat die sonar "predict". Kan nie WAG om fotos van hulle te sien nie!
Sterkte vir jou ook, hoop nie jy het te veel pyn nie en dat alles sommer goed gaan met julle 4!

Will do personals later.. on my way out the door.. So awesome to hear from you all again.

AFM - Im a hair and makeup artist - luckily NOT a wedding planner, I would NOT want that job and especially not now!! Would Looooove a pedicure now.. I can still file my heels in the shower but oh my no way of painting the nails!! I still have gel on my toes from late nov. they need to come off and make way for new fresh looking feet. Better make an apt for next week I think?

Hi All,

NicsFish, no, our offices closed from the 20th of December and they re-opened on the 6th. I had leave built up so I took this week as vacation leave (otherwise I'd lose it) and maternity leave from the 13th since Maria is coming on the 14th. In essence, I'm only working on my own nerves and my poor DH's at the moment. I am now busy washing all of Maria's newborn and 0-3 month clothes, as well as the blankets and bedding again. I also had a period at the start of the first trimester where I was very neutral about everyting - that lasted untill we went for the prenatal classes and it got real. Don't know about it being odd, you're pregnant, I don't think anything can be classified as odd at this stage!!

Welcome back Happyness! I feel so sorry for you with the puppp!! What does your doc say about her arriving sooner?

AFM
I have stocked up on the berry elixir and alfalfa supplements for breastfeeding. Does anyone know when I can start taking it and whether to take it before birth already? I've googled it like crazy and get a different answer on every website. I want to have plenty of milk but also don't want to be engorged to the point of bursting as that is apparently very painful.