AUGUST 2014 BABIES!

Hi All

Sorry that I've been so quiet!

China_bean we share the same due date...YEAH! And it's also our 1st pregnancy too.

Went for 1st scan on 10th Feb...I was so emotional...could hardly speak! Baby's legs were crossed & umbilical chord was in the way, hoping to see gender on 7th April at our detailed scan. I heard that if you drink soda or sparkling water before you go your baby is more likely to be more active during scan. Sonographer kept tapping my belly to get better view.

My bump is way bigger than others who also give birth in August. Wishfully hoping this is because i'm only 1.56m.

I'm from the Northern Suburbs(NS) in CPT & birthing at Vincent Pallotti. Hoping for a waterbirth with Sr. Angela Wakeford (no water-birthing units in NS). Anybody experienced a water-birth? And with Sr.Angela? Back-up Gynae Dr.Jacky Searle. Meeting her for 1st time in two weeks.

I had a whole mouthful from friends last week how I shouldn't put my baby in danger by having a midwife as my primary caregiver...and now I am SUPER paranoid!

Also, have Siastic Nerve Spasm in left leg...urghh! Anybody know a chiropractor this side of the world that specializes in pregnancy?

That's a mouthful from me! Lovely chatting to you ladies!

Hi All

This is the first time that I will be chatting on a pregnancy forum. I am 19 weeks and 1 day pregnant, my baby is due on the 12th August 2014. Its my first baby and im really excited. I havent found out what the sex of the baby is, hopefully will find out next week at my 20 week scan, as per my OB/GYN next weeks scan is a "detailed" scan. What does that entail.

Do any of you have tips on how to make the baby more active for the scan? what worked for you guys......

Hey all,

How you doing?

Going for my scan again this afternoon, can't wait to see
our little one again.

Anybody have an opinion about what hospital to go to
in Pretoria?

Good day ladies

Congrats jupiter on finding out the sex and hope you get to see the sex too on the 1st Eve.

I have my scan on the 28th, truelly hope this child don't play games or else the sex will remain a surprise until birth. Crossing my fingers tighter together for it to be a boy, as the date draws near. So i can buy things, but if its a girl i wouldnt complain. Just means less shopping.

My little one had a tummy bug for almost 2 weeks, starting to clear up...

Also starting to feel more pregnant, cravings for chocolate has increased. Which is not good, as i just gotten back to exercising regurlarly...dont even want to look at the scale. Is anyone else feet starting to kill them?? At the end of the day, they are so sore and tender

Hear my midwife delivered another successful vbac yesterday, this after 3 ceasarians. It made me feel more confident that i could have one too...as i really want to give birth naturally.

Enjoy the short week and your bundles of joy

My gynae has referred me to a sonographer for a 20-week anomaly scan. He didn't discuss it with me or present it as a choice, he just gave me a referral letter and told me to phone her and make an appointment, which I did. My previous gynae with my first child also referred me for an anomaly scan, but he referred me to a fetal specialist. That one cost me R1000, which I had to pay in cash because my medical aid at the time wouldn't pay it. So this time round I was also expecting to pay around R1000 but when I asked her on the phone what her fee was she said R500, so that was a pleasant surprise.
I'm quite looking forward to it, will be nice to see baba in more detail and it's on 1st April, which is just around the corner.

My little boy has an eye infection GRrrrrr. It's going around apparently, he must've caught it at school. It makes me so mad when parents send their kids to school when they're sick and then infections are spread around like wildfire. I hope I don't catch it! Last thing I need.

One good thing about having another boy is that we really don't have to buy much. There are loads of baby clothes from my first son, and today a friend of mine gave me a whole load of boys baby clothes that look brand new, so the nursery cupboard is already stocked full of clothes. We've also been putting aside DS's old baby toys and books that are too babyish for him now. Looks like we won't need to do too much shopping after all. If we were having a girl I would've wanted to go to town on the pink and girly clothes, toys and nursery decor and my bank balance would've suffered lol.

Enjoy the short week, ladies!

Jupiter - how exciting - now you know blue shopping time!!!!!

Right from the start I've said I would cry if I found out we're having a boy because this is our last baby but recently I've started coming to grips with having a boy and that it has major positives too. Someone at church said this to me - girls make long life friends that are like sisters, quite easily, but boys on the other hand; you hardly make a friend like a brother you've grown up with all the years. That made my heart happy! It kinda makes me want to have 4 kids - 2 boys and 2 girls so we get the best of both and so do they heehhehehehehe.

As for maternity leave - mine is also unpaid but we all know that preschool teachers don't get paid much so it's not like we're going to be missing out on that much - all worth it in the end.

Fetal assessment - wanted to find out - is this a given with most gynaes i.e. will most gynaes automatically send you for a fetal assessment at either 13 or 21 weeks? I remember going to a special scan with Connor but I can't remember how far I was and it certainly wasn't at the Cape Town Fetal Assessment place at Kingsbury. It was at my gynae's partner who works at the back of Kingsbury. Just wanted to know for interest sake - and also if we can't see gender at next week's 18 week scan then I was hoping for detailed fetal assessment at 21 weeks to check all is well and also gender.

Weight - seems to have slowed down a bit on the scale but not on my body - shooting it at all angles especially my rear end!

Starting to really feel pregnant now. Took me a while for it to feel real.

Can't wait to go shopping

Have an awesome rest of the weekend and a brilliant next week if I don't hear from you ladies before then.

xxxx

Ha ha, I just saw that the emoticons automatically appear when you type them with brackets and dashes.