Due January 2015

Hahaha Joans, jou "nesting" instink het begin inskop!

My twee sent, gebruik dit ten volle! Met my eerste het ek alles in ons huis reggepak, en georganiseer met labels en alles. Ek dink nie my huis was al ooit in so goeie toestand nie. Ek het ook bakke en bakke kos gemaak wat ek gevries het in porsie-grootte houers. Dit help baie, vir daai aande wat jy net wil neerval en slaap en nie lus het om te kook nie. En met nuwe baba, is daar n paar sulke aande

Have a great day ladies!

Hello Everyone!

Sorry I've been so quiet, busy times!

Glad to hear you all are still doing well, can't believe how close we are getting now, eeek!

Nadia we are only moving once the baby comes, I think my parents are just gonna come load everything while I am still in hospital and then I can just go home and settle afterwards, which is nice. But we will be moving quite a lot of things beforehand, the baby room will be completed and ready, and most of the other areas we can already sort out the basics prior to the big furniture move. I'm glad to hear the spotting was nothing serious, it's always scary when you worry about the little one.

Natsvan I'm also starting maternity leave on the 1st of December, so we only have 3 and a half weeks to go! Whoop whoop! Can't wait anymore. I also had my team worrying that I'm going to pop before this TV series is done, but in the end that IS the case, as the schedule went waaaaay over, so I'll be working from home on some of that starting end January.

MommyMe how are things going that side? Has the bleeding stopped yet? I really hope you can carry out your preferred birthplan. Keep us posted!

Robyn sorry to hear about the gestational diabetes Hope you are taking it easy, at least we're almost there!

AFM I feel gigantic but I guess I'm not as big as alot of women, and it seems that my weight gain is really contained to the bump and boobs. I'm not really gaining weight at this point, seems like I'm stuck at about 9kgs, but Nic is waaay bigger than he has to be anyway so my doc isn't too concerned. I hope this means my body will go back to normal quickly after, haha! I'm going for my next appointment on the 10th, so we'll see how he's doing then, but he feels HUGE, and is still rolling around all day long, so I'm happy. I must say I haven't had too many issues, my back gets a bit sore if I spend too much time on my feet, but other than that it's just my broken sleep that's bothering me. I don't know if anyone else has been experiencing this, but for the past few weeks I have been OBSESSED with cleaning and cooking. It's absolutely compulsive, and I've never been that bothered with everything being tidy all the time. And I just want to bake pastries and cook everything I see. Very odd!

Anyway, I hope you ladies have a lovely week

Hi Ladies

I hope you are all doing well!

Sorry I have been so quiet, had a few busy weeks, and last week was a complete blur. Worked 14-16 hour days, only got home after 1pm on Saturday morning. Happy to report that things should be more relaxed from now on

APotgieter, geniet die scan. Jong, ek is ook maar baie rond, moenie te veel jou bekommer daaroor nie. Dit val in elk geval baie maklik af as jy borsvoed. Met my eerste lammetjie het ek 8 kg in die eerste 10 dae verloor, en die res binne 6 maande na haar geboorte. Ek hoop dis weer so maklik!

Robsyc, so sorry to hear about the gest diab. I also have swollen feet, not only is it a pain, but it is so unsightly! I don't like it at all. Plus the fact that your feet wont fit into closed shoes, make it difficult to hide those big "vetkoek" feet

Even though I had a rough week at work, we went to the Baby Expo on Saturday. Sjoe, it was busy! We bought a few unique things (not sure we got anything for cheaper though), but I just did not have the energy to stand in the long queue for the discounted nappies. I should have known better than to attempt the Baby Expo in my tired condition ...

Only about 2 and a half months and our second LG will be here! This pregnancy feels like it is whizzing by. I have not bought much as we have everything from the first time around. Just basically need nappies and wipes.

Kyk mooi na julleself dames!

Hello hulle

Vertrou dit gaan goed met almal. Bly om te hoor hoe pragtig almal se babatjies groei

Alles is goed my kant. Kan nie glo ek het nog net 8 weke oor nie dan ontmoet ek my grootman

Sover is my c-section geboek vir die 29 ste December. Het so gehoop Dr los dit op die 5 January, maar hy se hy wil nie kanse waag nie.

Geseende week vir julle almal en alles vir die beste met jou afspraak donderdag APotgieter

Hi almal

HOEKOM is julle so stil lyk of ons groep besig is om dood te loop my een vriendin het sondag uitgevind sy is swanger baba is due in Julie

Ek kan nie glo ons is al so ver dat mense al Julie baba's verwag nie

Dit gaan baie goed met my net lekker VET jong hoop ek skud als af na die baba gekom het. Ek gaan Donderdag weer Dok toe op 31 weke

Hoe gaan dit met julle hoe groot is julle baba's al ek wonder wat Stiaan gaan weeg op 31 weke?

Hi all!

Hope everyone is doing well! Can't believe we're in the third trimester!

MommyMe, so glad to hear baba is doing well. Now just look after yourself! Enjoy your 4D scan, don't forget to post some pics As for your back probs - I also suffer so much, but I then went to baby city and got a bamboo-pedic posture support for when I'm sitting and it has helped so much I can't even describe the relief! It is R99, and SO worth it! So maybe go have a look?

APotgieter, your pics are TOO adorable!!!! it's just so amazing seeing how much they're growing!

Joanie, how are you coping with your last couple of weeks before maternity? Hope all going well!

AFM, I have been having so many issues so my doctor made me go for a glucose tolerance test and lo and behold I have developed gestational diabetes! So I'm changing my whole lifestyle and have to go to doc every 2 weeks to get checked and make sure little Nathan is doing well. Of course the moment I found out I changed whatever I could from that second - anything to make sure baba is alright! Other than that, they caught it early and he is still within normal size range - yesterday he weighed 1,3kg at the 29w4d scan. My doc also had me fill out my hospital admission form and everything and keep a card with me with all the necessary details should I go into early labour and she is not available - I just give it to the doc so they know what's going on. Anyone else get that yet?
I'm also suffering really badly with swollen feet - and it's really painful!

Is anyone going to the Baby Expo this weekend? I'm quite excited about it - it's apparently much better than the last one, the baba indaba. Bigger and better! So I'm planning to get all the last essentials and extras I want - hoping there'll be specials

Have a great day ladies!!
xxx

Morning Everyone

So we had our 27 week scan on Tuesday. little baba is weighing 1.144kg. Very happy about that!

Everything else looks fine, my blood pressure went up a little from being low all the time during the pregnancy.

I also had some bleeding again during the night on Monday, it hadn't stopped yet, last night was also a lot.

We decided to go with the midwife and moved hospitals, the dr was really nice about it and understanding, he will be supporting the midwife should there be any complications. He did however tell me that I should be open to C-section if need be, the bleeding is quite a bothersome matter.

The midwife was really sweet and supporting. She suggested I end work as soon as possible and don't do ANY lifting! It can cause the placenta to tear and put me into early labour. So I really have to take it easy from now on.

We are going for our 4D scan on Saturday, then only seeing the dr again at 34 weeks - mid Dec. in between will prob be with the midwife.

Any more news from anyone?

I am finding it harder to sleep from the past week or so, have bad backache in my middle back. Not nice. But I am enjoying every little movement she makes, so im taking all the symptoms with pride.

Have a nice day.

MM