Due January 2015

Nadia, totally understand. was also thinking wow not getting sick, cause hubby still very sick, and yup this morning woke up feeling like a zombie, first overslept, then head was pounding, blocked nose, sore throat.

And to top it all, was in bed very early last night, then sister in law called to ask if we can quick look after her kids, her husband was admitted to hospital and she needs to go there. only got back at home after 11 -SNOOZZZZE!!!

I still have this constant pain under my left rib and on my chest ,not sure if its because of accident. cant do anything to find out.

sorry for all the complaining, so glad tomorrow is Friday.

Enjoy your scan today Natsvan

Have a lovely day ladies

Morning all

MommyMe, was just saying yesterday that naarness not so bad and this morning

Murphy!!

Hope u all have a good day

Natsvan enjoy the rest and scan tomorrow. Everything will be fine.

Thinking of you and what you had to go through and thank you for sharing. Its so true how important those things are. Something no one wants to think about but its reality.

Not feeling so well myself. Very short of breath and my bump looks like 6 months preggies already.

Rest well ladies and sleep tight

Hello all

Thanks MommyMe! Can imagine it must be so stressful dealing with the insurance etc as for naarmess, mine comes and goes but not too bad thank goodness! Hope your hubby is doing better?

APotgieter I'm also struggling with eating healthy! I just want chocolate! Going to try and curb myself a bit because I'm going to be huge if I don't!

Joans, thanks so much for sharing burger recipe. Def going to try it! Enjoy having ur mom in law here!

Natsvan, all the best for tomorrow. So scary to hear about your managers wife! Shame man and being so young makes it even harder to comprehend. Feel so bad for the kids

Hope u manage to relax on your leave.

All ok my side. Just busy busy at work so running around like a headless chicken.

Hi everyone.

I am finally on my 6 days rest from tomorrow, yipppppeeeee. Been working for a month non stop so pretty moeg!

Goin for our scan tomorrow afternoon at 3pm, can't wait, bit nervous, hope nugget is healthy.

I am really struggling with eating healthy, I just look at a lettuce leaf and want to gag (which is odd for me), but chips, chocolates and all things bad are yummy. At this rate I'm gonna be a heffalump by 9 months!

On to some not so nice news. As you know I live and work at a game lodge, we all have our own little houses so get to know each other quite well (some days its a pain to see eachother 24/7!). On Sunday my manager phones me and asks me for the doctors cellphone number, 2 minutes later he phones back and asks me to call an ambulance. I waited at the bottom of the road to direct the ambulance to his house as quick as possible. The ambulance arrived and an hour later I heard that his 40 year old wife just collapsed after a shower and died. Completely shocked beyond belief They have two kids under 10 who now don't have a mommy and their daddy is in a state of shock. Been the most draining few days putting together a memorial service for her and speaking to so many people phoning the lodge to find out what happened. She died of a heart attack What we have all learnt from this is, you need to appreciate every moment you have with your family, work can wait, family is important. Also, get a will/testament together that covers all your wishes and also states a guardian if God forbid both parents die, its so important. Also, do you know each others bank account passwords and things like that, its amazing how much you realise you don't know when someone close dies
Hope this hasn't been too morbid but I just needed to get this off my chest.

Well thats it from me for today, I'm gonna go get out of my uniform and into pjs at 4:45pm coz I can!!!! Hold thumbs for our scan tomorrow

Hello everyone!

Nadia I'm glad to hear all is well and the scan was good! Homemade burgers are pretty much the easiest thing ever to make, the basics are that you just need mince and egg. The egg makes the patty retain it's shape, and I usually also put it in the fridge for 30mins or so for it to settle even more. I usually also put some finely chopped union in there and spices (rosemary is particularly yummy). Pan fry and voila! I also usually health it up by using ostrich mince, and using big pan fried mushrooms (shitake usually works nicely) instead of buns, with some rocket, cheese and tomato. Yummy!

MommyMe I can relate with the sleeping thing. Its a pretty big bummer also goodluck with the car claims, must be such a headache right now.

I haven't started buying blue yet, but maybe because I haven't really had time to go to the shops in the past week! Also mother-in-law is visiting from Joburg this weekend so we'll be busy busy!

Alicia I've also been battling with my diet. My sweet tooth is back with a vengeance and it's difficult to control. So although all the meals I cook are super healthy, the snacks in between are a problem! I think its a pretty common problem. Yay for the scan on monday, you must be so excited! As for the cold, I have been taking occasional baths, but not too hot. The heat problem is more like with a sauna or a spa bath when your core temperature rises, that sweaty forehead feeling, and I know that can be harmful, so I just make sure I don't ever overheat when I do take a bath. Did a bit of research and apparently the rule of thumb is that it should be cool enough that you can comfortably get into the water, and not ease yourself in bit by bit (feet are the best indicators!).

How is everyone else doing? It's been very quiet!

Hi everyone Tuesday already time is flying

I also feel a lot better but I feel fat as well I think I should start to eat healthily but man its hard I don't feel like a salad I feel like hot wings KFC and pizza and fudge and chocolates

I am going for my next scan on Monday I can wait to see my little bean again I hope the doc will tell me its a little girl, I know girls are harder to identify so early

How is everyone handling the cold - I so badly want to get into a nice hot bath steaming
With my first pregnancy I was pregnant the whole time during summer time so it was easy not to take hot baths and drink a lot of water now I quiver if I see a glass of water going to get lots of stretch marks due to no water intake, this week I have been adding a slice of lemon making it a bit better.

sorry it feels like I am complaining a lot today

How is everyone doing you guys are so quite - Alicia