Babies April 2015

Hello beautiful ladies
i am so behind with whats happening here.
Will try read and reply before the end of the week. Faffy@ I know the feeling of dissapoinment, please try find some one to speak to about it so it doesnt end up causing pnd and hardship in bonding with your beautiful boy. Its hard to shake the feeling I know but you did well and tried your best. I will find some info on some other moms of what they did to help them through those feelings.
My life has been rough lately with a family tragedy that happened. Miss being here and will be back soon. Still not much sleep from my side but Khanya turned 1 month already on friday and I cant believe how he has grown and feeding every 2-3hours.

Wow congrats on your baby boy, wish you all the best and welcome to Mommyhood.

Hey ronelleB. And other ladies.
I'm alive!
Baby joined the world at 8 mins passed 8am yesterday. I had a very intense and stressful experience that ended in emergency c section. Was Very disappointed in myself as I opted for a epidural since I could not handle the intense labour pains that were coming frequently but no getting me dilated as fast..I was in labour for ages and couldn't get passed 5cm. I took the epidural and was in labour for 12 hours and made it to 9cm but the water didn't break. So they eventually had to break it which then closed my cervix up a few centimeters.. so we only made it to about 7cm. It was becoming dangerous for me and baby so we did the cut. I was in tears and upset with myself. But apparently my babies head was not engaged in the correct orientation and he was getting stuck and no moving down. Just my pelvis was not opening up enough. The doc said nothing I could have done differently would have changed the outcome. Anyways..It was a long battle and in the end my baby and I are happy and healthy and out in one piece. So far my boy is amazingly well behaved sleeps all day. So in love with him.

RonelleB. I wish you all the best. I hope you are stronger than I am with labour and I pray that you get a lovely peaceful experience that everyone deserves. I can' give you any advice except that you are the only one who can decide how you want to hhandle every step of the way.. so take a deep breath and Trust yourself.

Hi ladies!

Soooo, now it's only me left...last to join, last to labour ...

Hope everyone is recovering well and having a great time with their precious little parcels.

Nothing new this side, just hovering around. Will check in again later.

Faffy!!!_ I hope today is the day for you, if not, just try to remember that your LB will pick HIS day carefully, all things will happen as they must. I completely understand your frustrations and anxiety though. Trust your body, and if in doubt that you're in labour, you're probably not quite there yet...They (mmm the infamous they) say that you will KNOW when you're in labour

And yes, all oils from Dischem, note that the witch hazel is not kept where they keep the other essential oils (like lavender etc), they keep them where they keep the epsom salts, castor oils etc.

From my side, just another night and another bright morning. I am helping my sister write an article for her studies, promised I will do it. I need to be sure to finish it before LO arrives, so I'm doing that today, just in case...

So here we go again. Intense pains in my lower abdomen. Comes in waves quite often but lasts a few seconds only. It's very sore and there is some blood. Could be nothing, could be something. How are we supposed to know. Can't sleep through it though. Lying down is more painful than sitting up. Probably just warm ups again. At least I'm getting some breathing practise.

I had a bit of a break down last night.
But I'm feeling fine today. Told hubby I also want to go do something today. Go for a walk, go shopping, go have breakfast. I don't want to sit at home. Just want to forget about waiting.

So may babies it is then I'm okay with may. If we were having a girl I was going to call her April. I probably wouldn't have been impressed with her right now. He he he. But it's a boy.

I really appreciate the support from you ladies as well.
Need to still find witch Hazel. Found all the other oils. Did you find it at dischem?