Babies April 2015

That is so awesome Nels!! So happy for you! Cannot wait to see baby Khanya!

Gloei... I hope it happens soon for you. I know that discomfort.


I had a really bad Easter Monday... Lots of Brackston Hicks and baby was very unhappy... He started complaining at 0230am and was so busy all day... Which did not help the discomfort factor. My back and hip area is in some serious pain. As of last Thursday he was engaged but no sign of my cervix changing so hoping when I see my doc this Thursday... That something would have happened... I am getting even less sleep now... Got only 3 hours last night. Too uncomfortable!!

I am sure all of us will be relieved when these little ones arrive! Thinking of all of you... Hugs all round xxx

Nels!!

So good to hear from you!! Love your LB's name! Welcome to the world baby Khanya.

I am so glad to hear you are recovering better than with the first C-sec and that the belly binder helped you too.

So interesting that the boys look alike, I am having an idea that this LG is going to look similar to my older LG too...Judging by the 4D photos.
Too cute with big brother helping!!

Would love to see pics once you can manage.
Take care of yourself!! xx

hello ladies

been trying to post a pic of baby Khanyya but both phones not allowing me. when i get time on the laptop i will try again. I am recovering very well compared to my first cs which is awesome. I have been blessed with an easy(so far) baby. if you give him food he is happy and will sleep for 3hrs straight and awake like clock work 3hrs later. dh is over the moon, he has been so hands onand taking care of everything and just allowing me to rest.
I bought the belly binder (carriwell brand) andmust say it made a massive difference , so now I can say for .e its working very well and reallymaking the healli,g process better.
Amara loves his brother but I can see the competition starting, he helps with changing and bathing baby alot too and its so cute.
the funny thing is that baby Khanya is a spitting image of Amara as a newborn. they look like twwins born 5 years apart lol. will try and post pics soon.
how are ladies doing?
Gloie and newbie and signs yet?

Hi Ladies,

Everyone still here after the full moon??

Hope everyone had a good Easter weekend?

I am grateful as it seems as if I have recovered from my cold. So relieved!!
From last night around 8:00 I have been having more intense sensations. Lower back is taking strain, almost couldn't sleep as I was so uncomfortable. Having loads of braxton higgs but no pattern to anything. Just came back from my midwife appointment. All looks good, my cervix is 50% effaced (thinning out) although no dilation. Baby is not fully engaged but almost. She said that she is happy about the effacement and the dilation and engagement can change in a couple of hours. So, it can happen any day now or still 2 weeks...ha ha ha!
I must say I have a feeling it will still be this week, or at least I am hoping because the level of discomfort has gone up a few notches in one night...Have to keep saying positive messages to myself to counter the level of discomfort.
Had a very lovely reflexology session that was very relaxing and she was stimulating certain pressure points and showed me where hubby could do the same.

Would love to hear how everyone is doing!!!

Exactly gloei

Newbiemom - So this what you are talking about...

Did you know that some maternity units actually have more staff available during periods of full moon?

I've always been fascinated by the moon's effect on nature, so when a friend's wife conveyed to me what her midwife had told her during the birth of their daughter, I decided to find out more about childbirth, full moon and a possible link.

On speaking to various medical staff involved in natural childbirth, the first thing I learned was that expectant mothers often experience false signs of labor during full moon.

Contractions known as "Braxton Hicks" -- sometimes noticeable to the mother and sometimes not -- become more pronounced and many travel to the maternity unit in the belief that "it's time". Disappointed -- or perhaps relieved -- they return home, the pains having subsided and with no dilation of the cervix.

While these expectant mothers visiting the clinic with their mistaken signs of labor are part of the reason why extra staff are needed, the major difference is found in the number of women whose amniotic sac -- the water -- breaks.

Just as some women experience false labor pains, in cases where the water breaking marks the start of childbirth, full moon is the time when it's most likely to happen.

In order to discover for myself whether this could be true, I asked several female friends how their births had started. Those who responded with "the water breaking" were then asked the date of the birth. On checking this against a moon phase chart, I discovered that almost all had given birth on, or very close to, a full moon.

The theory is that the moon's gravitational pull effects the amniotic fluid in much the same way as it effects the water in the sea, rivers and even the water that's otherwise found in our bodies.

As a woman's body prepares for natural childbirth, the amniotic sac becomes distended so the point where it will easily burst if put under pressure. Under normal circumstances, the pressure of labor contractions bursts the sac. During a full moon, the pressure caused by the moon's effect on the water inside the sac can cause the same things to happen, but without the accompanying contractions.

When this happens, natural childbirth doesn't always move forward and with no other signs of labor present, the obstetrician may decide to induce the birth. During my own study of this phenomenon I found that of 8 women whose births started with the water breaking at full moon, 5 of them had no accompanying contractions.

A coincidence? Perhaps. But surely midwives wouldn't prepare themselves for an increase in natural childbirth activity if there wasn't some truth in this?

One midwife told me that when it comes to planning childbirth, full moons should always be looked for around the time of the expected delivery. If there's one within a few days either side, the chances are your baby will be born on that day.

Hi Ladies,

Nelsn - Still thinking of you, hoping that you are recovering well and that it is smooth sailing from here on.

Newbiemom - are you saying we are all going to think we are going into labour due to the full moon??? Wha ha ha ha....Thanks for the warning, will keep it in mind should I be getting signs...