August 2015

I went for pre-admission at a Life Hospital & I am quiet disappointed the lady who does pre admissions was not in for the day and nobody was standing in for her, so I had to leave my documents at the reception - without being pre-admitted, no documents or tour

Morning ladies

Wide eye thanks for sharing the contents of the bag, I am picking mine up today perhaps if i have time...was dying to know what's inside.

Ctelly your shower pics are lovely. How cute is that bear on the bike made with nappies???

Stella your boy is too precious!! Love the pic!

Kel my shower is also on the 4th.

Mine is a breakfast at Tiffany's theme. My sister is going all out...there will be no silly shower games aimed at me....had that at my 1st shower and that was enough.

Whoever got that compactum and cot for R2600...wow that's a steal!

I have still bought nothing except some cloth nappies. I will buy after the shower....3rd pregnancy syndrome I think. Honestly no stress to buy anything. My 2 kids keep me too busy to think about buying stuff.

I see a week ago I posted I'm not showing....and today I look like a beached whale. wowser...where did this tummy come from all of a sudden! oi.

To everybody else...I read all the time, just no time to reply to everything, but I try.

Keep well and enjoy the last few weeks!

Hi Ctelly. It's not a nice pain at all... the longer I sit here at work, the worse it seems to feel.
The only time I find relief is either when I'm at home and can lie down (well, semi lie down propped up on pillows..) or when I'm walking or standing.
Impossible to stand and do invoicing... Tried, lol, and ended up frustrated not being able to reach the desk properly past the bump.
I did read somewhere online that it should get better once baby turns and the uterus drops ready for birth... Here's hoping, coz Panado... it's like a swear word in our house now. Poor DF offered me a Panado every time I complain about the pain, and I was actually so close to throwing the bottle at him that he just keeps quiet now.
Poor man. I think he can't wait for baby S to get here just so I can have some relief and stop threatening to throw things at him!

Just in case I forget, (preggy brain syndrome)...
Happy Birthday in advance to you Stella and Ctelly! Hope you both have awesome days and get spoilt absolutely rotten. May it be a blessed year for you both!

Hi Daerhel - so interesting reading your msg regarding the chest pain.. i'm also struggling with it.. at first I thought it might be heart problems.. then I thought my bra might be to tight... but yes the dr said its only muscle stretches. Good luck. when the pain gets bad I lie down and drink one pain pill. it helps a bit.

P.S Stella - hope your planning a long weekend for your birthday this weekend? I see you're on the 14th.. ? Mine is on the 16th!

I haven't bought any special washing powder or anything yet... waiting till I have the compactum then I'll start in stages. Probably round month end. Don't want everything to go and get all dusty on the plot.

I know how you feel with the fatigue Kel.
I think I'm lucky so far, only getting up once or twice for the loo, but it's getting really hard to find a comfy position to sleep in.
I'm still struggling with extremely sharp pain under my ribs on the left side.
So bad I even phoned the Dr.
All he could tell me was that it is the muscle stretching, but if it gets any worse to come in so he can check. Apparantely in very rare cases the muscle can tear.
Here's hoping it gets better.

I agree with you one the games part of baby showers.. I've already asked for no games or dressing up, hopefully everyone respects that.

I've bought elizabeth anne laundry detergent for babys clothes, yet to wash anything yet. Will wait for leave to start the washing.

Don't know about you all, but I'm already starting to feel extreme fatigue- sleep is getting difficult & going to the loo 4-5 times at night is really getting to me during the day when I'm on the road.

Morning Ladies,
Thanks for the compliment Daerhel. I'm quite happy and must say this pregnancy hasn't been bad at all! except for the occasional pain in the side or discomfort while sleeping. Little Alexander and I are working well together.. haha.
My mother in law and mother were very kind to me on my baby shower, they played games but I wasn't put on the spot. one of the games was to get safety pins out of a rice bag while blindfolded.. another game was passing around a gift according to what gift I opened (e.g. when I got something blue they had to pass it 2 times to the right, onesies were 4 times left) the person who had the gift when I opened the last gift won it. (hope it makes sense). but I do agree that when people put you on the spot and dress you funny its quite annoying.

Enjoy arranging the baby room. I assume you all are going to wash baby's clothes before he/she arrives? i'll start with all the washing of all the blankets, onesies, etc by end July.. Arial liquid soap is safe right ?