August 2015

its actually a bit annoying...hehehe
but i eat what ever is right in front of me and with no extra effort.
last night is was a hand full of grapes, the night before some yogurt.
but yes, i should just keep a pack of provitas next to the bed, then i do not have to get up

luckily, i still have everything from my previous pregnancy, so i just have to sort my cupboard.

Hi StellaK, thanks for the feedback. I'm going to look for a dopler immediately. Thanks also for the feedback on the monitors, I guess rather safe than sorry. haha - your midnight hunger is funny! What do you eat as a snack at that time of night? I received suggestions to eat provitas and marmite or peanutbutter.. luckily it hasn't come to that.
hopefully you sleep well tonight. P.S I bought some cotton trousers from Pick'nPay clothing yesterday - they are so comfy.
really worth having a look if you are in need of clothes but don't want to spend a lot of money.

Dearhel, thats a hectic situation with no water
please get yourself tested for a bladder infection, that is just hectic painful, treat it before it gets worse.

sorry about all the bad weekends. may this week just get better then.

Ayesha, that is just so adorable. unfortunately, somehow, a preggy belly is public property. its only getting worse as your tummy grows. best is to be stern about it if you don not like it.

Simone, hope you can start feeling baby move soon.

C-telly, hope you got you meds by now and get better soon.
as for your quastions:
1. if something is wrong then your body will react to it. but you as a mom will always worry about baby. what is really nice if you want to spend the money is to get a dopler - i received one as a gift, so in the evenings we sit for a while and listen to baby's heartbeat. but one you start to feel baby move, that will give you peace of mind. with my first i only started to feel the flutters at 20 weeks.
2. i would recommend a monitor with sound and movement. we had a few babies in our family with breathing issues at the beginning, so a monitor was an absolute must for me. we got the angelcare one with the movement pad and it is very sensitive. but it doesn't give an alarm if baby just rolls of the pad, it still picks up his breathing even if he doesn't sleep directly on it.
and the alarm is loud enough that baby will get a freight when it goes off and start breathing again.

i think i might have cravings with this pregnancy. its now 2 nights in a row that i wake up at about 2 then i am just extremely hungry, luckily not for something spesific. hubby just had a huge laugh about it.
today i am so tired i am just falling asleep infront of my computer. at least this day is almost over.
my tummy is now growing fast. will have to go sort out my cupboard and get all of the maternity wear ready

Thanks Simone, strangely it helps knowing I'm not the only one wondering if baby is fine, faith will have to do for now. At least I booked my 4d scan for Wednesday, so that will help a lot. Its so bad that you are still feeling sick. I really hope it goes away quickly. You must be so fed-up by now. All my sympathy.
Thanks for the info on the monitors.. we live in a duplex house, the rooms are upstairs and the living area, kitchen downstairs. so monitors is a must for us.. I just need to decide which one.

Lol Ayesha....just enjoy the tummy! Get one of those personalised t-shirts and let it say: Back away from the bump! ha ha

I love it when I start showing. I lost about 8kgs in total. It stabilises, then goes up to 10...then down to 8/9kgs again. I think I'm going to lose again this week as my weekend and day has been awful.

Ctelly....for a bladder infection it would be antibiotics...that's always been my experience.

It's difficult to trust now that everything is okay. 8 weeks is far between appointments. I was in between gynaes at one stage so went to a GP for scans inbetween as the can was about 8 or 10 weeks apart between the 2 gynaes.

Once you are passed 24 weeks or so, you will rely on movement to give you peace of mind. For now, we can only go on faith.

I myself am wondering if baby okay this side. My sister says I am puking so much, how can I wonder, lol...but I'm not showing, I don't feel fluttering yet (which I though I did about 2 weeks ago)....so am anxious.

RE: monitors. I got just the sound one with Josh and it was good enough for me. I'd say especially if you have a preemie (which I hope nobody does) , get the one with the mat.

It also goes on what you can afford. I got the cheapest edgars brand one for about R800 and I wished I just put the R400 by for the angel care one (price at the time) as there was a lot of static. That being said though, ours was used purely when baby was having naps and we were in the lounge. At night he slept in cot in our room.

With my firstborn there was no monitor and she was fine

I hope I can find that Edgars one somewhere....the way I threw and gave things away, one would swear I didn't consider having another child, when it was always a possibility. he he

Hi Simone - it was very frustrating, I want to ensure that everything is fine.. so i'll take the pills. i think the dr said its antibiotics.. but the pharmacist insisted that it must be probiotics.. he called the dr bur he already left the office, this was 2 hours after I visited the Dr. We were on our way to JHB for the weekend (we stay in Secunda, Mpumalanga) all the pharmacies were still closed when we left the Dr to the best was to collect the pills in JHB..
Thank Ayesha, I'm feeling slightly better.
I've started to show. Some of my work colleagues are looking at my tummy (frowning) but they don't dare to ask.. haha.

sjoh - Goodluck Ayesha, seems like you really do need a few days off.

Ladies - my thoughts have gone again.. so I have two questions:
1. Seeing as my Dr appointments are so wide apart (8 weeks since the last one) How do I know baby is fine. is there any way of me feeling good (apart from my current infection) and yet something is wrong or will I immediately know if something is wrong? I need some peace of mind between the waiting period. I'm not sure whether I'm feeling baby or if I've got digestive problems.. haha..
2. My second question is a bit easier (i think): we are looking into buying baby monitors, our options are the ones that only provides sound, the ones that has sound and video option and then also the ones with the video and the mat to put under the baby, ensuring the baby moves at least each 20 second interval etc. what is the best. I think one can use the monitor again later (even when the child is a toddler and playing in his/her room) but not sure if the mat is necessary ?
thanks once again (in advance) for your comments. This forum is really awesome.

Simone i expected to be the same, lost 3 kilos since i concieved and have an tummy, but my tummy is growing rapidly and become very noticeable... no every one wanna touch it and i hate ppl touching me by my belly lol