LADIES DUE SEPTEMBER 2015 :-)

hey Dieswartkat!

Glad u had a good weekend and are feeling better...

Wrt sterilization, one boy one girl is a perfect pair really and if 2 is all you want and your heart says enough r then do it. You are still really young so is there nothing less permanent that you can do so if In a year or so you decide okay I want 1 more then you can always undo?
What about birth control?
What does your hubby say?

Just ideas and thoughts...

For me personally I want 2 kids and that's it. So after the second I will prob go on Birth control again. Not sure of all the options out there...

Hello all!

Happy Monday (well, I guess it must be...because it's almost home time! )

Thanks for all your replies about the scans, it's really exciting. After Thursday's episode with the dizziness I went to Dischem on Friday afternoon to look at bp monitors. And I fainted in the damn store. My hubby was with me and everything was ok, but I thought afterwards how ironic: I'm there to buy a monitor to help me check my low blood pressure, and I end up passing out before I can buy one. Also came to realise that there are so many different kinds on the market, does anyone have a monitor or have some advice on which one to get?

Otherwise ok, had a good weekend. No nausea but have some lower back pain. I carried my little girl on Sunday, she's only 12.5kg but I guess I have to be more careful for now on. There always has to be something, can't just be easy and enjoyable for me

Berry, that's so exciting to have the real kicks. I also started with proper movements a week or so ago, I was expecting the same fluttering/bubbling sensation I had with my first pregnancy. This one is a kicker from day one.

TSC84, I'm only 18 weeks now, but it feels like about 18 months already!

Girls, can I make a confession? I think I'm going to opt for a sterilisation after this baby pops out. I've been thinking about it for a while and I think I've made my peace with it. When baby comes I'll have a boy and a girl, one of each is enough (for our situation, money, work-wise, etc). They do it at the same time as the C-section, so I think it's likely that we'll go this route. I just haven't had easy pregnancies, I don't want to be pregnant ever again. It's not even about my husband who is anti-vasectomy. But still a major decision to make at 32, hoping for some spiritual guidance, it's still a scary thought to me.

Hi Ladies,

Thanks for uploading your scan pics DieSwartKat. They are gorgeous and so clear wow. Amazing how low blood pressure can make you feel so ill.

I started feeling the baby move today Not only fluttering, but real "hard" movements. Loving it

Hi all,

DieSwartKat, your baby is absolutely beautiful. I wish I could get a scan every week... Did you have some salty stuff and is it helping?

dieswartkat he is beautiful and a big boy very happy for you indeed!

DiSwartkat,

Those are beautiful scans!!! he is a big boy and beautiful!! you are 20 weeks now right?

im guessing so the low pressure is what explains ur nausea etc.. my mum gets that way when her pressure is low. i also have lower pressure than normal. i think i inherited it from her...

well salt an vinegar chips always does the trick. i was told whilst doing my work medicals that i must keep a packet with me all the time and when i get light headed to eat it.... never needed it thankfully.

also those sour worm buckets from woolworths are great

well im glad the baby boy is doing well and happy

Hello,

Shoo, I had a really bad day yesterday with nausea and dizziness. At one point before lunch I felt like I was about to pass out. My husband came to fetch me at work (I wasn't up to driving), and when we saw the doctor a bit later my blood pressure was 60/45. Very low, and a bit scary. She's told me to eat more salty stuff (I eat a LOT during the day but not really salty things), buy a blood pressure monitor and check it daily. It meant that I spent most of the day vomiting and just feel really low energy-wise today.

The appointment went well, we are definitely having a boy and he is big and busy! Weighs 247g now, got really beautiful scans of him. I'm attaching his scans, look at our long toes in the first one! The second one shows his spine. Amazing, wow!