Born Oct/Nov 2015

Oh my word Louise Marie, is this just your unlucky week or is this the norm?? I really hope you still get to see Disney on Ice!!! *fingers crossed*
Im glad you are keeping on top of Discovery, such a massive company and they just think they can do whatever they like En rerig, dis nie asof mens hulle peanuts betaal nie!! Urgh

My lg has been so sensitive these last couple of weeks. Yes, shes super excited about getting a sister but shes sooo jelous!! If someone looks at the scan photos and says "ag cute" then she will butt in and say "im also cute nè"?? She took the "baby's room" sign off baba's door and put it on her own door and told me "eks ook jou baba". i can see some tough times lying ahead. i really try to spoil her too whenever i do buy baby something, and i really go out of my way to praise her and give her extra attention. She just such a sensitive soul my poor angel!

Hahahahahaha!!!

Blerrie koei verseker! Hopenlik kan Vitality dit nou vri my uitsorteer en soos ek vanoggend vir die Discovery Relations Manager gesê het - ek is klaar die hel in vir Discovery omdat hulle in my opinie k@k prober stir het by my werkgewer met hulle oproep, en toe nog boonop die FEITE verkeerd gehad het. So sy besef sy moet nou baie versigtig loop om my... Die feit dat my vouchers teo nou nog ook weggevat is, het nou nog net die situasie vererger vir hulle.


Unfortunately the Disney on Ice did not happen... I won the tickets through DSTV. They only informed me on Thursday afternoon, and the show was for Friday evening @ 6pm. When I still didn't receive my tickets by Friday afternoon I phoned to enquire... They forgot to deliver my tickets to the Dome's ticket office. When I asked if someone was able to deliver the tickets to the dome for me - no one was able to assist and it was already 3pm.

When they eventually arranged someone to bring the tickets to us at the Dome, it was too late - we didn't want to risk driving all the way to Jhb and the tickets wasn't available.

Traffic was anyway a nightmare and eventually the lady from DSTV phoned me at 5:30 to advise that she is also stuck in traffic. So we wouldn't have made the show on time anyway. So yes... it was not a pleasant experience.

The lady from DSTV as well as another manager, eventually contacted me to say that they are sorry about the mess and that they will arrange for new tickets.

So I'm waiting to hear from them... But my luck they will now give me a time that I won't be able to get off from work!

Morning everyone,

How was the Holiday on Ice Louise-Marie?? Did your lg enjoy it?? Sorry to hear about your pelvic pain, sounds hectic!!! Never had anything like that or the BH, holding thumbs i will be lucky this time round too.
Hope they sort out your vouchers, and i really hope that stupid manager gets sorted out!! And hows that lady about your fb question?? OMW did she not get her fruit loops that morning?? Blerrie koei!

Hope everyone has a awesome week. i have the energy levels of a snail!!! Really could go home now and sleep for the rest of the day.

I read up about that as well! Pretty interesting.

The store I went to was The Glen Shopping Centre. Good luck and hope you come right

Hi LM

Can you maybe please give me the name of the Babies/Toys R Us you got your vouchers from? Discovery/Vitality is now investigating why I didn't get my vouchers.

Hi LM!

I was most certainly ripped off!!! In my last weekly pregnancy mailer from Vitality, they even said I must remember about my R100 voucher which I can can use at Babies/Toys R Us.

According to the manager, all the vouchers including the R100 off voucher have been discontinued as from 1 June 2015.

I tried phoning Vitality whilst I was in the shop, but their lines are only operational Mon - Fri, during office hours.

I already had such a fall out with Vitality/Discovery, cause after posting my query on FB, one of the ladies had the damn audacity to phone my HR to tell them I am apparently posting "unsavoury" comments on Facebook!!! So HR came to me and asked me what was up - I immediately showed them my original post with all the comments and they agreed that my question was in good taste and directed to Discovery directly - in no sense implying my employer. So I replied back to their Customer Relations Manager and guess what - NO RESPONSE!!!!

So now I'll e-mail her again asking about the discontinued vouchers and why one person was allowed to use it over the weekend, but I wasn't.

Most likely she took the vouchers to use it herself or to give it to someone!

The bag content look more or less the same - you got some maternity stuff, where I got the Karvol Arnica oil and the Vaporising lotion.

About the pain - I did some intense reading on it over the weekend as I overdid it a bit on Saturday being on my feet the whole day and shopping. Turns out if you've suffered from it in your 1st pregnancy it will get worse in following pregnancies. And I had it really bad in my first - although it was only in my 3rd trimester... I waddled like a duck and it constantly felt like my LG was going to "fall through"... It was terrible pain!!!

I then found out that it will happen sooner n a next pregnancy. What happens is that you walk/sit/lie down with a "unlocked" pelvic. Or one side will lock in, but the other side won't - which causes the pain. They said that you can apparently "lock and unlock" your pelvic with some "moves" to assist with the pain. But I have NO idea if I'm doing it right or not?

I purchased myself the "Calc Fluor" tissue salts on Saturday from Dischem (the dischem brand - 250 tablets for R50), and I can swear it is helping!

It really works for a range of other symptoms as well including stretchmark's!

Good Morning Ladies,

Wow did I miss on a serious chat session amongst us all

Firstly Juanita - that bag is amazing! And pretty awesome with all the necessities! Did you get that from Medihelp or Dischem?

@Lillyr - that is really aweful that your friends baby has been diagnosed with that, although with my first pregnancy I remember watching every baby show available on TV and that actually seems to be pretty common, its amazing what they do to fix it though and agree with the other ladies rather find out now than have that shock when the baby is born! However on that same note I think I would be an absolute wreck with all the pregnancy hormones I think I would be crying 24/7! Ill be thinking of your friend and praying all goes well

@LouiseM, hahahaha you made me laugh so much regarding your post about the pain. Just make sure you don't have it constant in your pubic bone as they say that's actually a condition which can worsen!

I have been getting major Braxton Hicks contractions, didn't realise that ive had them for a while, I kept telling people I feel really heavy randomly through the day, but from Friday they have been much stronger, tightening up the whole belly and then I desperately have to go to pee checked my pregnancy app and apparently you can most definitely feel BH contractions from 20 weeks (or before if second pregnancy) as long as its not more than 4 in a space of an hour and apparently can be due to being dehydrated.

I thankfully still have my medula pump - just got to take it out of storage and see if its still working. Although I struggled big time with breastfeeding and expressing - think it gave me slight PND as everyone was on my case to 'do the right thing for the baby'. I eventually gave up and went straight onto formula two week after having my first. Im going to try breastfeeding again but this time im not going to pressure myself if I cant get it after the first week and I just cant express enough milk - formula it will be!

Just reading all your experiences takes me back as well as a first time mom everything is so overwhelming!

@Pillpusher I absolutely agree with you on taking things as they come.

Ive had people ask me if im going natural again with my second and ive told them, you never know what could happen - I would love to have natural again (even though my experience was most certainly not the best story to motivate natural - I actually think I would turn people off natural lol) however an epidural will most certainly be called earlier as the pethidine did very little to ease the pain, but I am prepared for a C-section although In my heart I truly hope I don't have one. the only thing I am really praying for is that he comes during the day as my LG arrived at 1.02am and I was so tired after being in labour from 1pm the day before, she was born and put in my arms but I was so tired and just fell asleep so didn't get the proper bonding time with her

Regarding antenatal classes I wish they had refresher classes - really want to go to the breastfeeding one but DH reckons this little boy is a boob boy and will just take to it

@LouiseM your photos are amazing I cant wait for mine in October

@Pillpusher I know what you mean lol I went to Polly Potters toy store for my LG and pointed to all the boys toys and could've gone mad!!

Also got my Discovery bag this weekend thanks LM!!!
Although my bag had a few different things in to yours. The lady also took out the vouchers but then asked me if I was going to buy my car seat now so I said im not too sure she responded with well, youll get 60% off and you can use your R100 voucher as well and then the difference you can pay in - when looking at the toddler seat it was R899 - stunning Narnia car seat and said ok why not - landed up paying R249 for it!! Either we were very lucky or you were ripped off!

Here is a pic of what I got



Also registered at Dischem and got my discovery healthcare card and as from 3rd trimester will get my bag!

How many of you have already started getting your hospital bag ready?

Have a lovely day all