Born Oct/Nov 2015

i went to the shops with dh earlier, i hated the way people looked at me i dont know if it was because my tummy is big or cause i was walking slow, i just went back and sat in the car atleast as of tomorrow ill be counting sleeps too .
But i pray he holds on just a little bit for me to go to his brother's concert, it starts from 8.30 to 11 i think ill manage, but will see.

Kimmy, you have a big baby, so I can just imagine that pressure...

Hey Kimmy - hope you feel better. If "anything" happens, good luck and keep us posted if you can!

Ladies!

Today am just not feeling too good, i feel like the baby will drop out any minute. I cant walk for long. I feel soo tired, i just want to sleep, maybe ill wake up better tomorrow.

@Louise - definitely! Babies don't come with instructions. I'm trying to follow advice and guidelines as far as possible, but am definitely not going to not do something or alter my plans if I feel I need to. Trial and error! My right side is feeling a bit hard and tender so tried to feed more from there and put a warm compress on it when I went down for my nap a little while ago. If push comes to shove I'm going to hand express that (haven't bought a pump yet, going to get nursing bras tomorrow) just to avoid any blocked ducts. Hopefully you and Larissa won't have the same issues you and Elmarise had.

PP - one thing I learned with Elmarise... the books are nice and they give a lot of advice... But if your body and baby is not textbook style/majority, then it helps NOTHING.

I suffered a week with engorged breasts... Elmarise was feeding A LOT, as you can expect of a 4kg baby. I told the nurses I have to milk coming in and Elmarise can't finish it all - so they said I should just let her drink more. But how do you force a newborn to feed, when she had enough?

I asked if I can express, and they said no, cause then I'll only produce more milk.

Back at home I thought stuff that, and I started expressing on day 5 cause my boobs just got harder, fuller and more engorged.

The breastpump was my lifesaver!!! I would have Elmarise on the boob and let her drink as much as she possibly could, till she pulled away from the breast. Then I would put the breastpump on to assist with the last bit and let down.

That way I also managed to stock up a nice supply of frozen milk and my boobs weren't engorged any more.

I've packed my breastpump in for hospital, just incase... I know out of experience I produce a lot of milk. So I'll rather just be prepared this time around.

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Hi again

Was browsing my Little Life magazine that came in the hospital bag and saw this product. I've just ordered one, got sent a R100 off voucher for Takealot that expires tomorrow so bought this and a car window shade:
m.takealot.com/#product?id=PLID28006737&...uid=29792612&extra=1
Looks like something very helpful for changing time - one item to grab instead of two, no screwing off of lids or pulls seal tabs.