Due April / May 2018

Good Morning beautiful mamas

Welcome Botha

Vicky its great that you are getting treatment and you and baby will be fine.

Lariska sorry about your friend, death is always so painful because we never prepare for it. Please do take care of yourself, dnt stress too much so your sugar level can go down. All the best with your appointment.

Botha as far as i know a doctor is not able to work at a hospital that he has no affiliation in. They are only allowed to work at hospitals they have registered to work in. You either need to find a new doctor at that hospital or deliver where that doctor is affiliated.

I am very excited today, i went for my app yesterday, I am very happy with the doctor, she informative and gives me time. I wont be using the epidural, going natural. I couldnt see much on the scan so i wont post the pic, but she also confirmed that it is a girl coz there is no third leg, unless its so small that they cant see it on the ultrasound, hahahaha. The doctor is worried that i will have a big baby because already at 29wks she is 1.4kg which is 3.09lbs normally babies at this stage are 2.5lbs. She said if at 37wks she is 4kg then i will have to go for the c-sec, crossing fingers that she doesnt get there. So anxious for her arrival now. even though i have only bought a bouncer.

Have a great weekend ladies

Hey there ladies...
Welcome botha !

Im so relieved to hear they found the cause and you can be treated for it acordingly .

Sorry i have been offline àwille. A good friend past away and we will be goin to the funeral on friday.

My sugar is spiking ,not good at all will be seeing doc on 5th feb will take it from there.

Take good care

Evening Ladies

Am Botha originally from Port Elizabeth but i have been staying in cape town for the past 9 years I have been on the blog for months now but been quiet .Am 24 weeks with my 1st baby boy i just need advise from you ladies i have been seeing a doctor at mediclinic in cape town

I got engaged early this year my fiance is in PE ,so we planning for me to give birth in Port Elizabeth where am originally from ,problem is now am wondering if its gonna cause any problems giving birth at a hospital my doctor is not affiliated with.My next appointment with my doctor is on the 12th of Feb ,Has any of you ladies been through this i will love to hear from you i stay alone with my younger sister in cape town will need all the help i can get from my parents and my fiance

Hello Ladies,

Lauz,Joonsie Mosaneo and Lariska

Lauz praying for mom...

Joonsie, Stay relaxed how you feeling now????

Lariska You back at work???? My son cant wait to meet his brother.

Moasaneo dont stress too much take it easy...

AFM was quiet for a while,,, So the contraction like cramping i experienced made me be admitted in hospital. I had it from the eve of 1 Jan but thought would blow over on the morning of 3rd i couldnt take it anymore and went to hospital.... Was admitted and found i had high Chemical reactive protein which indicates inflamation in my body but they could not pin point it.

Anyway was there untill 7th of which i am now on Progesterone support to support my uterus.... Baby still okay have an appointment with my gynae on the 29th....

Have a good day ladies and take it easy....

Morning Ladies

Lauz thank you so much, your words are so comforting to me. Seems like you are a strong person. I really appreciate being in this group ladies, I look forward to reading your updates.

I am praying for your mom.

Thank you for your advise, i will discuss with the new gynea and tell her my concern then take it from there. Maybe if the pain before 4cm is not bad i can go without the pain block but if i feel lots of pain and the baby is big I will opt for pain clock. I will just book the pain block in advance so i dnt experience problems when i need it.

I also heard of a person who went to Genesis but still ended up with a c-sec, i would be very angry after spending so much i still end up with a c-sec. I am also planning to tie my tubes, if not on the delivery date then i will do it when i heal coz my Fiance is not on medical aid bt he also does want to do a vasectomy.

Good morning All,

Thank you all for the well wishes for my mom! She unfortunately couldn’t start her treatment due to the medical aid not authorizing it so now we wait!

Amazing to hear all the babies that are growing so well and Due dates are being pushed earlier and earlier!

Joonsie gosh what a scare regarding your heart rate. Please keep us updated regarding it.

Lariska so glad to hear you finally felt your little ninja kick and that you’ve had a baby shower! Send us some pics if you can ?

I know my maternity ward pretty well so won’t be needing a tour lol when are you going through?

Mosaneo I’m really concerned about you please please please do not keep in your emotions. We are here for you and I really suggest if you are feeling somehow depressed in anyway to speak to your Gynae asap!

I wouldn’t be too concerned about going to a new Gynae so late! I know some moms on here that changed gynaes after 30 weeks and you must remember your Gynae retired so it’s not as if you made the decision to move!

Genesis is amazing but yes they expect payment upfront which is pretty difficult for some of us and I have had two friends go there and landed up having c-sections after being in full on labor if it’s meant to happen it’s meant to happen!

So for me regarding pain, my first was an semi epidural (I was able to wiggle my toes and feel my feet) although I wanted to go fully natural due to the fear of not being able to move my toes etc lol, I had pethadene which lightened the pain but I think I had it too early. I was in Labour with Ali from 2pm, Ali was small 2.5kg and I eventually was tired and needed vacuum suction to assist I also only eventually had her at 1am in the morning and my water didn’t break as it was above her so all these things contributed to her being suctioned.
Liam on the otherhand was 3.2kg I insisted on an epidural but he was to have none of that. I was admitted with my cervix high and 1cm dilated at 7.30pm my husband went to Nando’s and came back thinking we were going to have the same situation as Ali a whole day (evening) of labouring. By the time he ordered and came back I was in some pain and terribly nauseous, the Sister checked me again and I was 5cm dilated in that short space of time she got me some pethadene and popped and anti nausea injection in and went off to phone the anesthetist, my water broke and I pretty much needed to push immediately, I wanted to get sick and the gagging made me want to push, I nearly had Liam without my Gynae that’s how quickly he came he was born at 9.45pm I honestly can’t remember the labor due to the wanting to throw up the whole time that helped forget about the pain but I feel it was a much easier process being in control of what I was doing than having the epidural.

This time round I’m prepared for anything I’m going in with the same mindset I had for both to be prepared for anything, if it so happens that I require a c-section then so be it! I will mentally prepare myself for all options, although natural is my first choice!

I also will take into consideration that if it so happens that I have a c-section I will have my tubes tied as we honestly can’t afford to have another child. If I have natural then hubby will need to go for the surgery but I’m mentally preparing myself for that too just incase!

You do what you feel is best, although be prepared for anything is the best advice I can give. Stay strong and please chat to us if you feeling all these emotions.

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Morning Ladies

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with your families.

Happy new year, i wish all of you the best for 2018.

I have been reading all msgs regularly, just dealing with alot of emotions so i just keep to myself and not communicate much. This pregnancy is really an emotional roller-coaster for me, actually overwhelming, truly cant wait to finish. the way i am i even fear post-natal depression .

Lauz I am so sorry about your mom, you are truly strong. I hope all goes well with her treatment and she recovers well.

I am happy that we are all able to feel our babies move, those moments are so special. Its like the baby's communication with mommy , although some are painful like when they press on the bladder but i still love all the moves and kicks.

Sorry about the health scares, we must all pray to stay healthy and have healthy beautiful babies. Take care of yourselves ladies, we are our babies lifelines.

Since my gynea dropped me last year due to his retirement i am waiting for the doctors to return from the holidays and make an appointment with doc that he refereed me to, i am quiet nervous coz i am 27 weeks which is very far along to be hunting for a new doc, some docs can refuse to take me on. I wanted to use epidural like i did with my second pregnancy but it scares me coz it slows labour which can result in me having a c-sec and i dnt want a c-sec, i want a natural birth. I even contacted a natural birth centre called genesis, my medical aid covers it but the midwives and docs there want patients to pay upfront and claim from medical aid and i am not able to do that.

Ladies pls advise, pain block or should i go all natural, so scared of the pain though. It was such a breeze to deliver my second baby but the first one was horrific, the pain was crazy.

All the best to you ladies, stay strong.