July 2009 Moms

Oh man Paula those pics are so cute, love the egyptian head thing! Just saw the clips on FB, too cute - smart little girl, knows where to go jaag aan

Sorry that you are feeling down. Saw your reply on Jana's blog post and I have to say I'm with you on the only company being a sleeping husband

Trying to get past the feeding chair:






Finally getting past:


The object she was aiming for:

Funny faces:




Nuwe taktiek, neem fotos terwyl sy eet en sodra die mond oopgaan is die lepel in....sy het toe slim geraak en so begin smile:


My egyptian kopdoekie:
Wat is die ding ma????


Ok, ek sal smile:



Maar nou moet hy af!!!

I think thats exactly why my induction failed, because I was strapped down with all the monitors and every time I moved they went off like ambulance sirens and people would come rushing so I was trying my best not to move which is so wrong!

They told me c-sec now because there is no point in waiting any longer (after just over 7 hours) and they said B was in distress when on the monitor her heartbeat went above and under the line only once, but I was on the second highest drip setting already.

I can think of so many could have, should have, would have scenarios and I feel cheated. I'm still not over it. And for the next c-sec I'm not allowed to pick B up for at least 6 weeks! It was crap sore and I'd really rather not have more children than go through that pain again!

thanks Charlene, word baie waardeur!

yvette/marijke: i just dont know if its worth the whole thing, imagine you going through labour only to hav to go for c-section later. marijke: hoekom was bianca om die einde a keiser, was dit nie iets te doen met ontsluiting nie. what are the chances you will dialate next time...

skitter: ai my bolla, klink asof jy a groot drukkie nodig het well sending some love your way ok

marijke, its a loooong story! throughout the pregnancy with ashley i had terrible kidney infections & inflammation (hydronephrosis). i had been seeing sue and ciska right through and they gave awesome support. i planned to have ashley at vincent palotti where they do the VBAC's with douglas' backup if needed and becasue its an awesome theatre. at 35 weeks preggers, i was in hospital for the 6th time contracting but not dilating. the thing about VBAC's is that the risk of unterine rupture is totally minimal, BUT if it happens and you are not near a theatre, you and baby will probably die. that;s why i was petrified about actually going into labour, knowing that i live so far. VP from here is 45mins with no traffic and labour starts on its own time. you need to be in hospital as soon as you think you are in labour. they insert a catheter to check if there is blood - there may be a small rupture and you don;t know about it. they also are hectic about foetal monitoring too incase there was a rupture but the blood pooled somewhere and didn;t come out. truth be told, i hated the c-section, it was so fast. one minute you lie down and the next minute there;s a baby in your face. i ended up having the c-section because i was scared about not getting there intime, as well as being sick and tired of being sick. the kidney issues were totally due to being pregnant as as soon as she came out, the kidneys could drain properly again... i was on antibiotics for about 6 months as well as other drugs. i was exhausted from work. it seemed to me then the easiest thing to do was to have the c-section. i wish now i hadn't
i had steroids given at that visit to the hospital at 35wks, and she born the next week at 36wks.