Oktober & November 2011 Mammas

Hello ladies!! Sorry I have bee MIA.... I have just been so very tired every night when I got home that I didn't even check my email or go online at all. Thanks to all the ladies who said how cute the scan pic is

Claire - I hope you are feeling better and how is your boy doing? You sound very organized as well....but the budget thing is true.....create one and stick to it! It works!

Skitterling - haha that is so cute that you saw the kick never mind just felt it hehehe....

Liz - you are so lucky that your ms is starting to disappear. Mine seems to be getting so much worse. I am actually at home at the moment just couldn't get going this am with the ms, it's so bad.

Lol Joe - I know the feeling of wanting to sleep under your desk...unfortunately my job involves allot of driving so it's hard.

Hey Chanz - Long time and a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to you!! I know I already can't wait for my next scan feels like an eternity away. Chanz on the work front...... I'm so very sorry that they are treating you that way....I know how you feel, you weren't here when it happened to me....but my work is also putting allot of pressure on me and threatening to let me go....It's really a awful feeling and my boss even had the odasity to bring up my maternity leave and a tun of "what if's" so I was really dapperest and I have my "meeting" coming up on the 17th when they will decide what happens with me. So not a nice feeling at all, but I honestly and truly believe with my whole heart that Nothing will be sent your way that you can't handle. So as Corney as it sounds just leave it up to...whomever you believe in and trust that it will all work out as it always does.

Mariete - how did the scan go?

Hey Kiara....it's been so long how have you been?? I think we need to start a unemployed forum hahaha! so so sad that people can be so mean and inconsiderate.

Thanks Lizel - please post some pics once you have gone for your scan. We did our blood tests last week and all came back clear Yayness!!

Chanz - I think baby city has nice cot's for about 2.5K! Nice questions about the bf...can't wait to see the advice.

AFU - as I said the ms is really bad actually worse than what it was the first 12 weeks?? Do u ladies think that is normal??

Hello Ladies

How is everyone? And where is everyone ? lol sleeping under desks maybe?

Wow Claire that is so helpful. Could you even bargain with your medical aid and get it reduced? Sjoe wish I could do that, coz we are on Discovery Classic Comprehensive and it costs a fortune. But we have peace of mind for good cover. I agree with you on the budget, its so important. I can't imagine spending without checking, i cringe at that thought. We lucky everything we have is on prepaid. We only have one cell contract but thats got a limit. I have also been checking junkmail and bidorbuy for 2nd hand furniture but not much avail But will keep checking. I have been looking at places in our small town that make cots and I can't bring myself to pay 4k just for a cot. But our scans are in Durban so will check out babycity with our scan on friday. Luckily we run on one car at the moment, i use a company bakkie which will obviously fall away later. This month we are working on making a monthly menu cycle, luckily I am a chef so I can use a couple menu cycles from work I prefer planning ahead.
I agree with you about breastfeeding. I mean I havent done it before but its something I am very adamant about. Do you know if there is anything I can do before bubs comes to make sure my milk is ready? I will most probably have to have a csec due to my pcos, does a csec really affect your chances of breastfeedn? I heard jungle juice works, but when can you start taking it? I have also been advised to ask the gynae to prescribe egglynol. Has this worked for anyone else?

Thanks Claire for your advise. Really helped

So how is everyone feeling? Who is next for a scan?

Has anyone had the nesting instinct lately?

AFM- feeling much better, starting to get my appetite back. And the nesting instinct hit me hard on saturday. Even wanted to mow the lawn but DH refused I will still do it this weekend lol. We have our scan on Friday and we can't wait

Hope you all have a fab afternoon

Morning Ladies

Lindy, that is such a nice pic, baby so well formed and everything. I love the 12-16 week scans you can see baby so nicely and they get to big and cant see the whole baby.

Deja, jy is maer! Ek probeer ook min optel maar ek vreet en eet nie. Ons skaal se battery is darm pap, anders sou ek seker 2 keer n dag gekyk het hoeveel weeg ek.

Liz, I also have a very nice nanny, she worked for me before the baby was born for about 3 years. She is really good with Zelri.

Claire, I would die if I had to have a budget on food You really planned everything well. I remeber Colby was a big boy. Were really proud of you for giving birth to him naturally.

Mariet, sulke mense maak my kwaad, my SIL moes haar seun by huis hou omdat sy hom nie rugby toe kon vat nie. Haar baas het aangedring sy moet Saterdag werk sonder oortyd

I am going for another scan on Thursday, we did some blood test but baby is to small so going again,

I cant wait to feel the baby move I love it and miss it. I am thinking of VBAC, but with my luck something is going to go wrong. I dont want a CS again so I dont know how the dr is going to get this out

Chanz...I thought long and hard about your question and there are lots of things we did and are doing now. But in all honesty, even while I was working, I wasn't earning much. So we've always lived simply.

Here's some things that help us to save money:
-Do a budget and stick to it (seems like a duh thing, but we suffer the months I don't do this)
-We have 1 car. We sold mine when I stopped working. It saves us a fortune every month...no service fees, no car insurance. If hubby works close to home (or close to the train/bus), think about selling one car and dropping him in the morning. Our circumstances allowed for this. I know in some houses it's not practical.
-We paid off the car so we don't have monthly payments on it. It was hard, but worth it. If you have a home loan...rather take out more on your bond and pay off your car. Repayments will be less (although you'll pay more in the long run)
-Make a weekly menu. Then your food budget is the same every month.
-Use cloth nappies. They are so easy to use, much better for baby and save money. We use the Mother Nature ones.
-Breastfeed. You can do it!!! Malawi has a 98% breastfeeding rate. IE something must be very wrong with you/baby to get it wrong. Formula costs the earth.
-We bought 80% of our nursery equipment on junkmail. Saved a bundle and most of it just needed a good clean then it looked new.
-We re-evaluated our insurances and changed some (like medical aid) Call your car insurance company EVERY year and tell them you're calling around for better quotes. They are desperate to keep you and will lower you amount. One year, I got them to lower ours by 25%.
-Use pre-paid everything (telephone, electricity, cellphone, internet) You control what is used then and don't pay subscription fees.

Ok, that's the end of my essay. Hope this helps. Like I said though, everyones circumstances are different, so you just have to cut corners where you can. GL

Hi Ladies,

Hope you're all enjoying your weekend. Can't wait to feel this little one start kicking...thought I felt something a few weeks ago but haven't felt it again.

Deja - I def will do natural again but I want to be more in control this time. Last time, I felt like there was so much medical intervention. I know it was because of his size and being over-due. This time I want a water birth and I'm not pushing until I want to. Also if by 39 weeks I haven't gone into labor, I'll ask to be induced. This baby is already looking big.

Shame Mariet, I can just imagine. I think that I would be terrified of a huge Barney if I were little. Hope he didn't have any nightmares.

My Aunt worked for a company like that, Kiara. She almost landed up in hospital from the stress. Her commission was goal based but every time she reached the goal, they made it harder. Not cool to work like that.

Glad your MS is going away Liz!

Hope you feel better, Joey.

Hi ladies,

It's been so long! Sorry for disappearing! I work in hell, so things can get a little interesting. I think I might also need to join the unemployment line. My boss has mood swings from hell and from day to day, the targets change. You can never achieve any goal. 4 people has already left due to unhappiness. I'm pregnant and already starting to show, so I might not be a great candidate for new work. I've been depressed and really unhappy.

Lindy, that's such a cure scan pic!!! Quite stunning!

Mariet, how did the scan go? Please post pics when you get a chance.

I can't do personals, but will try to tomorrow. I'm sooooooo tired, I'm just finishing off my pizza and falling off to bed!

Have a great weekend ladies. And those going to the Baba Indaba, enjoy it!

@ Deja - Ja, kan jy dink gynae toe gaan en het vanoggend net gevoeltjie bad....Wel, die oudit wat ons gaan doen is die hele Noord-Kaap, so elke liewe dorpie (Stella, Pofadder ens.) En met ons manne se werk is dit mos heeltemal totaal en al ONMOONTLIK. Ek gaan net wag dat ons die eerste vergadering hou en dan sal ek maar moet besluit.

@Liz - Bly jy begin die swangerskap geniet. Dit is 'n gevoel wat jy vir niemand kan beskryf. Aahh, jaffles - jy het my nou so lus vir dit!!!

Barney visited my sons school this morning When I phoned now to find out how it went, the teacher said he cried and didn't want anything to do with Barney. Shame, can you imagine.