Oktober & November 2011 Mammas

Hey Elrike k just thought I would check. Glad to know somebody else also experienced it. About the unabridged certificate, it's only valid for six month if you want to apply for a dutch passport or something like that, but if you want to go on holiday in a year or two it will still be valid. It's only if you want to apply for residency for baby in another country.....well that's what they told me and I hope it's right cause I don't wanna waste my money either.

Ahg cute man Lizel I love the photo's!!! You guys look so cute! Glad everything is out of the boxes at least.....that to me is always the hardest part.

Hey Chanz yes I am getting very very excited now, I'm just waiting for my chair and then I will send you ladies some pics of the nursery. Chanz about the crying it out thing I don't know anymore if I agree with that....I always thought it is best that they learn to self sooth but I am busy reading the baby sense book and it says it there it's not good to just let them cry because you can't spoil a newborn baby, so I really don't know sorry.

Hey Tanz ahg please come and update us and tell us what doc said! Shame I can imagine what you must be going through I'm not even on 39 weeks yet and getting gatvol just really praying that baby stays put till Monday at least cause my doc is away for the weekend and I would ball my eyes out if he can't bring her into this world.

Hey Claire ahg shame you really do sound gatvol haha ja please come and let us know what doc said.

Thanks for that Christi shoe we spend allot at Dischem so I will def go and register.

ok ladies please some advice.....I am really tormenting myself about where baby will sleep for the first month or two. The pram we have doesn't fold down flat so I can't let baby sleep at an angle all the time and I really don't want to spend 3K on the carry cot for the pram also seems like a waste to buy a small cot for the beginning and I can't find a mosses basked or carry cot that is stable enough they all seems so flimsy....please can you give me your suggestions and what you let your baby sleep in for the first few months...Don't know if I will be able to let her sleep in her own room in the beginning and we are sleeping in another room I don't think I will sleep.

Oh, I totally forgot, any ladies who are still preggies. Dischem has a Moms & Tots Card and if you join while preggies & spend R500 or more (doesn't have to be in 1 go and doesn't have to be all baby goodies) they give you a diaper bag with some baby goodies in. I don't think all the bags are the same (I saw another ladies', but mine looks different), but I quite like the one I got, its black & white and the "cover" folds open to become a changing mat.

Hi Everyone,

Claire, have you tried the Evening Primrose oil capsules? I started taking them the Wednesday morning and Kota was born the Saturday evening. Apparently they help to soften the cervix but you still won't go into labour until your body is ready. I will be thinking of you, I only went to 39w1d and boy was it enough..

Elrike, sjame girl, ek kan net dink hoe jy voel, ek moet se ek was gelukkig die keer, het nie so seer gehad nie (seker omdat ek geskeur het en nie gesny was nie). En ek en manlief het verlede week die plek plat gery (hy het bestuur). Van Maandag af is hy egter terug werk toe so ek het elke oggend vir Iris gaan aflaai en vandag gaan ek en Kota op ons eerste uitstappie alleen... (almal by manlief se werk wil hom graag sien so ek is gevra of ek hom asb sal bring) Die weer is nou nie so lekker nie, maar nou ja.
In die hospitaal het hulle daai "knippie" op die naelstring afgesny die Maandagoggend voor ons huistoe gekom het en Kota se naelstring het sommer al die Donderdag afgeval. Ons het darm nie probleme met doeke wat lek nie, gebruik Huggies New Baby Nr 1, maar ons het besef dat ons op die stadium ons tyd mors om die 'piepie' af te druk voor ons die doek toemaak, want die doeke is sooo groot dat dit hom definitief nie daar hou nie... LOL

Chanz, I also can't take it to hear them crying! Iris is turning 3 already and it still breaks my heart to hear her crying.

Kota is really just the most relaxed baby, especially after we had him at the Chiro last week. He just moans when he is hungry or has a dirty nappy! I can't rememeber being able to get so much done when Iris was still so small.

To all the ladies still waiting on their bundles, hope they will arrive safely! And everyone else, hope they continue to give you loads of joy.

Enjoy the week ladies!

I feel your pain Tanz! I went 8 days over last time and it doesn't look like this one is going to make an early arrival either! I feel like this pregnancy is never going to end!!!!!

Lizel - those are stunning pics! I can't believe how grown up Z looks! Don't worry about the position of baba...they usually turn in labor (mine is also not in the best position, face should be to the back but it's facing forwards) As for the placenta, mine started calcifying at 36 weeks with Colby and I still carried him to 41 weeks without any problems. As long as baby is still moving regularly throughout the day, the placenta is fine. Your dr likes to make you panic! Still you must be comfortable with your decision either way.

Chanz - Michael sounds like a real mommas-boy! Try stretching his feeds to 2.5 hours, then 3 then 3.5. His stomach needs to get used to having more in it, less often. You must be exhausted! Also, he's so small for cry-it-out, maybe you can try tickling his back to help him fall asleep, then slowly wean him off that til he's falling asleep on his own? Just a suggestion. I found it really hard to ignore their cries at this age. They are so tiny and defenseless!

Elrike - congrats on Edrich's cord falling off! Sounds like he is an angel baby, already sleeping so well!

I really thought I might be in labor last night! I was getting Braxton Hicks every 5 minutes and lower back ache with it. But nope, nothing happened. I am so uncomfortable and so ready to have this baby. Seeing the doc today. Hoping he can do a stretch and sweep and I am going to book an induction for next week because I am so over this!

Have an awesome day ladies...will let you know what the doc says.

Hi you all!
Tanz - Hoop die dr het goeie nuus vir jou vanmiddag! Kan nogal dink jy is al lekker gatvol!!! Die laaste paar dae is die ergste!! Sterkte vir jou en hou ons ophoogte van verwikkelinge!!!

Ons het 'n goeie nag gehad! Edrich het 1h30 vanoggend gedrink en het geslaap to vanoggend na 7h00 toe gededrink vir 4min en verder geslaap tot amper 8h00!!! Ons mag nie kla nie!!! Hy is sowaar 'n rustige kind!!! Almal het gese omdat Luwan so soet was, die 2de een gaan heeltemal die teenoorgestelde wees.... Wel, sover is Edrich amper soeter as wat Luwan was toe hy so klein was!!! Ek het al die kramp medisyne op 'n ry, en nog nie eenkeer nodig gehad om dit te gebruik nie - hopelik bly dit so!!!!

Hoop julle het almal vandag 'n wonderlike dag! Ek is gatvol vir die huis. Ek haat dit om so vasgevang te wees... Een groot nadeel van 'n Keiser.... mens is afhanklik - ek hou nie daarvan nie! Ek hou daarvan om my eie ding te doen en te ry as ek iewers wil gaan.... nou moet ek die heeltyd vra...

Toodles!

Hi everyone!!!

So 40 weeks and still no baby!!!!!

Have had some period like pains for a few days now...

Seeing the dr this afternoon! Really hoping for some better news!! Leka gatvol!

Hope you. Girls have a great day!!

X

Hi julle!
Edrich se naelstring het vanoggend afgeval! Dink die probleem met die "glipsies" sal nou ook iets van die verlede wees, want dink die naelstring se clib het gemaak dat daar soms 'n opening was. Ek het ook vandag sy geboortesertifikaat gekry! 'n gewone een, want die unabridged is net geldig vir 6 maande... En ons beplan nie om nou binne die volgende 6 maande of so oorsee te gaan nie!! Wel ek skat nie ek sal binnekort gaan nie, want ek kan Edrich iewers los terwyl ek borsvoed nie! Ek wil so lank as moontlik probeer borsvoed. (Miskien weer 'n jaar of so!)

Ons het gisteraand 'n wonderlike nag gehad! Edrich het elke 4 ure wakker geword om te drink en ek het vanoggend tot amper 8h00 geslaap!!! Lieflik! So vandag voel ek weer soos 'n normale mens!!! Yeah! Net jammer ek kan nog nie bestuur nie... maar daai dag wat ek gaan begin is naby. Ek kan nie so gestrand wees nie!!! Met Luwan het ek baie gou weer bestuur... Die pyn is heeltemal weg en die swelsel is ook omtrent weg.... So ek is amper "A - For Away!!!" LOL

Lizel - die fotos is stunning! Ek is seker jy kan nie meer wag nie!!

Liz - hoe gaan dit met jou en jou kraamverlof?

Chanz - Die klein babatjies kan mens vinnig om hul pinkies draai!! Klink of jy die mamma-wees baie geniet!!! Dis amazing hoe vinnig so klein mensie in jou hart kan kruip en dat jy enige iets vir hulle sal doen, net sodat hulle gelukkig kan wees!! Edrich'ie het klaar 'n persoonlikheid, en ek weet presies wat hy wil he, as hy ongelukkig is!!!

Hi ann al die ander mammas!!! Hoop dit gaan goed met julle almal!!!

Ons gaan Vrydag 'n Newborn shoot doen... Ek is nogal opgewonde! My vriendin het allerande oulike idees!!!!