April/May/June 2012 Moomies

Hi ladies!

Michelle, Rebecca is lovely I'm sorry to hear about her respiratory distress syndrome, I can't imagine how difficult that must have been for you. I'm sure it was also tough going back to work!

On my side, Baby A is almost 7 weeks. When he was 2 weeks we packed up, left the USA, travelled 23 hours and got back to SA. I feel like the time since we've been back have passed in a blur. I'm loving motherhood but I didn't realise breastfeeding was so tiring! Thank goodness we've been staying at my mum for a while and I have help. I feel like I basically feed and then try to eat, sleep and shower in between! Thankfully he sleeps for at least 4 to 6 hours a night so I get one decent block of sleep.

How is everyone else doing?

Just wanted to pop in and say hi to everyone... is anyone back online yet?

Hi all... hope everyone is well and enjoying their babies, cant wait to get chatting with everyone again. Just wanted to come and post a pic of Rebecca lifting her head last night during tummy time...

Hi all... Sorry for the long absence, but no internet at home. Back at work today after 3 months maternity leave- half day for a month and then back to full day in the middle of August. Lots of tears this morning leaving my Rebecca!!

So here is my story of the last 3 months... Rebecca was born via C-Section the morning of 11 April 2012 at 37 weeks (3.85kgs, 52cm length, 38cm head)- the procedure itself was no where near as scary as I thought it would be, even the spinal block procedure was painless. I did give the anethetist and gynae a fright though when I tried to sit up when Rebecca was taken out- they didn't get her to me fast enough!! Lol!! Unfortunately things took a scary turn from there, within an hour of being born Rebecca developed Respiratory Distress Syndrome- she had no Surfactant (spelling) lining her lungs. So my baby ended up in NICU within an hour of being born and I didn't get to see her for a full 24 hours- they wouldn't let me into NICU with my drip & catheter etc which only came out the next day. Rebecca spent 7 days in NICU and the hospital (Nu Shifa) and her paed (Dr Mitha) were amazing & brilliant and Becca wouldn’t be here today without them. She has gone from strength to strength from there and is today a healthy 3 month old weighing in at just over 7kg’s already. I exclusively breast fed the first 6 weeks- Becca latched like a champ once her feeding tube was removed on day 6 and we are now doing a combination of bottle and breast. She is a very calm, easy baby and sleeps well, averaging about 6 hours a night at the moment. Being in the NICU for 7 days got her into a 4 hour routine from the word go which has just carried through to life at home, so that was a blessing in disguise.

I hope everyone else is doing well with their babies and hopefully we can all get back to chatting soon!

Congrats FF and well done! I'm sure you and hubby must be over the moon right now.

I'm still trying to get into a routine with DD2 but the wonderful thing is that I am already mobile and driving around! Something I couldn't do for at least 2 months after the previous birth. I did not get the baby blues either . Baby latched on 10 minutes after she was born and didn't stop for 1 whole hour. I could get up immediately after and walk to my room and then have a shower. Wow! What a difference. I have lost 9 out of the 10kg I picked up and my body is healing wonderfully this time. I cannot stress enough how much better it is to have a NVD. I did tear and get 3 stitches which is absolutely nothing in comparison. I'm still not getting a chance to write up my birth story but all I can say is if you want to go into labour, walk around in the largest mall in the world for 6 hours and that should do the trick!

Good luck with the next few weeks. Its tiring but it passes so quickly. I'm just enjoying my time with baby without having to worry about my body healing from a major op.

Congrats Anni! May she be the coolness of your eyes Well done on your VBAC! I'm looking forward to your birth story.


My baby boy was born last Monday at 8:03pm after I'd been getting contractions since Saturday afternoon. We are totally smitten. I want to write my birth story but I need to let it all sink in first, I get incredibly emotional just thinking about it. My midwives, hubby and mom were so amazing in supporting me and the hypnobabies techniques worked really well too.

Hello ladies,

Just got back from the hospital.

My baby girl was born on Sunday evening 10:28pm weighing 3.74kg & 53cm. Just got back from the hospital and feeling great! Birth story to follow. I did it! I got my VBAC I'm still in shock but what an amazing experience.