November / December 2012 Babies

Good morning everyone!

Hope you had a good weekend!

The issue on the bra's and the itchy breasts - I feel your pain! Been scratching myself red so also need to do something about it. Will get me some Happy Event again and see if it makes a difference. Also need to get new bra's, but not going to spend a fortune, will go see what I can find at Ackermans or so.

AFM - had our scan on Friday. The possibility of a girl disappeared very quickly when we saw some tools... So yes its a little boy! (Pic attached) Baby is doing very well, was really busy but that might have had something to do with the fact that I had coke and an energy bar before the scan to make sure we can see the gender. Baby is weighing ± 160g. Now we have to start thinking of boy names and new nursery ideas, have no clue what we want!

Morning ladies and welcome Amanda, what a shocker for you!

Let me answer the questions as I've been reading everyone elses but so tired in the evenings, being a SAHM is killing me softly

1) How far along are you now? 22 weeks 4 days
2) When is your due date? 8 November
3) What has been your preggy high this week? Loads of hiccups and movement
4) What has been your preggy low this week? Nothing really
5) How are you sleeping? Great, unless I had an afternoon nap
6) What is on your list of things to do in the next month re prep for baby? Not much really, we already have most of what we need except newborn clothes
7) When is your next appointment? No idea since I don't currently have a doctor
8) What is your current craving? No cravings
9) How are you feeling physically? Energetic, as if I wasn't really pregnant, but when I'm finished cleaning for the day I can feel my body objecting
10) How are you feeling emotionally? Really great, nothing strange going on
11) How is your partner dealing with the pregnancy at this stage? I think he's taking a bit of strain since I can't do as much with our 3 year old, but he's having more preggy symtoms than me so it ticks me a bit off, when I say I have heartburn he runs upstairs and gets himself a rennie, or if I'm huffing and puffing trying to tie my shoes, he's complaining about how bloated he feels - getting on my nerves, no sympathy for the pregnant lady!
12) Do you know the sex of your baby yet? We have an idea but it hasn't been confirmed 100% yet
And do you have a name finalised? No, it's not like with our first, we hardly have time in between the working etc to even discuss it
13) Will you be trying for Natural or Caesar? Hoping for a VBAC
14) Which hospital will you be having your baby at? haha, that's a toss up, possibly the same one where I can find a doctor, which I'm not concerned with at all. Oh well, if push comes to shove, our local government hospital in town with our house doctor
15) Wearing maternity clothes? I have one pair of maternity jeans, the rest is still my regular clothes
16) How much does baby weigh/ measure at the moment? Don't know, had my last scan just after 20 weeks and so much can change in two weeks
17) How much weight have you gained to date? A little over 2
18) Having baby-related dreams? No
19) Stretch marks? Yes, from previous pregnancy, looks like a map so wouldn't notice more
20) What is your nursery room theme? Yellow and green with an animal border - think I still have a pic, will post when I find it. It's the same we had for our first. We made that room the babies room and moved B out when she was old enough
21) Next milestone due? For now, concentrating on B's 3rd birthday party.
22) What do you miss? My body
23) What are you looking forward to? The backaches to be gone after doing something simple like vacuuming
24) What is the best preggy advice you have been given? I wasn't given any first time round that I know of, second time round the only advice I got was to up my water intake and that has made pregnancy so much better, no headaches or constipation which was terrible first time round

Well that's me. I'm officially a SAHM as of last week

Hello girls!!!

How was everybody's weekend?

mosaneo, I really feel so bad for you. It's not nice & very stressful if you are unhappy where you work. What exactly is making you feel like this?

Magz, I also need to get new bras ASAP but I don't know where to start! I think I need to measure myself at home 1st before I start buying but I have no clue what type of bras to buy ha ha ha

Amanda_Z, welcome & I'm sure you will find all your answers here & hope to hear more from you! We've got the same due date

AFM, I mostly had a relaxing weekend & did nothing yesterday. I just went to the hairdresser sat morning & then hubby needed to go buy toiletries etc so I thought I'd pop into Edgars as they had a 50% sale on but I didn't really buy for me as I can't buy normal size clothing & try it on cause I'm not gonna fit into it I did manage to buy my lg a few things & got myself a nice warm jacket & jersey type dress.

I see alot of you ladies are complaining about itchy skin.....It might be a sign of stretch marks coming as some of you mentioned BUT it's also winter. What are all of you using on your preggy skins?

In the mornings I use Justine's tissue oil stretch mark cream & at night I use Happy Event Cream mixed with sweet oil(I used exactly this with my 1st pregnancy & didn't get any stretchmarks so I'm hoping for the best again) & then every other night I throw in Justine's Tissue Oil Bath Oil into the bath.

Morning ladies, welcome amanda

klk2678 wrote: Welcome Amanda, and congrats. You must have got a big surprise with that.

When is your due date so I can update our due date list?

Thanks and ya it was the biggest surprise of my life. My due date is 12 December.

Welcome Amanda, and congrats. You must have got a big surprise with that.

When is your due date so I can update our due date list?

Hi mommies, hope you are all well.

My first born is 3years and 2 months, the second born is 16 months and I'm now 17 weeks after I had done tubal ligation. I just found out its another boy, so ya its going to be hectic with 3 boys all with a 22 month gap in between them. I went through a stage where I was crying non stop as I had told myself that I only have 2 kids.