Due February 2016

Good morning Ladies,


Good luck to all the moms in the final stretch of pregnancy, before you know it you will have a little one stealing your heart

So baby Karmi was born on Wednesday night at 19:26pm, she was 50cm in length and weighed 3.54kg - it sounds so bit but its still really small

The c section is really no fun at all, I am a bit sad that the natural birth didnt work for me, as its quite difficult to manage being a new mom with being so sore, but my munchin is healthy and that is really all that matters

She is now breastfeeding like a little pro and I am also slowly getting there, her blood sugar dropped last night and the hospital wanted to give a top up feed at 8pm, but I asked them to give me until 12 to get it up with breastmilk and it worked! Was soo relieved, as as a new mom every little thing that happens is a bit scary....

And speaking about scary - good luck with those first nappies!!!! Hahahaha, they are quite.... Ummmm, how should I put it.... Quite something else, whahahahahaha.

So anyway daddy will be taking his two girls home today and I personally can not wait!

Daddy is so smitten with baby, it actually takes my breath away, he has really been the strength that I needed to handle this whole pregnancy and birth thing....

Cant wait to hear about your little ones, once they arrive.

@Meijermom - right there with you!! So over being pregnant and all the "joys of pregnancy" (according to my doc) that comes with it, really. All I want now is a good nights rest and a glass of good red wine!! Neither of which I will be having any time soon...My rib really feels like it should just be put out of its misery and be removed all together...maybe I will feel better after this little guy is out on Monday but as of right now, holy crap it is just sore all.the.time. I'm having my baby at Morningside Mediclinic

Anyway, I am trying hard to not complain. We have good friends who are struggling to get pregnant and I know they would literally kill to be in my situation, its just tough, growing a human is not easy!

@Bumblebee - not sure if you are in GP or where, but if you are in GP, specifically JNB, please look into going to talk to Sally Baker. She really is a godsend, she helps you deal with traumatic births, I have been seeing her for quite a while, she specializes in birth and all things mommy, she really could help you and she is not expensive (all covered by my medical insurance, not sure who you are with or what plan, but mine is covered out of my 'day to day' cover). Here is her website, and really I would highly recommend her www.birthsupport.co.za/ sometimes it just helps to talk to someone about what happened to get through it.

Hoping you ladies have a great day, today is my last day at work (thank goodness!!)

Hello Ladies!

Sjoe, Mia has been keeping me so busy, though I've been making more work for myself expressing (see below).

@BabyT, can't wait to see little Karmi! Hope all went well and you make a quick recovery <3

@CarienM, from where Mia 'dropped' everything about me was huge. I looked and felt like to Michilan Man You're almost there! Swim if you can?
@Meijermom, shame I didn't make it as far as you weeks-wise, but by the end I was ready to meet her no matter how it happened - like one of those internet memes - 'Get it out! Get it out! Get it out!' Take it easy

@JLK, your baby boy is so cute! And big!! That's a nice healthy weight

Must admit I feel like I've fallen off the planet the past 2 weeks. The baby blues have hit me really hard.
It's taken quite some time to come to terms with a pretty bad hospital experience. The birth didn't go quite as planned and though I had mentally prepared myself for that, my second worst nightmare had come true in tearing so badly (first being that I would need a cesar). I'm really not a sucker for pain and with a low pain threshold and not being able to take antantiinflammatories and antibiotics due to a gut disease, my recovery was VERY painful. It was fairly quick though compared to a cesar, for which I am very thankful. I was able to drive from day 11, though I feel unsafe due to sleep deprivation. The whole hospital experience after her birth was the worst, with the nursing staff being pretty unsupportive and downright rude on occasion when hubby asked a question or two re the care we were receiving (or lack thereof). The whole experience was very traumatic for him too.
When trying to chat to a friend or two about it, their response was 'my baby was in NICU for so and so long, at least you got to take your home' or 'my cesar recovery was so long' and that I should just get over it as it's past. This sort of attitude really hasn't helped. What good does it do to dismiss someone else's traumatic experience just because you feel it was less traumatic than your own?

We've had an absolute struggle with Mia. She just doesn't wake for feeds, or anything for that matter. Everyone keeps telling me I'm so lucky, my baby sleeps all day and doesn't cry. She wakes at night though, cries all the time and cluster feeds, so I end up not sleeping at night, and not sleeping during the day cause it's too hot and I've got the whole expressing and sterilising mission going. I ended up expressing and giving her a bottle in-between trying to get her to latch and stay awake, just to get something down - forcing a bottle vs a squishy or hard and sore boob is way easier.
The situation has left me really sore and engorged a few times now and my breasts haven't gotten used to the letdown reflex yet - the initial minute or so still hurts like hell!
Took her to the pediatrician this morning and finally someone told me I'm not crazy. She was weighed and found to weigh just under her birth weight (2.9kg) from 2 weeks ago She's a really long baby, so the doc was concerned that she weighs so little. I was told to be a bit more 'rough' with her and to wake her every 3 hours for a feed. I'm grateful that the doc agrees not to use formula at this point - my supply is good at least, I just need my baby to actually drink it! I keep a cold wet cloth handy to wipe her, and do a nappy changed/take her clothes off to get her properly awake. This seems to have helped since this morning and we've managed to get 3 proper feeds down, so here's hoping for a better night's sleep!
I'll be honest, I've been stressing about her so much that I've hardly enjoyed her and wished I could put her back - she was a lot easier to care for in utero.

Sorry for the essay again! Feel the need to write this stuff down. Sad to realise that we honestly have no support system close to home. Both our parents stay too far away to help out on a day to day basis if needed, and we've felt a bit alone in this scary new life. Forcing myself to sleep more and will hopefully settle down soon.

Hi CarienM! Good luck with you 2! What hospital are you looking at? I can't wait know! My everything is huge.


Ladies I am sorry to say, I am over this pregnancy. I had to come home at 15:00 today. I am exhausted all the time!

Hope you all have a stunning day with your beautiful babies already with you!


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Ladies, I dont know about you, but my ankles are like HUGE, really, I think I might think they are bigger than they are, everyone is telling me they are not that big, but I just feel they are HUGE

@Meijermom - so it will be you and I on monday! I am only scheduled at 5pm on monday afternoon b/c my doc only starts with her procedures at 1 and I am 3rd in line, would have liked to get it over with earlier but it is what it is!

Good luck to you, sure everything will go well for the both of us

Hi ladies! I have been keeping updated with you all, but for some or other reason I couldn't actually log in and post something. All the beautiful babies born! I can't wait for mine. We are scheduled for a c-section for Monday morning. Had a little scare on Tuesday as doc says I am drinking too much water and he did bloods and placed me on a monitor for baby for a while. He seemed happy again afterwards. When he did the brain test thing it didn't seem to me there was a lot going on? However now me and husband is stressing if baby is okay all the time! We are currently 38 week and baby is apparently 3.4kg. He was 3.6kg last week... All the best for you ladies and thinking of you all the time, good luck!


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