Due February 2016

Morning ladies,

Thought that I would share some pics, on Friday we got out free Nappy Bag from Dischem... its quite nice - with loads of samples
And on our tree mural in the baby room is complete we are really loving the end result, it turned out better than we expected

We went for our scan today and Karmi weighs a healthy 787g

We booked our bed and did the whole hospital tour as well, went to look at where I will be delivering baby if all goes to plan and I must admit I got a little nervous... Hahahaha

Also started our antenatal classes last night - it was loads of fun and the lady presenting the class made everyone just so relaxed and had a couple of laughs.

Stormy - so sorry about baby not gaining weight like baby should, but I am sure the doctors will assist and I will be holding thumbs for a growth spurt

We're also only starting our antenatal classes end Nov... really looking forward to it, I think it will help DH with putting things into perspective for him. He is not all that clued up when it comes to child birth, he cant even sit through a YouTube video without wanting to hurl. So not sure how things are going to go down the day we actually have to give birth - I'm thinking I might have to have my sister on standby, in case hubby doesn't make it through the events lol

@Stormy, Sorry to hear that baby is a little under weight How many weeks are you now?
I thought it was mandatory to go for a anomaly scan at 20Weeks... guess not all doc's are recommending it now.
Please do keep us updated

@Bumblebee, I also love the name Mia, friends of ours named their daughter Mia and she is now almost 3 and is the most beautiful girl.

This heat is getting too much, I find myself drinking +-3l of water at work, and then when I'm home I drink an additional +-1l... And come 8pm I'm falling asleep on the couch... lol. oh the joys of pregnancy.

Hi ALL moomies!

I also noticed I wasn't getting any notifications I wonder why?

Any way I had a scan yesterday, baby girl is in a breached position, which does not feel fun as she moves very very low down, and feel like I will pee my pants every time she squirms, needless to say I need her squirming lots to put me at peace of mind nothing is actually wrong with her

Doc is not very happy with her growth she only weighs 600gm so he is sending me for an Anomaly scan to see what is actually going on, he told me not to panic right now but all that has done has made me panic even more and loss of sleep

Will have to wait till pay day to go for this scan which puts me even more on edge,

Always wondering if its something I have done by stressing to much or being vein an worried about my weight

I've not been receiving any notifications of new posts since last week figured I'd pop into the forum and saw there were a bunch of posts in the meantime.

@STK - a friend who's due mid Dec caught her baby on camera curling her toes behind her stomach - which almost made her hurl during her scan maybe that's what he's doing?

@BabyT - A name I really love but can't use for personal reasons is 'Lilly'. Will admit I thought of beautiful people (looks and personality-wise) I've known growing up and that's how I came on our name of Mia. My husband kept coming up with names that I'd known as dogs... or not-so-nice people. We basically decided to go with something that's easy to say in English and Afrikaans (people are forever getting both our names wrong or struggle to pronounce them), and then something that can't be messed with (too much), or will inevitably be shortened. Another name I liked was Amelia. You are welcome to use Mia too if you like it

I've been home for a couple weeks now - resigned at my office job which had become waaay too stressful and going to focus on brushing up on my creative skills - for which I have a degree but have never used . I'm seriously missing the office aircon! We're waiting on a quote to have one installed in the home office at least. Got a quote for the living/dining room which is unfortunately a big open space, but at R20,000.00 my husband looked at me and asked if we couldn't buy a few fans. I'll settle for one room in the house being cool - even if it means I need to sleep in here!

I'm in the very fortunate position where my husband's salary is way more than mine and he also works from home now, so by selling my car (don't think we'll need 2 cars) and cutting down on both our travel costs, car insurance and running an office from home with tax deductibles - including my 'salary' as his admin assistant, we will manage. I'm hoping to get my own small company running from home after taking a few months off when baby comes.

I've been having insane headaches and neck/back pain and my ears are permanently blocked. My gynea has prescribed a nose spray for sinusitis, which I'm not too happy to take, but these headaches are becoming debilitating, and he also suggested I see a physio and maybe go for some acupuncture. I've started dreading bedtime. I just can't sleep comfortably, no matter how many pillows I wedge everywhere, and I'm in more pain in the mornings when I wake than when I went to bed in the evening. Anyone have any tips?

@BabyT, we're starting our classes towards the end of the month and I can't wait I've read how to do just about everything, but I'm sure the classes will be a fun thing for the two of us to do together - hubby means to read the books but doesn't get round to it, and think something practical will sink in a little better too We've had a couple people tell us it's a waste of money (they didn't even go to classes so how would they know!!!), and they can just shove it.

We bought a few awesome things at the Mamamagic Expo - one of which was a cot. We also got 12 cloth nappies (10 x Bam+Boo AIOs and 2 x Fancypants sleeve nappies). We only meant to buy about 4 nappies for now, but the Bam+Boo special was too good to pass-up. I'm probably going to use disposables for the first month or so, but hoping to use cloth thereafter and disposables only when going out and at night. And since I'll be home I should be able to manage the washing in-between my own work We will have to wait and see how that goes!

Oh and last bit! Went for a scan yesterday and baby is doing very well apparently she's a week ahead with her growth and already weighs about 1kg... I'm putting it down to us both being tall. But also cutting down on my sugar intake.

Sorry for the essay here's something for a chuckle...

STK, I hate it when companies forces you to take leave when it suite them, especially in when it is super expensive to go away!

I am getting about 8 days off in December in Lieu of overtime worked so I am planning on finishing babies room by the end of that break Not so long to go until the little ones start arriving!!!

I honestly don't know how people do the maternity leave thing when one partner doesn't get paid anything during this time - when you are suppose to enjoy the time with baby, you now have to stress about bills as well!

I am waiting for the approval of my 3 months paid maternity leave as well as my 5 weeks normal annual leave that I have submitted.... Had to give estimated dates for when I plan to leave though.... as you can't really programme when baby will arrive when you attempt to go the natural route - and then my (female by the way) manager askes me if these dates that I have submitted are final. I mean seriously - what was I suppose to say - "jip they are final, I just had a look in my crystal ball and those dates came to me....."

I am starting to train my manager on how to do my job when I am on leave as they don't plan on getting a temp - so when I return towards the end of June everything will be in shambles!!!!

So hubby and I are starting antenatal classes tomorrow night, and I must say I am looking forward to it - being a first time mom I need all the info I can get

I'm not sure what went wrong but I'm not receiving any notifications when someone posts

I'm also loving being in the air conditioned office at the moment... its way to hot! At home we at least have an aircon but its all the bits in between of being outside that is getting to me.

Can you guys believe we are almost in our 3rd trimester!! According to a couple sites it begins at 27 weeks. I can't believe time has gone by so quickly, its sad yet exciting

I'm starting to get my UIF paperwork etc sorted out, apparently if you haven't been at your current company for more than four years you need to get your previous employers to complete a form. quite a mission.
@CarienM - my work offers 3months paid maternity benefit where we get about 60% of our salary. I was planning on taking 3weeks annual leave before and after my maternity leave but now the company has decided that it is going to close between Christmas and new years - hence we are forced to take those leave days So I wont be able to take as much annual leave as I was hoping I could