Due April/May 2016

@ Sonsbaby hahahahahaha I know its just one of the awkward things and Dr Googles doesn't help as you get contradicting stories. nonetheless I am going to try it coz with my previous pregnancy I tore so bad and got over hundred stiches lol

@Monei so this three days 05, 06 and 07 the will be action...I am praying everything goes as we planned. well my babyshower is also not a surprise.

@GRBM I also wanna speed up the days so that I give birth I am so tired and my back get sore sometimes

Hallo ladies,

@MTC - so glad to hear from you again and to see that you are well. Lovely pics. Your bump is cute.
My C-section is booked for 12 April @ 10h00.
The list is a brilliant idea!

We have a wedding on tomorrow but wont be able to stay too long as we have to pick up my husbands niece from the airport at about 9h30 pm. She will be visiting from Cape Town for the school holiday. I can see myself getting fed up with having too many people around as we will also have my SIL for easter.
And I still have some stuff that I need to do for the baby. But I am thankful for family

Seeing that I am a second time mom, and that I had so many clothes with my first born that we never used etc, I have decided to make a list of what we have per age group. I must say it has been such a clever idea as I can now see what I need to buy and how many. I dont want to end up with too much unused clothes again.

@MamaK - I also feel like that somedays - when I just want to be a baby and I just want my mom around. You must enjoy the time with your mom.

@Maj - I know what you are talking about when you say hubby and daughter forgets that you are pregnant. The same happens at my house. It is so much different and harder for second time moms. You still have to care for the other child and cant simply go and lie down when you are tired.

I am just as tired - so I am so happy that it is weekend and that there is an extra day. My maternity leave has been booked to start end of March, so there is not alot of working days left but I still have so much to do. I will probably still come in for half days in April up to due date. Atleast the afternoons can give me some time to rest.

I have really been struggling with pins and needles and pains in my hands. I have been reading up on it and it seems like it is Carpal tunnel syndrome - a painful condition of the hand and fingers caused by compression of a major nerve where it passes over the carpal bones through a passage at the front of the wrist. Caused by continual repetitive moments or by fluid retention.

PS: all of that came from google - I am not that clever at explaining medical stuff. I think all the repetitive movements while painting all my furniture and waxing them has caused it and I am also retaining a lot of fluid. It is only in my right hand and it gets worse at night. It is nothing to worry about - just another pregnancy symptom.

Hi Ladies

Sorry i have been quiet, i have been very lazy to post anything. i feel so huge and heavy cant wait for baby to get here. My back is in so much pain i cant take it any more, Brixton hicks are getting stronger each day. i am giving birth on the 23rd May and i still have not decided when i am going on leave.

@Mamak i haven't been exercising since this pregnancy and i eat junk most of the time. So no need to feel guilty your no alone.

@Sonsbay Wow sounds like you are going to have a big baby and seems you will be holding your little one pretty soon. My lil one also sticks their bum or knee or whatever that may be out, its so uncomfortable. Every time she does this i try and massage my belly so she can move her position which works at times.

@Maj So looking forward to the long weekend as well, especially because i took that extra 3days off just so i can rest, i haven't been sleeping very well lately.

@MomToChloe the list sounds like a good idea, your belly is so cute. i seem to be gaining a lot on my bum, everyone seems to be commenting about it. especially because i was the skinniest person now i feel like a real hippo, i guess loosing weight after this is going to be a mission.

Hey ladies,

Glad we are all coming along healthily (despite not necessarily eating healthy stuff.lol) and our babies are well. it's a blessing!

Love the list idea @MTC. I stand to be corrected but so far:

ninies
MamaK ?? April
Sonsbaby 29 April
licious 5 May
Maj 6 May
monei 7 May
MomToChloe 24 May

Can't go back too far back. I'm sure left out some. sorry.

I'm good. been feeling good and apparently look hott too. lol! Trying to get into the swing of things with my studies. Have a alot to catch up on. But i would rather read my Hypnobirthing book than read research papers. lol!

Eating wise- pretty much the same i think. but the acid indigestion is a bit of a bummer for my appetite.Midwife says it's not likely to go anywhere- atleast the nausea went as she said it would. I'm still exercising thanks to PreggiBellies( i've even missed some calsses but i atleast make one a week instead of both). Not as much as i used to but i have every intention to visiting gym tonight. At worst for a swim. But i wana focus on my legs.

@licious,Haven't started on the perineal massage. yet to watch a video. And i don't do enough pelvic floor massages quite frankly.

My baby shower isn't a surprise. I'm relieved. it's the afternoon of my studio preggy shoot. Having an outdoor family one early 2mrw morning to accommodate my stepdaughter as she's relocating to another province to be with her mother(who has been between 2 provinces but the other more and more so now moved). Praying the weather looks perkier. Need to prep our outfits n all. So excited! Hope hubby photgraphs well- he gets awkward and uptight. lol

@licious - cough cough...yeah about those perineal massages LOL!! I looked at a few instruction video's and OH MY!! Sorry but how on earth am I suppose to do that my belly so big that my hands wont reach that I showed it to hubby saying he will most probably have to help really!! But I would rather do that to help that I hopefully don't tear! That is the one thing that scares me the most is that and the articles you get about it does not help!! Reading about other women's experience and how much they tore is extremely scary!!

Good Morning Ladies

@Sonsbay Its really great to get someone who supports you, it makes things really easy. wow 2.3kg your little one is developing faster... I will love that as it means you will give birth earlier.ohhhh talking about the baby sticking out their bum out...it happens with mine all the time. and she doesn't kick much but moves a lot!! it can be uncomfortable at times.

@MTC wow what a cute bump, funny with me a have a small bump with my first born I had a huge bump. I guess pregnancies are different.

@Maj I am also looking forward to the long weekend...on Monday I want to sleep the whole day...but I know its impossible!!

@MamaK you are just like me, I am so lazy when get home I just get in my Pj and lay on my couch I cant help it. I have not started excising yet I told myself I will start first week of April.

Ladies has any of you started with Perineal massage? I want to start at week 35 together with excises

ohhh my due date its 05 May 2016

@MamaK - don't feel alone I don't really exercise either...I try but ending up only doing it once a week as if that will help LOL! I really need to try do more squats and then also the kegel exercises!

I am also getting the pains especially in my hips! My dr said its normal she is happy actually to hear it as it indicates that my body is getting ready for the birth!

If it wasn't for my hubby that makes food allot of the nights then we most probably would end up eating bread as well loll I don't feel like doing much when I get off work!

Hahahaha nobody is giving anything away cause its suppose to be a surpise LOL!! My mom, friends and family lied to me the whole time lol trying to keep mine a secret they were good!