Mommys to be in SEPTEMBER 2010

Hey Ginah, Liwa is sooo cute!

Ja I stopped bleeding before 3 weeks but then I did spot a little afterwards but now I have stopped altogether it seems. I haven't been trying to tie my tummy though, what is that? I am also not comfortable with my body at all! I was not skinny to begin with but I was certainly alot thinner than I am now so I feel very unsexy these days. But I am giving myself another couple of weeks then I will start watching what I eat.

Ja I live near Fourways, in Paulshof. Where do you stay?

Oh dear, gotto run, the little milk monster has awoken!

Re Csec recovery, with me its taking longer this time. with my 1st it was very quick, didnt even have back pain which I had this time around. The outside has closed up and is healing well. I think its the inside which is taking longer.

Baby Ks mom do u live in Fourways?

Hey ladies

Our thread is dead quiet, are those babies keeping you that busy?

Well I am still deprived of sleep but still check the net in between naps TV and baby Liwa. Time flies she will be a month fully on Saturday. She is so cute but not at night when all she wants is to eat...eat...eat.

Hey Baby K I must say you are one brave woman.I dont think I will do the deed anytime soon, maybe when hubby comes back from his trip mid October(it will be about 8weeks). I am so not comfy with my body and I am still spotting, sometimes I bleed esp. if I try and tye my tummy. Had u stopped bleeding at 3weeks? With my 1st child we only did it after 3 months coz I was just so scared of falling preggo again. Thats one hurdle I am not looking forward to.

Shame glad you are feeling better Baby ks mom.

I think we will also use CDs at first then I will go back to the Mirena, I was loving it coz I didnt have my ps at all while on it.

Take Care Ladies

PS: my little boy is one month old today! My folks have come over and we're going to have a piece of Swiss roll, my mom even bought a candle
Then tonight DH and I will have a nice dinner together, that is if John lets us

Hi ladies

Sorry I've been so scarce, really struggling to get online these days

Well my little angel is not so angelic anymore. Shame no, he is perfect but he has been really niggly lately. I think he has alot of wind/ colic. Also we struggle often with the b/f. Somtimes he latches like a dream and then othertimes not at all and there's lots of crying and throwing his head around and chewing of my boob
We are buying an expresser so that I can express and hubby can share in some of the feeding. I have MAM bottles, I have heard from a few sources that babies like the MAM teats and can switch between bottle and boob without too much fuss. I will keep you ladies posted on how this works out!

Kerry, shame your poor little girl. Well done on going to the paed so soon. Thank goodness she is all better now. My hubby also went away for the long weekend. We had plans to just stay in bed and read and watch movies (in between feeding) but I was quite ill so my parents really put themselves out and helped me sooo much. I am so grateful that we live in the same town and they're only about 10/ 15 mins away. At one stage DH and I were going to emigrate or move to Cape Town (we're in Jozi) so I am so grateful now that we have my folks (and his folks) as a support base.

I feel sometimes like I'm stuck in a timewarp, days just fly by with me feeding and doing washing and that's about it. No time to cook or go anywhere. But I just look down at my boy's little face with his beautiful baby skin and perfect little features and I know that this is all part of a bigger picture and its sooo worth it. (and my boobs tingle each time, hehe).

Thankfully I DO NOT have mastitis! That will teach me to self-diagnose. But I did have a huge abcess under my arm that needed to be drained at the doctors and I was on massive doses of augmentin antibiotics. It was so sore. Then the most gross part, I had to drain it myself on monday morning in the bathroom. I won't go into any more details but I think it was the most disgusting thing I've ever done. Needless to say I am not a medical person

So between the abcess, breastfeeding up at night and the tummy bug I had 3 weeks ago, I am so tired of feeling run down! I am feeling much better though, especially now that all that poison/ infection is out my system. Shoo wee.

As for the deed, hubby has accosted me twice! Shame that's an exaggeration, the first time I was keen, after about 3 weeks, and although it was a little sore, probably more from nerves than anything else, I did enjoy it. But the other night I just wasn't feeling it at all. I feel bad, I will try make more of an effort. I normally enjoy it but I think I was still feeling ill from the infection.
My 6 week check up is in 2 weeks time, then I go on the mini-pill. For now we're using condoms. I wanted to have the mirena inserted but its too expensive for us for now so as soon as I can afford it I will do that.

Hey ladies who had a caesar, did you take longer than you thought to recover from the op? I took longer than I thought, although I did get a tummy bug in the first week and then the abcess had been building up from about the same time so maybe that's why I felt so 'man-down'. But I'm curious to hear how other moms recovered? And did anyone have bad gas (sorry)?

I read somewhere that to be a parent means to forever walk around with your heart outside your body. I think this is so true. My heart feels so raw and exposed these days, all I think about it is my baby and how I will do anything for him. Its funny how your whole perspective really does change once you have a child. And all those cliches are so true!

Gotto run, hopefully I can pop in soon and catch up some more [img]http://www.moomie.co.za./media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/John_too_cool-20100930.jpg[/img]

Hey ladies

Hope u had a nice weekend. Mine wad okay.
We went for the newborn shoot and Liwa behaved in
the beginning but by the end of it all she wasnt hearing it.
And at night we had a rough night, luckily last nite wasnt bad.

Sonay Sedi also has those attention seeking moments.
We are also trying to accomodate her. She loves little sister
bu is a bit rough and she wants to pick her up.

Congrats to Sher hope you enjoy your bundle of joy.
Sorry u couldnt have natural, I wonder why its mission impossible
to have normal birth these days?? The grannies say its because
we eat eggs and we are not suppossed to.

Kerry glad miss K is fine.

Take care ladies

Hi All!

First Baby K is doing much much better! Slept a five hour session last night as opposed to the 2 hour sleeps she's been having with the infection... imagine my suprise when we put her down at 8 and and i woke up and looked at the clock it was 1am.... i was so very shocked... she then had a 4 hour sleep after that and then a three... i feel so very restored! Hope we can make this our new routine.... Pretty please?

Sher sent me a message last night... her baby was born via emergency c section as she was having a rough labour, her pelvis was too small and she was bleeding in her uring... baby's head started swelling so they took her for an emergency c section.. Baby was born at 3.1kg and her and daddy are besotted