Mommys to be in SEPTEMBER 2010

Im having a natural Gina.

Im also hoping to come back mid Jan(Preferably close to pay day). Will extend ml with annual leave.

Ntoko are u having natural birth or cses?
If I can I will work till the 3rd.

To those who know if u start maternity leave leave on the 6th of Sept (meaning last day of work is the 3rd)does that mean you will only go back to work on the 7th of Jan?

thing is I wanna add about 6days of annual leave so I can only go back on the 17th or 18th of Jan.

Hi All

Long time no chat.

I feel you ladies. Im lucky cause i dont experience heartburn But sleeping is a problem as both my sides will get sore & i wont know what to do

Gina - I know that feeling. Also had it & decided to buy the calcium tablets to take with the Pregomega`s. But i still get that craving of stones/sand/chalk/ice. And sometimes my mouth has a steel taste like The funny thing is that i do drink milk and i eat yoghurt everyday. But im hoping it goes away with the calcium tablets.

I wanted to take my ml end of August, but no my manager insist i go only a week before due date Because she thinks its better to spend more time with baby than being at home doing nothing. And she says she doen`t mind taking me to hospital if the oopsie happens at work Otherwise i think the latest i can be at work is the 3rd Sept.

Hey Mels long time, glad you managed to squeeze a baby moon. I had wanted one but since hubby is studying it wasnt going to be possible.

Re Leave I wanna work till late so I can go back to work in Jan, and not first but second week. Secondly I have month end reports of which I will probably have to do before I go on leave coz my collegue will be on leave this month end.If it was up to me my leave would start mid Aug.

@Sher not sure of the exact date as yet because I am having a csec. My actual due date is the 19th, so I am suppossed to have my csec on the 9th of Sept since I will only be 38weeks then.

Sonay I wouls advise you go for the tour because Unitas is big and once u have been on the tour then you know where to go once in labour. Like Sher said they also give you a detailed list of what to bring and theirs is quite long. I had my LG there but this time I have chosen to go to Fourways Life as we no longer live in Centurion.

Yep the pubic pain is sore esp. at nite when I have to turn

@Sonay the stones, its just like clay put together into a stone. Some poeple prefer eating chalk instead of the sand.

Hi Ladies

see most of you are doing ok, except for the pregnancy aches and pains.

We were away this weekend, went to the sea. Enjoyed it. But got little bit annoyed with my cousin who kept on making comments about my pregnancy hormones.

anyway I also had a bit of heartburn this weekend, had some again last night, but just had 2 glasses of milk, and I was fine. I feel sorry for you ladies that have the bad heartburn. With my first pregnancy I had bad heartburn, but I didn't like to take meds (Gaviscon etc), so I just relied on the milk, and luckily it worked for me, but I know sometimes the milk don't work.

I am going on ML the 1st of Sept, but thinking of going on the 30th, so I can start at the beginning of the week. With my son I ended up going on leave a lot sooner as I was just soooo tired, so I don't know how you ladies will be able to manage the last few weeks, but maybe I'm just a woosy, he he. Also we learned in the Hypnobirth training that if you plan on natural, that it's best to get some rest before the birth, as your body need to be relaxed, and not exhausted, for that reason I decided to go on leave earlier.

Sonay

why do you only have one day left to do the tour ?

I think I was glad to have gone, was impressed with the hospital I am going to. Put my mind at ease, maternity ward is actually nice, they show you the nursery, where you would be sleeping, you can see what the rooms look like and also they showed me where I will be operated. I was nervous seeing that room

I think its worth it. they explain to you everything and also give you a list of items to bring for baby and you and what not to bring, what they supply.

no the pubic pain cant get worse, its already hectic.