Oct/Nov 2008 mommies!

OMW Vix, I missed so much yesterday - holding thumbs for you everything works out good, and it's better that your doc wants to be on the safe side! Had to laugh at Elwyn shaving the lady!!LOL!

I missed a lot of b-day wishes, I am so sorry! Hope you all had a wonderful b-day and congrats to the mommys and daddys!

I am having terrible PMS and stressing out a bit - DH and I have been fighting since Sunday so I am still not in the best of moods! I feel like doing nothing it's as if I have no energy!

Gotta go again!

Have a nice day everyone!

Thanks everyone for your lovely well wishes and thoughts. Means a lot to me!

I am awake at this stupid hour because hospital beds are SO FREAKIN UNCOMFORTABLE! OUCH! This thing is so hard and there is a total of 1 half baked pillow. My lower back is now sore and I feel like I'm due the worldst worst period in my lower abdominal region, I miss my nice expensive mattress at home and all the billion pillows I use to sleep at night!

Wondering if I should climb into some of my hospital food I picked up this morning (luckily) didn'rt get much but some mini cheddars, ginger nut biscuits and choc eclair sweets. But I forgot the one thing I'm in the mood for Coca Cola!

Before we came back tot the hospital I insisted I had a good shower at home, it was so hot today and I really hate being dirty. I realised I had forgotten to get new Veet so I still had a stubbly lady. Elwyn immediately offered to help me shave it quick with some dove and luckily I had some after shaving finishing cream to try avoid the razor burn. Oh it was just too funny, I soaped up the lady, sat on the edge of the bath and leant back and left him in total control of the 'cleaning'. He was so super stressed out by this time I stoppped him half way through told him to look at me and made him laugh, it was a real unnattractive pose and an experience that he has never had before LOL I love my man though, I can ask him to do anything at all for me. Last time I had C he was rolling me over and changing my bloody pads whilst I was still too numb to move. Not once did he consider to say no he can't handle that. You should see how insistant he is that whatever condition the babies are in and however they need to be treated after the birth NO ONE takes his boys out of his sight until he is sure they are tagged and comfortable. He is actually the most amazing dad to my children! I miss him tonight, especially now I lay wide awake with no one to listen to snore!

Mmmmm hungry but so not lus for what I have until I've had a coke. Wonder if they'll let me walk down to the coke machine?

Hi guys,

Sorry I'm only posting now but it's been a hectic afternoon, if only we stuck with a morning appointment maybe I would've had more time to get things done.

I'm now laying in hospital all booked in for observation and 8hrly steroid shots. Dr should be in early tomorrow to check the CTG results and decide if he needs to do the C-sec tomorrow or if we can wait it out. Either way I have to stay in hospital now until the tweenies arrive so we can be sure tweenie 2 isn't in distress.

Basically it goes like this, Tweenie 1 is doing great, he is measuring 35w3d so has grown exactly to plan, Tweenies 2 is measuring 31w2d and so has only grown 1w in size in 2.5w time which is very concerning to Dr because he is scared to send me home and find tweenie 2 stopped growing and all together stopped living. Yes more time inside would be ideal for tweenie 2 but not with his brother there to steall all the best blood supplies so he is likely to be safer on the outside even at this small age.

If you had've seen my Dr's face you would know there is just no question over his actions. I swear to you I wanted to pour him a whiskey he looked white as a ghost. I think he is scared he makes the wrong decision to send me home again and something goes wrong.

Me on the other hand, I'm pretty chilled about it all, no use in stressing but also I had prepared myself for the fact that I would always be having 2 different size babies, maybe not so early but I'm a realist and I read up on all the dangers and complications of having twins so I'm not really scared.

Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiit! Just had the steriod jab and it burns! Bugger that stuff is EINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I'm a big whimp! LOL Think I forgot how freakin sore a C-sec is! Gonna be in for a shock soon enough!

Christopher went off to his Gran's without a single tear, slept the whole journey (2.5hrs) and is apparently now awake running around the house causing havoc! My folks are in for a real shock this week!

Luckily I managed to wangle a private room! Woooooooo hooooooo I hate making small talk with other preggy moms LOL Besides, might be a bit heartsore to watch other moms hold and feed their babies if mine are in NICU.

Elwyn looks pretty stressed out, I think it must be very hard for him to send his son away and have his wife lay in hospital. But otherwise he's holding up well, he was also prepared for the possibility of prem babies.

I was gutted, I left all the grocery shopping until this week because I was too tired on Sunday and now I sit without it done. Elwyn can get food stuffs etc but I wanted to get some joggers from PEP just to wear the first week after the C but I'll survive with the ones I have.

The babies are on the CTG, they have a special one for twins. Both heart rates are looking good this evening, Jonathans was very erratic this afternoon but now it's pretty steady and not far off Alexanders.

Sorry really crappy, this message was all about me. Will catch up with everyone else in a bit, just tired of typing on the BB for now. Should probably get some sleep but hospital beds are so un comfy! My back kills already!

Hi ladies sorry that I've missed some very important bdays yet again. Happy birthday to Dylan, Aidan, Abi, and Iris. Hope you all had a very special day with your families.

And then, wow, Vix! I'm thinking of you and hope that everything will go perfectly. Hope c will enjoy the time at grandma's.

Not much news on this side, sitting in bed with papers that need to be proofread tonight. Also a bit worried, I'm going to a function tomorrow night and leaving z with dh. You all know how mavas she is. Hope she won't cry for me. Shame.

Helen,really shocking re the employer ... It is an absolute disgrace that there are so many companies that don't pay ml. I also couldn't go without my salary and luckily I managed to work from home and still get a salary.

Simone, dh's party is not an elaborate affair. Going to have lamb, salads, breads, potatoes, etc and I'm doing the tables in lime and blue. Naturally being myself I've waited until the last minute and now need to do a gazilion things before sat... SOS

Sorry that I havent replied properly but jeez my arm is now sore of typing. I really do prefer a pc!

Evening all,

Just a quick pop in, firstly, apologies for it being so late in the day but Happy Birthday Abi and Aiden! Congrats Ally and C on raising 2 beautiful happy kiddies, hope you've all had a super special day together.

A very Happy Birthday as well to sweet little Iris, well done Christi for sticking it out with the BF and raising a little cutie pie

Vix - Wow, thinking of you tons hon and keeping FX all goes well, whatever happens. X x X

Nelria - Thanks for the tip, I honestly hadn't thought about it, I've asked DH to do some phoning around tomorrow. Sadly most of the docs etc around here charge over 300% med aid rates and mine only covers 100%. My gynae offers a 10% discount if we pay within 7 days which we will do, not sure how much of that I can claim back though and will see about an aneasthetist wrt to epidural - hoping to cope without one this time round but never say never, last time I just begged for one at the hospital as soon as my waters broke and he charged R4400, I only had it for 40mins so it worked out to R100 a min, ouch, worth every penny though hehehe. We ended up having to pay in over R10,000 when Oliver was born Any saving on that will make me very happy.

Opened my bank account this afternoon, back to UIF tomorrow - FX I get it right this time.

Sleep tight everyone, Vix, hope you manage to get some rest too. XxX

Wow vix my love . Glad your gynae is acting on the safe side ! You are gonna have some tiny babba,s soon ! I really really hope they stay put a little longer but at least in hospital you can worry less and ensure you can watch them more closely ! - just don't think you know how to keep still you are so used to being so busy. Are you feeling okay ? Keep us posted and if there is anything we can do or bring to your side or something christoper needs just ask and between me, nel and ally we will sort it out ! Lots and lots of love and wishes during this anxious but exciting times !!

O m hat Christi I forgot to wish you a happy birthday for Iris. Happy Birthday sweet Iris. I hope the day was wonderful. x The cake sounds fabulous.