Feb-May 2011 Mommies

Sorry girls, just want to but in here. YOU CAN DO IT MEAGS!!!!!! Just keep the faith that your little man will come into the world soon and don't give in to temptation. I know you can do it and wait the final few days.

Hi Ladies

Lucy I also slept so badly. At least I did get enough hours of sleep, but I was tossing and turning and dont think I got a full 30 minutes in a row at any stage. My pelvis is incredibly sore when I lie down but fine when I sit or walk? Weird...
Hope this baby comes before the weekend...I spend a lot of time crying and really dont want to cry for another 4 days!
Not thinking anything of my show...some woman get their show up to 2 weeks before labour starts so ya! Not exactly a "positive" sign that something will happen in the next few days.

Faw you shouldnt need to re-bandage that scar now. Showers are fine, try not to bath as soaking the scar will make the wound soggy and increase risk of infection.

EmsMom - I feel like I am being really ungrateful not enjoying this last bit. But on the other hand - I feel like someone is trying to "punish" me by keeping Matt inside I know that is so silly to think like that...but I have prayed, begged, talked to Matt, tried everything and I feel like someone is against me...I really wish he'd come out - I want to hold my baby now

Schatsie - having an end date is wonderful. I even told DH on Saturday that I just want to go for a caesar now to get the baby out. He just said "Don't be silly - the most important thing for you was that you had a natural birth". But now....I REALLY just want him out to the point that I dont even care about my birth plan anymore. That also makes me sad...

Rakker nice one on the 2 baby showers!!!! Lucky you

MistyMom - I feel so sorry for you that you still have to get to this point I'm at. (I really hope you give birth by 39 weeks!!) It is pure torture. It is near impossible to enjoy the pregnancy - you just want your baby so badly

Meags - whoop whoop for the show! I am still liking the weekend for you! My nice sleep is also over Ice lollies at 3am and breakfast at 4.30am. If I had a total of 1hour I am super lucky!

Faw - Arrrrr man I don't even know what to say. I am so sorry you are having such a tough time. I am very sure your scar will fade with time. Hope you get to express soon and out of H affairs.

Schatsie - glad you got a bit of relief.

Misty - looking forward to your photo's! Are you over your flu now.

Emsmom - I can't believe how patient spec has been.

Anje - How are you doing ...... any more signs?

Tazzy - hoping your app goes well and the clot has lost the plot and gone! It does seem weird that the TTC days seem like yesterday. Just bumped into friends at gynae who have been ttc for 6 years, lots of treatments etc and they are preggy ....... they had given up and accepted that they wouldn't have kids! Wonderful.

Tazzy and Kimika - Right now I could not possibly imagine missing my belly

Rakker - awesome on the 2 showers!!! So nice to be spoilt hey!

Well back from the gynae and my monster continues to impress!! He was unable to get a reading on the head or tummy!! So who knows what she'll be on friday ....... I guess 3,7kg!! She has not engaged (think she is too big to!) which will be good for c sec! Placenta is still low lying but again not a problem for c sec,
He is still battling to get a slate time for friday so probably only get that at the last minute. Also a bit bummed that the kangeroo care paed is off doing a talk. So using his partner and gynae thinks she may allow me to do skin to skin. So we wait and see.

Good afternoon ladies!

BettyF I agree, what a glorious cool day in CT!!! PLEASE can the weather stay like this until my due date?

Phew, it's taken me all day to try and catch up on the posts inbetween being very busy at work! My replacement started today, so I had to start my handover to him and I had lots of meetings, some moved over from yesterday as well.

Meags, glad to hear about the "show"! Now let's hope things will move along quickly for you! I think I would also have been in tears by now if I were you - I'm really glad that I chose a C sec so that I can have a fixed end date, because sometimes it is the only thing that keeps me sane when I'm in pain!

Faw shame hun, you really sound like you're going through a rough time! Glad you hear your breast is better now tho. And really, don't be so hard on yourself re your figure - when we saw you the other day you really were still very nicely built! Remember you've just given birth and soon you will be back in shape!

Amy, we went to a sleep training session at Panorama hospital and the lady who did it said that you should plan for your baby to sleep next to your bed for the first 3 to 4 months. She says is calms the baby when he is able to smell and hear you and it will result in him sleeping better and disturbing you less. My hubby initially wanted baby to sleep in his own room, but now he is on board with him sleeping next to us. So we will have a crib next to our bed for night time, as well as his cot in his own room, for sleeping during the day, when we're watching TV, etc..

Re bathing, hubby is building a thing for the baby bath to stand over our normal bath, so we can sit next to it on a chair to bath him. This will make it a lot easier since we won't have to carry water to and from his room.

Mistymom, glad you enjoyed your spa day!! I really am counting the days until we go on maternity leave now!

Emsmom glad that your family is now all here for spec's arrival. I can't believe how patient you have been!! I would never have been able to be so patient!!

AFM, I had a really lovely long weekend, ending it by spending a nice quiet day at home yesterday, with my sister and a friend coming over for a while and managing to get quite a bit of rest. I just had really bad pelvic and back pain, so bad that I couldn't lie down or sit up and actually felt like crying with pain and frustration. DH rubbed my back how many times, but eventually I had to take some Spasmend. They say you can take it if you absolutely have to, so I just it once and it really helped.

Hope you all had a good day!

Two hours later and still at home affairs. They say 15 min til i get the certificate.
Need to seriously express my milk. My other breast is as hard as anything and i have the same problem with him not wanting it. Hoping there isn't a blockage in that one now. I didn't express though at 9am so that i think is the real problem. At 9am i was in the shower, 1st one in 12 days. . Been doing basin baths and hate it. My scar is ok, im just very upset cos its not only a cut they did, but the stitches sliced through my skin as well. So i have the cut and then scars going down as well. Gonna have to use a lot of tissue oil and hope it looks better with time. I know i just went through a hectic journey but my figure was something i was always proud of and now i want to hide it forever.

Just a quick one on baby sleeping in your/own room. I put my LB in his cot in his room from the first night he spent at home. I put the light off and closed the door (yes, I know it sounds cruel...). It worked out very well for us. His room is next to ours and I am so tuned into him that I wake up whenever he makes a sound. And the bonus is that DH hardly ever wakes up from te crying, which for me was an important thing. DH used to get up at 3:45 to train (cycling) and be back in time for work, so I really didn't want him to be a zombie at work from waking up a few times at night.

Oh, I totally forgot... I had 2 surprise babay showers. (How could I forget ?). Friday I had one at work, which I thought will never take place. I thought I had a meeting and even stressed about the meeting... Got nice thingies and a Baby City voucher that will come in very handy for things like a cot mattress and so on that people don't buy for you. Then on Saturday I got the one that I expected, but didn't have a clue that it will be on Saturday. To be honest I started to worry that my friend is just too busy with work and studies that she forgot about it. And I was convinced that we were going to a seminar on child development... It was also very nice. Nice venue and I enjoyed it so much to chat to friends and family.