Feb-May 2011 Mommies

Meags I'm sure you are just being overly critical from what I saw of the one it would be very hard for you not to look nice in the other photos! Anyway after Matthieu is born you can look your best again. I'm REALLY not looking great right now you can see I'm just TIRED!

Schatsie, bad news turns out - who knows WHY - but you are not allowed to eat or drink before c-section if in the morning that's no eating or drinking from 12am and if lunch time like me it's no eating or drinking from 6am! It's the drinking I am worried about I drink 2-3 litres of water a day and get quite agitated when I can't get to water! Hmmph!

CAthm
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hi ladies

going to do personals now now...
just have to say I got my online gallery of my maternity pictures and I am SO disappointed.
that one I posted was by far the best one. The rest I look fat and ugly and you can see cellulite and fat and I dont look nice at all
I am really disappointed - plus the photos look quite dull...

Schatsie, that's totally my point exactly! And the problem is that this is the receptionist who told me this, the same one who has gotten SOO many basic things wrong like appt times, etc etc when the doc asked her to arrnage me bed he said and try get x as the paedetrician (sorry sp!) and she looked totally blank and 2 mins later said to me um, who did he say again and then got all fretful and said um he hasn't given me a time for monday and i was like um, he just said between one and two and she was like what does that mean so i said IT MEANS ANY TIME AVAILABLE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO! Eventually I got so frustrated that I asked her if she wanted me to make the phone calls.
I'm really now fed up with incompetent people.
SO I'm not feeling very comfy about the info from that one! I think I'll phone the hospital - will let you know!
CAthm
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Jessica, so you CAN have an epidural for a C sec?

Cathm I'm confused as to why you're not allowed to eat b4 your C sec. Surely if you're only having a spinal/epidural, not general anaesthetic fasting should not be required? Unless they reckon that something might go wrong and you might have to have general after all, so it is just in case? The anaethetist does the spinal or epidural as far as I know. Gee, I have so many questions now that the time is coming closer!! I was doing the complete avoidance thing until now - refusing to think about the birth, just worrying about the pregnancy.

We're off to Panorama for our education session tomorrow, so maybe I'll get some questions answered.

Mistymom, have you decided whether you are coming to the session?

Hope you all have a lovely weekend! I'm going to lie low for abit longer to fully get over my cold.

Howdy ladies.

Meags, I get so angry when I hear about pure evil to greiving mothers in the name of "culture" and she needs to get away from her mother before she breaks down.
Hope your back is feeling better soon. The placenta thing is disgusting, I would most likely get sick.

Lucy, glad the test came back negative! Sorry about the anemia, though it does tend to be common in pregnancy. And with the normal comments remember that 37w is classed as full term, I'm sure you will make it to then

Betty, how are you doing?

Claire dont worry, even though our family and friends know that we will not find out the sex, and if we did wouldn't tell them - everytime I say he or she they jump on what I've said!
Those pics are just SO cute!!

Tazzy, do you think you are having symptoms?

Karin, sorry about the goosbumbs, you just seem so close to me. But personally I prefer even if I've been booked for a c-section to go into labour naturally, cause shows baby is ready and choses her own date Good luck with the house hunting! And wow your tummy has gotten so big! Hope you enjoy your baby shower today

Cath i think the tummy thing is all dependant on the women, I was back to normal in 3 days. But friends of mine who were skinnier than myself took a few months.

Joli I'm sorry your experiance was not nice, I wish you had gotten the birth you wanted.
Happy 1 month birthday to your little man though

Jessica, not long now!!

Schatsie, congrats on 30w, you'll see it fly by now. I'm so glad you are getting the pregnancy you've wanted for so long. With the c-section, some Drs say 2w, others say 6w.

Carla, welcome back. If you want us CT ladies are meeting for coffee on the 5th March at canal walk.

Anje, glad that everything is going well!

We've got our preggy shoot tomorrow! I cant wait

I will definately NOT be having another spinal block this time!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Epidural for me this time thank you - and make it a strong one!

And I went in on a friday, got discharged the monday & was in my car on tuesday driving to Dischem - no hassles.

Hi girls.
Meags my next scan is on the 25th.. Next week friday. I can't wait.
Betty yes i am in my last bit as such. Last time i also thought heck a long time still and then the gynae at 37 weeks said no, you having your baby next week. I took a huge gulp and then thought, uh oh too short. Lol. So this time ill see on friday next week whats gonna happen. This time i hope i don't have to be induced again but the sooner it happens the sooner islamicaly ill be divorced and have my little bundle of joy in my arms.
Carla i remember you from pampers chat. I used to be mum2be786...now a mum on there, not sure if you remember me.
Cath enjoy your weekend and congrats.
Afm, i was dumb enough to ask my mom if it was ok to go away next weekend and she sent me on a guilt trip of serious note. So i cancelled it for now. Last night she tells me that on saturday she is going out with her friend for the whole day. I started to panic cos if something happens to my dad i can't lift him etc and how was i going to cope on my own etc etc. I was so angry especially since i had cancelled my weekend on top of it. She could see i was as angry as a snake and asked me what was wrong so i told her that i couldn't lift my dad if he fell. She then starts yelling at me and says she will cancel it. I then tell her i didn't tell her to cancel it, but she had to be realistic. She then tells me oh by the way the care guy will be here. Swearword she could have told me that in the begining and then we wouldn't have had an arguement. So i refuse to say sorry because its obvious she was looking for an arguement and she got one. I ended up going straight to bed without dinner and cried myself to sleep. She refused to greet me this morning or say bye. She goes out everyday monday to friday while the care guy is there and leaves my son and dad behind. Im the one who has been working so that we can eat every month since october last year and done my best in that department. I hardly go out during the week and then when i want some time with just my son and i, i am told no. The only day i ever go out is on a saturday morning for islamic classes and she complains about that too. Its so unfair. I know im in my waiting period and won't be working for much longer and won't have money to feed us, so she has taken it upon herself to take my sons money which he gets every month and use that for food. She will never replace that money and its his. I was dumb enough to give her signing power on his acc but she can only draw r100 a day from what i remember. At least mid october ill be working again, but hope to find a better job before then or made permanent next year.
Ladies with back ache hope it eases a bit. Hugs.