Feb-May 2011 Mommies

Hi girls,
Quick update. So dr is still very happy and not concerned at all!! Jeezz... and I really thought he would be a bit more sympathetic. Hehe, no he says that I have a slight bladder infection that might be the cause of all the discomfort and the pain. Also he said I must drink some Probiflora and take it easier during the day then the BH won't be as bad at night. Kiana hasn't "engaged" yet, she is still moving her head from side to side so that means all is still fine and dandy. She's weighing in at about 2.7kg now. BH will also be more hectic now this stage of pregnancy and my uterus is "practicing" poor thing, not knowing that it's all for nothing, seen as it will be a c-section anyway.
So .... I'm still scheduled for 7 March. Will be seeing dr again in two weeks time though, so will see then.

Have a great weekend all! Just relieved that I can relax now and not stress about the niggles and contractions (BH that is).

Bye.
XXX

hi ladies

sorry no update on Kaylae yet.
I need to go buy a new power cable for the laptop so no time for a catch up!

I just wanted to say for Cath...please dont make hasty decisions based on what happened to Kaylae.
I can tell you 100 horror stories about elective caesars gone wrong as well as 100 horror stories on natural birth gone wrong.
There is no right or wrong choice - but it is the first choice, you as a mom, are going to have to make for your baby.

Remember having a caesar at 38 weeks does not mean no complications for baby. Each baby's lungs develop at different stages. So William may still go into NICU from being taken out too early.

As I said, questions for both choices!! Only you can decide which option you are most comfortable and happy with.

Take the time to look into what your real fears are. Remember that if you dont feel William moving, you go straight to gynae/ER. no one is there to judge you.

Hello everyone. Wishing everyone a happy and restful weekend!

Karin - Waiting for your update!! Whats up, whats up? So keen to hear.
Suspense is killing me

Wow Kimika! That is an awesome read! Thank you!

I was hoping on some update from Kaylae ... if she's okay, if all is well with her... as well as can be. But nothing yet. Will log in later to see if there might be an update.
I'm off now, going to put my feet up and relax a bit before going to the gynea. Reading a thriller to take my mind of everything, hehe.
Will put an update here after my dr visit.
Have a lovely weekend ladies.
Kimika ~ especially you.... hope you have a lovely weekend with lots of bonding with your bambino and preparing for him. Enjoy!

Thanks for your numbers girls.. hehe.. I hope to those of you that said youre ok with all hours that you really are

Here are some positive affirmations that I got a while ago.. I think its time to take them out Print them and them read them every day!

Pregnancy, Birthing & New Mommy Affirmations

Read it everyday and believe and visualize it will come true!

Hello (baby’s name) or Good morning my beautiful baby.
I feel you growing inside of me. I am so happy you are health and beautiful.
Each day you grow more and more beautiful.
I feel confident about you growing healthy and strong.
Your strong growing makes me so happy.
Each day I love you more and more; each day brings us closer.
You are strong and hearty.
I feel your peace and your love.
You feel my love.
Every day you increase in size in the perfect way.
I feel so comfortable having you with me.
I am sending you comfort and love and security.
My energy is giving you strength to grow healthy and wise.
My baby is strong and healthy.
I trust my body
My belly is full of light and love
I am a strong and capable woman.
I have patience.
My cervix is firm and strong to hold my baby safe.
I am at peace with the world.
There is no need for us to hurry.
I have an open heart.
I am strong and calm and beautiful.
Birth is a wonderful, safe experience.
My body knows exactly what to do.
My baby feels my joy.
I trust my labor.
I am open to the energy of birth.
My baby is born in pure pleasure.
I ask for and receive what I need.
My baby is healthy.
I embrace the wisdom of my body.
I have an open heart.
I am surrounded by loving, nurturing support.
I trust my inner wisdom.
I fearlessly surrender to the power of my body.
My body is nourishing my baby perfectly.
I trust my knowing of what is true for me.
Pregnancy is a joy.
Birth comes easily to me.
I feel good being pregnant.
I am whole and at peace.
My baby loves to breastfeed.
I love being pregnant.
I am aware of my balanced, calm center.
My body knows how to birth my baby.
I have everything I need.
Breastfeeding feels wonderful.
My body becomes stronger and more flexible every day.
I listen to my body and my heart.
I am patient and composed.
I believe in birth.
I cooperate with my body and my baby.
My baby knows how to be born.
I put all fear aside as I prepare for the birth of my baby.
Untapped sources of strength are available to me.
I am relaxed and happy that my baby is finally coming to me.
My baby is free to choose her own destiny in the world.
I am focused on a smooth, easy birth.
I trust my body to know what it is to do.
I welcome my coming labor as the perfect one for me and my baby.
My mind is relaxed, my body is relaxed.
I am an active and powerful laboring woman.
I feel confident; I feel safe; I feel secure.
I welcome this opportunity to grow and change.
My muscles work in complete harmony to make birthing easier.
I desire foods that nourish me and support my health.
I relax as we move quickly and easily through each stage of birth.
My baby is in the perfect position for birth.
My cervix opens outward and allows my baby to ease down.
I am a link in the endless chain of birthing women.
I fully relax and turn my birthing over to Nature.
I am willing to release my baby into the world.
I choose a gentle and natural birth.
I see my baby coming smoothly from my womb.
My baby's birth will be easy because I am so relaxed.
My breath is easy, deep, and full.
My baby will be born at the perfect moment.
I turn my birthing over to my baby and my body.
My body knows exactly what to do.
Each surge of my body brings my baby closer to me.
My body is wise and purposeful.
I am totally relaxed and at ease.
I can handle whatever comes up.
My body remains still and limp.
I trust my intuition.
I release my birthing over to my body and my baby.
My baby is safe.
I put all fear aside and welcome by baby with happiness and joy
I love and trust my body
I deserve and receive all the love and support I need.
I deserve a gentle, natural birth.
I claim my birthright for a wonderful birth.
I am a wonderful mother.
Birth is a safe and wonderful experience.
I will give birth without complications.
I am not afraid.
I know my baby feels my calmness and confidence.
I trust in my ability to give birth.
My body knows exactly what it is doing.
I am confident in my ability to birth naturally, painlessly and easily.
During labor and birth,I am completely relaxed and comfortable.
I will have an uncomplicated, peaceful, joyous and pleasurable birth.
My baby is healthy.
I am completely cooperating with my body.
I will breathe deeply and slowly to relax my muscles makingit easier for my uterus to work.
My body is made to give birth, nice and easy.
I believe my baby?s birth will come quickly and easily.
My body is completely relaxed.
All I need to do is relax and breathe ? nothing else.
Everything is going right.
I feel the strong waves of labor and know that everything is normal and progressing.
Relax my mind and muscles.
Courage, faith and patience.
My body knows how to have this baby just as my body knew how to grow this baby.
Keep breathing slow and even.
Inhale peace, exhale tension.
Keep my mind on acceptance and surrender.
I show absolutely no signs of fear or concern.
I surrender my birthing over to my baby and my body.
My body has a wide open space for my baby to descend.
My body will give birth in its own time.
I love my baby and I am doing all that is necessary to bring about a healthy birth.
Birth is an easy and natural occurrence for which my body has been perfectly designed.
The strength of my uterine contractions is a sign of my feminine strength.
I have the energy and stamina to birth my baby.
I surrender to the contractions and relinquish control of the forces within my body.
I allow my body?s natural anesthesia to flow through my body.
I do not fight the birth in any way.
My body is totally relaxed
I am not afraid.
The power and intensity of my contractions cannot be stronger than me, because it is me.
I am ready and prepared for childbirth.
I relax so my baby can relax
My job is to simply relax and allow the birth to happen.
Just let my body do it; let it happen.
I see myself handling everything beautifully.
Each contraction produces a healthy, positive pain that I can handle.
Birth will go exactly as it should.
Birth is a safe and wonderful experience.
My baby is healthy.
I surrender my birthing over to my baby and my body.
I love my baby and I am doing all that is necessary to bring about a healthy birth.
The strength of my uterine contractions is a sign of my feminine strength.
I do not fight the birth in any way. My body is totally relaxed.
I am not afraid.
My mind and body can handle a labour of any kind
I will have a strong and healthy baby
I trust my body to know how to birth this child
I trust my instincts to knowwhat I need in labour
I trust my instincts to do what is best for my baby
I am a strong and capable woman
Only I can give birth to this baby and I accept responsibility for that challenge
My body knows how to birth my baby
I trust my instincts
Babies are born when they are ready, not when doctors, midwives or anyone decides
My body is indeed beautifully and wonderfully mad
It’s good for me to take care of myself. I get to have a voice
Listen to my body and heart
I deserve to have the birth I desire
I trust my body
I trust my pain
I trust my labour
I trust in my baby
I am a powerful, loving and creative being
I am now willing to experience all my feelings
My pelvis releases and opens as have those of countless women before me
I accept myself completely here and now
I now feel inner peace and serenity

I accept this labour as my labour and believe it is the rightone for me and for my baby
I love and accept my body completely
I accept all my feelings as part of myself
I feel the love of others around me
My baby knows all is well

My heart knows what my baby needs, my mind is learning
Good strong contractions help my baby come into the world
I embrace the concept of healthy pain
I have enough love to go around, the universe always provides
I am strong, confident assured, assertive and very feminine
My body contains all the knowledge necessary to give birth to my baby
My baby knows how and when to be born
Birth is a safe and wonderful experience
My baby will be born healthy and at the perfect time
I know how to take care of myself in pregnancy.
My body knows how to give birth.
My baby knows the true birthday.
Birth is safe for me and my baby.
My baby will be born at the perfect time.
My body knows when to give birth.
I am a good mother.
My baby will find the perfect position for birth.
I love my baby.
My baby loves me.
I am a strong woman.
Contractions help to bring my baby.
I will make the right decisions for my baby.
My pregnant body is beautiful.
My baby senses the peace I feel.
I accept the help of others.
My baby?s head fit snuggly into my pelvis.
I accept my labor and birth.
I am surrounded by those who love and respect me.
I trust my body.
I know how to take care of my baby.
My baby feels my love.
This is what I want. I can do it!
My body knows how to give birth and I will let it!
My contractions are massaging my baby and hugging it.
My cervix ix opening with each contraction.
Childbirth is a normal, healthy event
I can have a healthy, positive birth
The power of birth strengthens me
I am calm and relaxed, every part of me is limp and loose
My baby shares my calmness and confidence
I am able to rest deeply between contractions
I greet each contraction with openness and expansion
My breathing is slow and even
With each breath I breathe in calm and I breathe out tension
With each breath I breathe in confidence and I breathe out
fear
I welcome each contraction with my breath.
Every contraction brings me closer to the birth of my baby
My cervix is opening, like a flower
My pelvis is flexible and open
My muscles are warm, heavy, and totally relaxed
I am excited about the birth of our baby
My baby is in the perfect position for birth
Every contraction brings my baby closer to me
I trust my body and my baby to know how to achieve a safe, comfortable and easy birth
Every hand that touches me in hospital is a healing hand and expresses only love
I am totally comfortable at all times
This day, hour, and minute is sacred and blessed
I must not fear.

Fear is the mind-killer.

Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.

I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.

Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
I will achieve a beautiful birth and be a wonderful mother.
I will love myself, husband and baby with all your being.
The three of us will be a close and loving family.
I will be a strong woman.
(Hubby’s name) will be a glorious and shinning husband and father.
(Baby’s name) will astonish me with her very existance.
( Baby’s name) every breath will be miraculous to me.
I am beginning an amazing journey that will give me joy.
I am a great mom, I am a great mom, I am a great mom and I get better and better each and every day.
Today I am the best mom I have ever been!
I am a great mother! My kids are amazing people!
I am a great mother! Today I celebrate my success as a parent!
Today and everyday I honor the role of mothers in our culture.
I am blessed with a beautiful and healthy family.
My children may not appreciate me now, but one day they will understand all I have done for them!
As a mother, I am at the top of my game!
As my children reach maturity, I easily transition from controller to wise guide.
I give my children the gifts of life and opportunity!
I am a great mother. My children are lucky to have me!
Today and every day, I show love respect for my mother.
Today I feel like a successful mom and I AM!
I am a great mother! I listen to my children and meet their needs while always remaining the mom!

schatsie - just remember with a c-sec you're going to be EINA and bending at the waist over a bath is going to have you in agony. And DH would run the bath water in the bathroom & carry the bath to the bed where you'll be busy undressing baby and all that. And when done he whisks it away again. So you won't be doing any heavy lifting for a few weeks at least after a c-sec - trust me - been there and done that!

Misty - I got one of those towelling ones that fit inside and it worked great. Just a tip from me - babies tend to start fussing when put into the bath so to help them relax (so mom can relax too and not stress out cause baby is crying in the bath) have a extra facecloth on hand and when baby starts fussing in the bath simply put the warm facecloth straight from the bath water on his/her tummy. it works like a charm!

Mistymom congrats on 30 weeks!

Regarding the bath, I saw a very nice one at Edgars which I want to get. It fits over your normal bath and has it's own plug. So it means you don't have to carry water around between the bathroom and bedroom. I have a bad back, so this is definitely the one for me!

Tazzy I'm definitely planning on having a nice relaxing weekend! Nowadays just not having to get up early to go to work and being able to have afternoon naps is such a pleasure!

And I have my baby shower tomorrow to look forward to! I can't actually believe I'm having one! I went thru a time when I declined invites to my friends' showers because I was so heartsore that I couldn't have a baby and here I am having my own one!! Life is good! And yes Mistymom, you're right, everything happens for a reason and my life is SO much better for meeting my new hubby and having this baby with him! He is a wonderful husband and will be a fantastic father!

If I still have energy left I think DH and I will go baby goodies shopping on Sunday.