Feb-May 2011 Mommies

Aww Tazzy you look so good!!! Bump is a perfect size for 30wks Well done mommy!!

Meags, enjoy the babyshower today!!! Cant wait to hear what prezzies you got And ofcourse you are going to cry Just enjoy the time with your loved ones!

Anje, your floors are going to look amazing. How exciting!

So the shopping went well... got 3 sets of new pjs with matching slippers nogal Got 2 pairs from Mr Price and 1 from Milady's. They really have nice pj's now! I just bought those pants with the stretchy elastic and the tops are the t-shirt kind.. I really dont like button tops

Also got about 4 sets of newborn babygrows and some shortsleeve newborn vests. Then also got some woolies feeding bra's, hooded towels, washcloths, socks and some more odd goodies. So Im starting to feel a bit better now

Next week Ill go sort out the stuff I kept from when my son was newborn size and also still on the lookout for a nappy bag.

Is anyone going to buy one of those belly-band thingies that you wear after baby is born to help you get your pre-preggie belly back? I want to buy one but dont know which one to go for??

morning ladies

well someone came to view my unit yesterday and another today. the one's today seemed really keen and their dad is buying the place for them so please God let this be it!
The neighbours are currently having sex and she is moaning so loud you can hear it from outside. Thank GOD she only started this nonsense after those potential buyers left!!! Imagine their faces if she was doing it while they were here!

My friend is picking me up around 1:30 to go to the baby shower. So excited!!!! Hope I dont get emotional and cry as it'll be the last time I see some of the friends coming.

Still coughing like mad...

Spoke to DH last night. He has viewed 4 houses. The mansion we loved is unfortunately not going to work as it's close to some busy road and DH says it's not a good idea with the cats. Then he saw another one we didnt select - but it wasnt nice.

The 2 he liked are in an ok area. But they are really nice places. He says the roads are very bad and in the street you have either really nice houses, or really crappy houses. He is going to look at another house today (his colleagues currently stay in it). They are moving into an apartment and their lease isnt up so the company is pushing us to just take over from them. Their budget is a lot higher than ours and the company says they're willing to pay it for us. only thing is apparently one of the rooms has very bad humidity. Now is it just me, or does humidity lead to mould? Cos I dont really want to move into a mouldy place...

Anje, your baby is such a stunning size!! glad all is well.

Tazzy - wow your tummy is so petite and cute! although I'm sure, to you, you feel huge!

My 30 week photo

Cathm, I am so glad the placenta finally moved out of the way. Now you can go natural like you initially wanted to, and it is a bonus that you will be ok with C-Sec if it comes to that.

Lucy, I don’t have the name of the colour of the laminated floors and they still need to do a quotation, but I was at the showroom yesterday and we decided to use a medium colour (lol), not dark brown, but not the light one either. Since we are planning on using our second spare bedroom (the smaller one of the two) initially, we are going to keep it as neutral as possible with pink accessories and after a year or 2 when she is walking and playing all over, we will move her to the bigger spare room and only then make it a true little girl’s room. But we will laminate both floors now. Did you have your baby shower on Friday ? Hope you got a lot of goodies.

Rakker, welcome back to sunny SA !! Love your pics, but that looks really cold.

Meags, being sick sucks, hope you are feeling better already !! Enjoy your scan on Monday !! Hope you get a whole lot of goodies at your babyshower.

Em, you have a wonderful ouma !! I am glad you had some rest !!

Mistymom, sounds like baby’s room is almost finished. Can’t wait to see the pics.

AFM: Lianey is healthy and weighs 1.33 kg, she was head down but hiding her face until right at the end and she turned her face towards us. And she is def still a girl. I don’t know whether it is because we talked about it and if I just never noticed it, but she started with hiccups and it lasts for a while. At first I thought she was kicking, but it just continued at the same pace and I realised it had to be hiccups. Cannot wait for my 4D next week on the 12th. So amazing !! Not sure who asked, but we are starting with the antenatal classes on the 20th, at first I thought it was a waste of time and money, but I think it might do us good, you never know. Meags I will take pics again at 30 weeks and post.

Oh and my next gyne appointment is on 28 Jan.

Hope you have an awesome weekend !!

Good evening girls!!

Jess, ah how sucky to be back at work... I think its so sweet of your mom to fly back for your birthday!! ooo And Ill be going to the meet on Saturday!! Yayness

Mistymom, hey post some piccies once you have moved some goods into the nursery!! I think its really great that you want to try for natural birth even though you had a fracture.. I hope it goes well for you. We had a discussion some time ago about it and most experts seem to believe that a trial of labour is best to determine if natural birth is till possible, but most say it is Shoo and Im very guilty in not getting enough info on csec for incase.. been thinking about it but just cant get myself to actually ask or read up on it. My brain just doesnt want to go there!

Schatsie, I love the woolies pants just because of those big ribbing parts! Trust me they are irritating because they want to fall off in the beginning but those last 6 or so wks you will just love them because they dont squish your babies head Ive got 2 of them a size bigger than I am because I know already that they will be the only thing I will want to wear that last 2wks. With my son he was lying so low that I could hardly keep my pants on I stayed in the house the whole day and only had on underwear and a oversized t-shirt.. it was the only thing I felt comfy in!

Anje, I also def dont want to spend R700! Ive budgeted about R350 so that should buy me atleast a nice looking one if I can find it!! Can you believe that the shop where I wanted to buy while visiting MIL is closed until Monday!! Such bad luck Im having Wow and your little girl has also grown so well! Ill go add her name now..

Cath!! Whooop whoop!! Its such good news to hear I just knew your placenta was gonna move!! Now we are back to matching due dates and Im so happy Just take a day at a time from here on.. you will know later on if you want to take a week advance in maternity leave or wait until you go into labor. Yipee again xxx

KarinM, great to have you back at work For our sake ofcourse They had a bit on the water situation in George the other day on the news and I was thinking of you!

RAkker, glad you are back home Thanks for sharing the pics.. they are great!!

Tazzy, I also get those pains you are talking about.. Ive imagined that its baby turning and stretching the bottom part of your uteris to the max.. it comes and goes by quite quickly so Ive never been worried about them. And about doing the deed.. its safe right till the end unless you have other complications or if your dr advises you not to. It wont induce labor if your body is not up to it.. trust me.. we tried that

Lucy, LOL.. yeah the hiccups.. they are def weird! Shoo those pains sounds hectic I agree that it can be the ligament pains.. they can be quite sharp and feels like someone is stabbing you with a knife! But def mention them to gynae!!

Meags, enjoy your babyshower tomorrow!! If your chest doesnt get better within a few days then rather take the antibiotics... or if its sore and wheezy.. chest infections are horrible and take very long to heal by themselves.. my mom is currently on her 2nd round of antibiotics.. seems its the same bug going around now.

Emsmom, great that you enjoyed the classes.. hehe.. I think most hubbies think hypnobirthing is a bit hippy But as soon as they get the bigger picture they embrace it quite easily.

Shoo, another long post!! hehe

My babyshower is booked for the 29th... cant wait! I need to get all my shopping done and would be great to know what to still get. But Yipee, MIL is taking me for some shopping tomorrow.. although its small town shopping

Will everyone thats having c-sec done pls give me your csec dates if you have them. I need to update the list with them as I probably only have the original due dates on it. That will give us a good idea of who is having babies when.. Its so amazing to think that in the beginning the gaps felt so huge but now our babies are all closer together and some might even be born wayyy before they are expected to How exciting!! eeeeee!!!!

Meags - I agree, I'll get onto that tomorrow.

i think we need some belly pics (Tazzy, kimika, EmsMom, Rakker, MistyMom, Cath, Karin etc!!!)