I consider myself very lucky and grateful to have largely had an incident free pregnancy. I haven’t really had much in the way of morning sickness and little baby boy has been right on target with every scan. Now that I’m in the third trimester, however, a chronic problem has come up to haunt me. … [Read more...]
Cute Baby Clothes and Important Events
My mom was visiting again this week (coming back from my sister) and she brought with her the cutest little baby clothes. I can really imagine my baby snuggling into these: I am 32 weeks and getting bigger and bigger! The past two weeks I have … [Read more...]
My blog got hacked / Second Antenatal Class
Last Sunday I was about to post about the second and last childbirth class, when I got a huge surprise. When I went to my blog I was presented with a violation. It had been "Hacked by Ziqor" and was no more. Funnily enough, I wasn’t as panic stricken as I thought I’d be. This was also due to my … [Read more...]
Hospital Tour
I was so excited to get the lay of the land of the place (Sandton Mediclinic) where I will be birthing my precious little baby, especially after sitting through the home birth / birth centre brigade on Sunday. We started off at the labour ward where if you are going the natural way, you will … [Read more...]
First Birth Preparation Class
I should actually subtitle this post: "I guess I’m not a tree hugger after all..." Today we had our first session of the Baby Preparation Class. I feel a bit emotionally exhausted. It’s not just the avalanche of information being thrown at us, it is the very strong direction that this … [Read more...]
I saw my son in three dimensions
Hello bleeps! I am still on holiday this week and have been getting quite a lot done. Went to the traffic dept., paid all fines and got my new driver’s license. I upgraded my phone (still getting used to the touchscreen, but at least it is still a blackberry). And lots of other stuff. I … [Read more...]
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter, Bleeps! I hope you are having a super nice long weekend. Continuing with our analogy theme, there is something about Easter that also corresponds to the struggle of infertility ? if you can get through the long night of Good Friday, you’ll make it to Easter Sunday with the promise … [Read more...]
Lots of News: Camp, Midwife Visit, PAIL, and other newsflashes
I know you guys haven’t heard from me in a while, so this post is going to contain quite a lot. I have been insanely busy and it only gets worse after this. Last week after a hectic week of school (assessment tests) it was straight onto camp which basically took up my whole weekend. I did have … [Read more...]
New Network: Parenting/ Pregnant after Infertility or Loss
Hello bleeps! You must be wondering why so many blog posts at once (I normally barely manage one a week) – it is because I have a long weekend – midterm break. I just wanted to let you all know that Elphaba at Yolk (or what she has renamed Alice in Diaperland) has put together a network of … [Read more...]
Purple Bear’s Chair
Thanks again, bleeps, for all your support for Marwil and Mo. Mo has lost her little one, and she gave him the most beautiful name, Nadav. I continue to hold these two strong ladies in prayer. I also want to mention this stunning poem written by WH Auden which Jjiraffe posted which kind of really … [Read more...]