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casler:
Congratulations to @div. ie, @one. gai and all July mums that have dropped. Amazing testimonies in July. It can only be God reminding us we are pencils in his hand. God help us the remaining moms.
Abeg #team November.
#cc anugod Abeg Sama us roll call for August oh.
Happy new month to us all.
Team August Abeg keep it hot like team July. Safe delivery to all.

Happy new month teamie. Abeg no mind me, I plan do roll call this morning o, my glo data network come seize since yesterday night I no even fit come online These glo people just dey vex me
I'm cooking now, if I finish early I go come do the roll call, if not, we go do am tomorrow.
Happy new month November mamas.
Hope say una see mama AlphaHandMaiden post about us ba? No slacking o

I dey come abeg, make this soup no burn...

AlphaHandMaiden:
Erhemm, Erheem , Erhem!!!! clears throat!

So with a a few months to go, a little gift was promised a while ago.

Here is some dribbles of information to whet your appetites.

There will be one (1) gift pack for one November birthing mama.

To qualify:
1. One must be either on the October, November or December roll calls.
2. Your delivery date must be between the 1st and 30th of November ( both dates inclusive)
3. BA or BS must be posted on NL
4. Open only to Nigeria resident mamas


Further details such as the contents of the gift pack as well as well as what interested mams/papas will need to do to be in a chance to
get this lovely gift will be provided as time progresses.

Cc. Anugod and october and december captains!



wishing you all a smooth pregnancy.

Hehehehehe... This one is very strong oo! I must win the gift pack o!

November mamas oya come out o, shey una dey see wetin I dey see? Who wan carry last?

Mama AlphaHandMaiden, we wouldn't really mind knowing all the criteria to win this delicious package. As for me, I don already win am tey tey I can't fit take last!

Qualification 1:✔️ (in advance)
Qualification 2: ✔️
Qualification 3: ✔️in advance (make I begin type ba and bs)
Qualification 4: ✔️✔️

No time o.

NIFES:
Thanks very much for the quick response. Well appreciated.
NIFES are actually my late twin babies names (Oluwanifemi & Monifeoluwa).
It remains my question on Pregnacare Plus and Folic acid combo?
Thanks once again.

Awwww So sorry about that..

Ok, on the Pregnacare, I learned it contains sufficient amount of Folic acid already, and no need to take extra Folic acid. You could check the drug composition on the leaflet for more info, but I think you don't need extra Folic acid with the Pregnacare. Easy peasy pregnancy to you dear

sweetlady4real:
@rennylicious , hello teamie. Sorry about the other time. Team November is here live and direct. Anugod is our cappo and I'm sure she will register and holla at you once she sees your post. Stay blessed.

*Modified* I can see Anugod already replied you. Well done cappo.

Thanks teamie. How body?

NIFES:
Hello everybody,
Please I have been a silent observer/learner on this thread and I must say that I have learnt quite a lot.
I have quite a number of questions but let ask this one first.
I am in my 8th week and I want to know if it is safe for me to take malt drinks (like Maltina or Malta Guinness) and Soymilk (Vitamilk).
Do kindly forgive if a similar question has been asked or discussed before now.
Thank you and God bless.

NIFES hi Your moniker made me respond. I was a nifesian in school too.
Well, I took malt but I opened it and allowed the gases to escape first. I think carbonated and gaseous drinks are not too good, especially coke and such soft drinks in first trimester sha. I think soymilk is fine.
Welcome again, NIFES

oamronnie:
On the contrary, I think coming in as another 'nurse' candidate' could piss them off. But again, it could buy you some favors depending on who you know and how the person relates with other colleagues.

I actually used FSH Jabi and it was quite nice but if the distance is a concern, you might want to consider FSH Gwarinpa. It's smaller but also quite good. I registered there when we were still living in Dutse but changed to Jabi when we moved to Lugbe.

Let me warn you though, the crowd at both hospitals no be here o. Especially Jabi!

Hmmm, that's true o. Their relationship with colleagues matter. When we wanted to register at Jabi, the consultant dissuaded us and suggested gwarimpa instead. Gwarimpa is closer, I guess I'll check them out. Thanks ma. Is it possible to keep attending classes here until delivery time before going elsewhere? Although we were told it's not a good idea cos the new place might not have the patient's history...

rennylicious:
Where are team November mama's? 2nd time posting 1st time I did everyone Waka pass ni., that thing can pain sha. So any team Nov?

Yes o, we dey gallant!

Sorry ma'am, it's like we missed your first post
It won't happen again, we promise. Oya no vex, chop kiss

Sama us your edd and baby sex possibly, make we for take update. Ya welcome.

Modified:
Just checked now and found out your first post was in March. At that time, we never group ourselves or get cappo. That was why.. But mama make you sef follow dey active o, this is your second post since March faa


You must be coming out more often now o, or I go disturb you tire
Welcome again

peggygee:
And u are even a dunamite...wow!

Awwww... See my fellow church mama o. Oya chop kiss
Do you attend the headquarters?

peggygee:
Yes....I'm in abuja, using Asokoro hospital, u nko? Maybe I don even drag seat with u b4 if na Asokoro...lol

Lmao @dragging seat

Bomgirl:
Anugod, na so Kubwa Gh dey? I live in Kubwa but couldn't register there cos of the crowd. I registered with Maitama Gh. Will start next week.

The crowd there is just something else. I wanted to register with federal staff Jabi, but for the distance. Make labor no go hol pesin inside hold-up

oamronnie:
Not to scare you mama but I had a really nasty experience at that GH Kubwa. The nurses I encountered were really rude and mean. Someone actually died while I was on admission in the ward due to their negligence and they left the dead body with us there in the ward for hours. Please be vigilant and prayerful and don't hesitate to change hospital sharply if anything seems off. Wishing you a smooth ride.

Ewooo
I know some of the nurses can be really nasty sha. Dh had even removed his mind from there and was planning alternative. It's my last experience there that's still keeping us there. Cos I met nice nurses.
Since the tests I did there that I was given wrong results, hubby hates the place. I'm not sure he wants me to even birth there. If I now tell him this one ehn...
Thanks mama, I'll not relax there. I'll be ready to pack my shoes and run if push turns to shove. We had Federal Staff Hospital, Jabi in mind o, but I discouraged him cos of distance...in case of emergency
I'll be really mindful sha, thanks ma.

PS. Does it help to have contact of some nurses there? Cos dh knows two nurses in kubwa, but they are not in maternity ward. So we never bother to use them. But can I suggest coming in as a nurse's candidate? Would it help the attitude of other nurses?

jazzyjazz:
All this Abuja mama's that are hiding
Oya what part of Abuja are you in?

**Covers face**

I knew you were in abj but I don't know that your area sha. I'm not too far from Kubwa

thotianna:
Wow, I also use Bwari gh. I registered just last wk and they gave me appointment on August. I was super late that day sha. I got there 9:30 and was number 47, the very last number. Naim I come dey waka up and down dey ask question like JJC.

You arrived 9:30 and you were number 47? Chai! Una no plenty o. Here at Kubwa, a lot of mamas come before 7am and are sent back because they have reached their limit of 80 people for the day. I wish I was still close to Bwari o

Nimi22:

Remain small i for use that kubwa but i can't be meeting up with that time. Mba how will i leave my house as early as 5:30am when sleep dey sweet pass. In Bwari i get dre to 7 and i still pick no 30 something i dey ok with that.

I attend church in army estate. I know sokale dunamis wella. Maybe one of this days u will wait for me after service.

My sister e no easy jare. I woke up 4am to make breakfast that I would go with. They too many there. The chief nurse was telling some women that came to register fresh, that no be only Kubwa GH dey, say make them go other GH go register. Them dey pursue people, I no know why people too like to go there.

@bolded, no wahala, we go arrange am

Nimi22:
Yaaaay maybe we bin dey jam for dutse market like that o . See life. Which hospital do you use? I use Bwari GH

Abi o. Na so I go jus dey look any preggy woman wey I see maybe na you.

Kubwa is closer to me now so I use GH Kubwa. Had it been we still dey dutse, na that Bwari I for dey go. Do you attend church in dutse? I attend Dunamis for Sokale

Nimi22:
Didn't know you were in Abuja o. Thought your diary was mentioning Benin.

I was in Benin... My parents are still there. Na marriage teleport me come abj o
We used to live in dutse before we moved. But we still go to our church in dutse, and I sometimes come to the market in dutse alhaji. Sometimes I look out for you any time I come to dutse but I don't even know what the face looks like

sacredlily:
As stated by Roseey here:
Shot 1- First trimester or whenever you got it
Shot 2- 0ne month after Shot 1
Shot 3- 6months after Shot 2
Shot 4- 1yr after shot 3
Shot 5- 1yr after shot 4
Or as your Doctor recommended
I took my first dose at 15th wk & d second on d 19th wk.

Imagine o, and I'm just taking my first shot now
No wahala sha. Teamie how far na? I wasn't in pain after the injection and I was happy o, cos I've heard people say it's painful. Only for the pain to surface at night with serious intensity.
I woke up this morning and almost could not raise my arm because of the pain.
Abeg can I massage it? I just used rubb last night, but can I do hot water massage?

peggygee:
That song ehn...I dey laff quench wen we dey sing am.
Where is ur ANC, abuja?

Yes ma... Abuja.
I often look at my fellow ANC mothers, linking some monikers with the faces I see there
You're also in Abuja I presume?

So I went for my second ANC today, and it was ok... At least I got to take my first shot of TT vaccine
I discovered that if you don't open your mouth and talk, you're OYO so I no do siddon look today o

I even answered kweshion during the class and the nurse praised me *pops collar*
I explained the meaning of IUFD (Intra-uterine fetal death), thanks to this wonderful platform
I was really feeling like a pro even though I had no bump to show

Those mamas can sabi use belle do seniority sha
One wanted to intimidate me, that I never reach to collect TT but I told her that this bump-less belle wey you dey see so don almost reach 6 months o
She then kept quiet and directed me to where I could get the vaccine

The nurse who taught us today was very nice and friendly, and she was also preggy
She first asked us to stand up and dance. When mamas started grumbling, she said, "na only una waka come?" Then she started shaking bumbum and mothers had no choice than to join.
She taught us one song like that


My belle don full 2x
With the blessings of the Lord 2x
My belle don full 2x
With the blessings of the Lord 2x
Any sex I born 2x
Whether boy or girl 2x
My belle don full 2x
With the blessings of the Lord 2x

Tune is same as "My hands are filled with the blessings of the Lord".

One more thing, I left home 5:30am, got there around few minutes after 6 and met a huge crowd of mamas waiting I believed I would not be less than number 30, but surprisingly, I was number 19 because some of them were there to see the doctor, and not for ANC.
I guess that's one downside of general hospital sha.

But all in all, I enjoyed today, and was able to leave on time. I heard more good reviews about them today, and I guess I'm still sticking with them yet.
I got my TT shot and my next appointment is next month, not next two months again so it's all good.


And oh, that nurse checking vitals made me cut off my nails I had been keeping for months now I knew it was not allowed, but I don't know how she managed to see them when I hid my fingers I didn't even remember to take one last remembrance picture of the nails before I cut them off
DH will so laugh at me today because he had been telling me to cut them for ages now but I refused


Dazall *drops mic*


#Rantsofapregnantwoman#

Giddyperson:
I'm feeling so proud of myself right now, my baby just learnt to flip over

For a minute, I was imagining Giddybaby tumbling over, as in, front flip and back flip.

Roseey0:
queenhecate
Plz which general hospital is that?
Thank God it ended in praise

Yes ma, @ Queenhecate, please can you tell us the general hospital? I registered in a general hospital and all these stories are beginning to frighten me. If na make I quick change mind before it's too late

Imagine spacing antenatal between two months, instead of the usual one. My last antenatal was first week of June, and the next was scheduled for July ending. I've not been given any vaccine, (although if they don't still say anything about it this coming antenatal, that's the end of my antenatal there).
I asked about antimalarial meds I can use and the nurse was asking me if I had malaria. I was like, to prevent it na But she waved me off, saying no need.
I overheard a woman who was almost due begging the nurses to shift her next appointment to a week interval instead of the two weeks interval they gave her, cos she was afraid she might deliver before then, but they bluntly shoved her away, that there was nothing they could do
Make I begin reconsider my steps o... Although I met a woman who had her first there and came back for her second. She had good reviews about SOME of the nurses and doctors. I always keep praying that God should direct helpers my way, helpers that will not harm me but will be for my testimony. God gat us in all sha.

Nimi22:
I dey tell u o. Na so person go use him hand do himself because of small enjoyment.

How are u and baking bunnie?

My sister, just read your diary update. I bin think say na only me the backache hol o
Izz a very painful something My spinal cord izz doing me like e wantu break (God forbid).
Is this also part of the package??

Nimi22:
Ok mama thanks. So it isn't safe for dh to suck? Don't mind my questions pls.

My sister thank you oo. Me sef never thought it unsafe for dh o.


Thanks to all mamas that responded to our questions.
Ignorance is truly a killer disease.

hunniesuzie:
Just clean your tips with olive oil and cotton wool. Finish

Ok, thank you ma

OmoLayo29:
you don't need to massage your breast now wait till baby comes, you can start cleaning d nipple with cotton wool and olive oil so that d nipple will not pain you when you start breastfeeding, I did it religiously and it work for me. getting breastmilk by force can send a wrong signal to the brain then to the body system

Thank you so much ma. Thank God I spoke up. I would have continued ignorantly o. I was even thinking it's a good sign producing milk early to avoid issues with lactation. Chai! See my life o

suremum:
Thanks mama for this advise as i was going to say d same thing. I remember i was at Ikorodu General Hospital sometime ago b4 i even got pregnant and they were having antenantal. The midwife there was advising on cleaning d breast with coconut water and olive oil so d milk can flow well after birth but she expressly stated that this should be done from 8months upward as it can cause miscarriage if done early. If contraction starts from 8 months and above atleast baby is ready to be born. So plsssss it is not advisable to do that at 5months as it can cause miscarriage.
I just started mine sef as i am 38 weeks today. So the mama that is doing it should plss stop.
Cc Anugod

Chai! Thank you ma. When my mum told me, I even thought it was to be after birth o. But she later asked me if I have started already. That was why I started o

Yesitsme:
lol. Your funny sha! To me it's like coconut water

I was curious to know what it tastes like or if that was what I was seeing. I used to wonder if mamas drank their own breastmilk...especially mamas who lactate much.

Shey it would be nice to drink it instead of throwing the excess away? *Just thinking sha*

lioha:
Sister pls don't try it again . You are just 5months am saying it with experience. This same act made me lost my first pregnancy after ttc for 10years. I was told to always wash my nipples. This I did . The very day I saw milk like substance coming out that day my water broke and I was just 23 weeks. Lost my lo at 25weeks after all efforts to save him were in vain. If you must do it, do it from 30 weeks upward.

It's good to speak out oo Thank you so much ma. I'm stopping it immediately!

Good evening mamas, and happy Sunday
Please o, I have a weird question. Please mamas, can anyone tell me what breastmilk tastes like?
I need answers because, I was messaging my boobies with hot water (mum asked me to do this regularly before baby comes), after which I noticed some white tiny spots on the nips which I felt was breastmilk.

Since I'm gifted with large sized boobies, I kinda pulled my nips into my mouth and sucked on it. (Hubby was not around, and might not even get what I was curious about). I felt some salty taste which I couldn't really place. I did it at another time and felt same taste again.


So I wanted to know, please, does breastmilk have a salty taste? Am I already lactating? I'm just a little above 5 months gone.

CC: All sabi mamas, especially those wey don born. Please have you tasted your breastmilk? What does it taste like? Abeg no wake pass me by

adezie:
Hello to every mama in the house especially team November mamas. This is me officially reporting for team November. Edd is 27th and sex is not yet known.
Cc: Anugod

Awwww welcome ma. Happy bumping and happy stay. Welcome to wonderful TeamNovember

Goldenheart002:
Gorgeous is d right word!
Btw, I love that gown...Very simple and nice, abeg do make u dash me jare

Oya come collect am. If you want the gown, comman tekit

Sorry for the late response dear