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divanita:
This really helps, thank you so much ma'am...

janeobasi24:
Good day Mommas, pls I need help..... Pls can you recommend pregnancy-safe aphrodisiac for me?
Before I got married, I used to be wet during romance with my fiance(now my husband) but I ever since I got married, nothing like that again no matter how deep the romance!
My vagina is still tight and we use sex lubricant every time we have sex.... I want to satisfy my husband
Lastly, I'm afraid of vaginal birth since my vagina is still tight! Can I actually give birth through vagina in this case?
Note:
I actually got married as a virgin
I conceived on my wedding day cos I was ovulating that day
I'm 25 weeks gone

divanita:
Good morning mamas!!!

Please help me out. I was two months pregnant when I started experiencing infection. I went to the hospital and was given these drugs: cikamox 500, greenzoral and another that doesn't have name but BPL written on the tablet. The infection left but soon came back so I visited a health centre and was given flagyl but the infection didn't stop.

I registered for antenatal yesterday, told the nurse all about the infection and she advised me to stay off antibiotics for now, that I should just learn to manage it and maintain proper hygiene. That antibiotics can affect the organs of the baby but I still discharge.

The discharge doesn't itch, doesn't smell, cream in colour and thick. Please mamas in this forum, I need your urgent replies as this is my first pregnancy and I'm really scared of anything happening to my baby.

Thank you

miraclebaby:
Part of your package ma. Enjoy. Mine is my face

Prudify25:
BS

First of all, I want to say thank you lord for the journey, after having a miscarriage(5 months) last year april 20th to be precise, the devil wanted to work on same date this year, all that can go wrong during this pregnancy did, from having threatened abortion to having to go for emergency cerclage at 24weeks, to premature contractions almost every 2weeks, including managing diabetes, in fact this God is too good. At some point I will be scared if my baby will form well and come out very strong and healthy, but in all,I thank God.


April 17th I went for normal antenatal, did urinalysis and went for vitals... My normal bp of 120/80 went up to 170/100.....I was really concerned, although prior to that I had already started secreting mucus plug, my gynae sent for my husband immediately and told him I need to be under close monitoring and if my bp doesnt go down I will be taken to theatre the next day...oga went mute throughout that day, I prayed, called my parents and even brought it here, my parents said if the form isn't signed by my husband they will sign it if it can be mailed to them and so it went on, he didn't say a word, gynae asked for mother in-law, she didn't show up, on Saturday 18th I was told to report morning afternoon and evening to check my bp, it was getting worse infact after the nurses check the doctors will check to confirm and it will even go higher, I was told to go and bring my bags, I waited for hubby to come but he didn't say anything when he came back, mother in-law later called a matron that night to seek second opinion and she was told cs is the only way out to save mother and child, my parents were angry with me that I'm playing with my life cross of hubby and in-laws, in short inter-tribal marriage get as e be.
To cut the long story short, I tried to rest after all the worry but I couldn't, on Sunday around 4am my head was banging and I knew my bp must have gone higher than it was, I didn't wait for hubby I just picked few stuffs and was heading to the hospital to my greatest surprise he followed me and even helped me carry my bag, on getting to the hospital, bp was checked and it was reading 200/120, nurses and docs were shouting, everyone was confused. The next 10mins I was checked again and it went to 210/130, it was just going up, my gynae had to call 4 other doctors from UNTH, I was told we need to deposit 60k for them to start but hubby was no where to be found, I was checked again 220/140, the doctors arrived really early and they decided to check it was 240/130, my gynae said I should be moved to the theatre immediately that we have suffered so much during the pregnancy to loose it when I was just few days to hit 36weeks cos of money, before then I called mother in-law that his son has left me to die and she came in few mins b4 I was moved to the theatre and that was it.

First anaesthesia injection didn't work, I felt the pain when they cut me, after giving me the second one I fainted, I heard voices of people calling my name and snapped back, but then it was as if my whole body went numb including my head, I tried to speak, like I was shouting within me but nobody was hearing me, it was one of the docs that saw my face and said I was dying, I was just shouting, I can't do this, I'm dying, I'm going, God help me and b4 I knew they fixed oxygen to my nostrils and that helped me to breathe well and in few mins I heard my baby crying, hearing her cry just took away all the pains and turmoil, she was cleaned up and showed to me cos I didn't check gender b4 her birth and that was it.

I was stitched back, cleaned and moved to the ward but couldn't speak or talk to anyone until later that evening.

The devil came again baby's glucose level was 12 and that was very low, she was given formula and glucose since I couldn't even move cos of the anaesthesia, all of a sudden baby began to choke, my mother in-law was shouting for help, in my fragile state I kept on asking for my baby but no one was answering me, I managed to pray for God to save my child and give me complete joy, unknown to me they were reviving her with oxygen for 2 straight hours, I couldn't move to look for her cos I'm worried and head is banging, at the end of it all, God did it for me and we are fine, Protocols were broken for my sake and God proved himself mighty.

I am grateful to God for everything and we are 1 week today, treating jaundice though but I know God is working, thank you to all that advised I go for the cs, for all your tips here and to cappo, thank you sweetheart. I have to drop my pen here so I can sleep now that princess is sleeping.


To all those waiting on your big day, God will make it easy for you and to those TTC, God will bless you very soon.
Cc: Cappo angeltolly
Bs submitted

MumoftheDecade:
Thanks a lot for your response.
I should get folic acid, then. Does it come in a specific dosage?

MumoftheDecade:
I did. I knew I was pregnant from the very moment of conception!

I'm 5weeks gone.

P.S. I need clarifications on some things. I'm yet to start antenatal as I think hospitals are unsafe at this time. So, please, I need advice and instructions on how to cope without antenatal... what are the things I can do for and by myself. Hubby already got me pregnacare original. Do I need any more than that? Sons-in-law said I could get more folic acid, but pregnacare already contains 400mcg of folic acid, which I understand to be the exact daily requirement.
For now, I'm not exhibiting any annoying symptoms except peeing a lot more frequently and my breasts being fuller.

This is my first pregnancy ever and I'm super excited. EDD is Dec 22nd.

Cc: Patking.

Ohemababy:
You know its somehow to prescribe medication for a pregnant woman. Even Doctors are usually very careful.

I suggest you just take the normal catarrh drugs like procold first if it is safe for use in pregnancy.
If there are no improvements, then you may need to consult your doctor.

As for the headache...me I constantly have headaches so I take paracetamol and rest well.

Get well soon.

Kittana:
My Birth Story...

So I'm not sure how my application to be enlisted as an April mama was missed, even though I did apply early, but I thought to leave it be, because I realized I would not always be here to respond to roll calls, which really would not be fair...

Pregnancy was a joyride. Maybe not so much as my first, but again, I may have been overexcited then to not have noticed certain downers. I experienced no morning sickness as before...Also, as against my first, my feet did not get swollen - probably because I did not do pregnacare like one mama here also testified.

Anyway, as I originally requested of God, before the lockdown that would later prevent my mama from coming for omugwo, I went into labour at 39weeks + 3 days. The menstrual-like pains, as opposed to the kind of contractions I experienced for my first that were visibly making my stomach muscles vibrate, started in the wee hours of April 20th morning.

If I didn't know about timing contractions, I probably would have been really confused as to what was going on. I just thought to time the space between the crampings. They started out to be 5/6 minutes apart and after a while, they were just all over the place, leaving me to look out for the show at least, before heading to the hospital. In between, I was sleeping but waking up to more intense cramps.

At around 6am, I was no longer finding the cramps funny, knew it was definitely labour pains and went to take a bath, started to brush my teeth, got irritated midway and stopped. I went to wake DH up and that was were the irritation manifested and I threw up. DH jolted out of bed and went to bring my bag and whatever it was he was running around the house to gather and he drove us to the hospital.

We arrived at the hospital and everything seemed to happen quickly. I was given a pelvic exam by a nurse who said I was 6cm dilated, before a doctor arrived to ask of a late scan report. The only scan I did during ANC was on the day I registered. I was exactly 26 weeks. My ANC doc did not request for another but at my 34th week, he had examined my bump and said that the baby was still in breech. So it was kind of crucial to know the baby's weight and position at that point. Waited and waited in crayzy pains for the scan techies to come and wheel me off...no show. Bloody show too refused to appear, but the pains continued to intensify.

The matron who seemed to be in charge of delivery eventually came to ask for what's keeping me and the doctor told her. Then as if on cue, the nurse who examined me, decided to have mercy abi show expertise by chipping in the fact that she felt the crown or whatever and that baby was not in breech position and that we may go ahead without an ultrasound report.

So I got wheeled up, laid on a bed, was given an injection, I suspect it sped things along...got transferred into another unit within an hour again, a drip was set up and fixed to my canula and I was asked to push when I felt like taking a shite....I can't possibly describe the fire I was feeling all through this, as I felt I was being rushed but at the same time, wanted everything over with. So while on the bed, I pleaded with the nurse that I would not want an episiotomy if possible and she assured me that it's my right to ask for what I wanted and she would try but that I should be aware that it could be necessary, given the fact that we were going in blindly without a late scan report.

So like my first birthing experience again, it got to the pushing part where every woman in labour wish to be right from the onset of labour, and again I could not push. I would oooh and aaahhh, but the nurses would say that I wasn't doing anything. At a point, the matron asked me not to push at the beginning of a contraction, but to count to three after it starts...Even did that, but she said it's my body that's bringing out baby without my conscious effort, but that the baby seems to be big too, cos she could see the head and it was not descending as she expected. Whether or not it was a ploy to change my mind, I was ready to get past that point and so I asked her to do what was necessary. I never talk finish, she carried the special episiotomy scissors and with the next contraction, she gave me the cut. With one more contraction though, the baby seemed to slide out of me and hmnnnnnnn, I still haven't forgotten the kind of relief I became awash with.

Baby again, did not jump out crying like I see in movies, but it took like 5 seconds of immediate rigorous back rubbing to hear that scream. Baby Nathan is a handsome gee that weighed 3.5kg at birth. Local anaesthesia was administered twice for my stitching and I can honestly tell you that the experience wasn't nearly as bad as I have feared all my life. Even right now, I feel okay. I'm not planning to take a look down there anytime soon though.

Here's wishing everyone who is still waddling, easier journeys and deliveries.

Abiyenimi:
Hello mothers, goodevening. Pls I have a question although it's not about pregnancy but I believe there are a lot of women of wisdom here.
I got married at the age of 26, 4 years ago as a virgin but it's been a difficult journey so far. My husband rarely have sex with me the highest is twice in a month, other times when I make demands or try to seduce him it ends in fight and he will avoid me for days by coming home late or sleeping in another room. We went to the hospital and did all test which confirmed that I was fine but my husband had a low count after alot of different things the count has improved but sex is still non existent. I was hoping to use the lockdown period to improve our sex life and if God wills conceive but we havent had sex in the 3weeks at all because he can't get an erection no matter what I do. Mothers pls what can I do I cant continue like this. God bless and grant all the preggy mothers safe delivery.

zaynie:
There is delivery service during this lockdown but unfortunately I'm out of stock on a lot of items.
Once the lockdown is lifted, I'll stock up and deliver as soon as possible

mzchirious:
Good morning Sabi Mamas,how's the waddling going? ; ....I have been meaning to ask,how can one use Lipton to reduce the size of a baby (will it be taken with milk or just plain),also I'm team may (shout-out to all may Mamas ) so will it still be effective if I start now?tho I don't know the size of my baby as I haven't been able to go to do a scan due to this lock down and I'm 36 weeks already so I'm just sizing it from the size of my baby bump(lol). Please Sabi mamas,this post should not be self-isolated ,your response(s) will really be appreciated.thanks

Temmie147:
Is the local fowl business lucrative and how many chick is a local fowl likely to hatch at once

zaynie:
Sorry, I thought I did.
Please send me the details of the account

angeltolly:
Similar question was asked sometimes back here..... Here is the response i gave her then.

Pojomojo:
hubby has been raising my ass with pillows and giving me from behind I just tire

davsquared:
Okay, here goes my BS.

PRE-PREGNANCY

I had always wanted to have 3 kids but my DH prayed for 2. God blessed us with 2 boys and oga said , no more. Efforts to convince him otherwise, failed and was causing unnecessary quarrels. By beginning of last year when my last baby was to turn 3 and he wasn't forthcoming, Me sef kukuma bone the matter , adjusted and happily moved on with life.

Early August 2019, I was feeling kinda off so i went to the lab to do Typhoid and Malaria test make I know which drugs to buy. Entered restroom in the lab there to ease myself and from the corner of my eye, saw one old pregnancy strip test inside my purse. Dunno which spirit told me to bring it out and play with it before disposing. Obeyed the spirit and I saw two lines immediately!
People of God, I froze! Chim ooo! How manage? I started racking my brain. How can this be? Started calculating and noted that my period was due in 3 days time. Ok, let's do blood test. Shey na Lab I dey?

Left the restroom and told the lab guys to include pregnancy test. Result came out and I saw pregnancy "positive". Didnt even bother with what Malaria and Typhoid were again.
Snapped both strip and result and sent to DH. Long story short, belle don enter and that was that. Ironically, for someone who had ' fought' for another pikin, I couldn't muster up excitment about the news (God pls forgive me). Meanwhile, DH was ecstatic.

PREGNANCY STORY

MS started in earnest. At 5wks, I was already down to the familiar misery i had previous times. Sick feeling, constant weakness, nausea etc. Ulcer came up ten fold. Gestid, Gaviscon, Polycid, Pepcid, name it, none relieved me. I was miserable. Around 8weeks, I came to the hospital to complain as I was fearing ectopic cos of how horrible I felt. Scan said baby was positioned well but Sonographer asked if i was bleeding and was surprised I said no. Turns out i had small Subchorionic Haematoma(SCH). Like blood clots. I was advised to be careful, no bikes, stay off sex and I tried the much I could to obey.

At 11 weeks, wiped after peeing one day and saw blood while at work. My heart skipped! Rushed to the hospital and was admitted and managed for like 4 days then placed on bed rest for a week . Me wey no dey near hospital till 18 weeks to register for antenatal before became customer. I was required to take weekly duphaston injection till 16 weeks which I did. Bleeding resolved afterwards and SCH eventually disappeared. All was fine. MS left around week 20. I also started having Braxton Hicks contraction as early as 19wks or so.

Given my history of big babies(1st :4.58kg, 2nd: 4.2kg) I was doing all I could to make baby less than 4kg. Avoid carbs, eat veggies, drink Lipton, etc. My prayer point was actually to have a 3.8kg baby. Pregnancy progressed, kept feeling heavier by the day and my waka really changed cos of the pressure down there. At 33wks, scan showed baby at 2.6kg and I became a little depressed. After all my sacrifice and starvation! . Truth is , I knew mine had to do with genetics but it didnt stop me from wishing/trying.
37wks 2days, another scan showed 4.5kg. . At this point, even after considering my previous births, CS was advised. I was not against it but cos I travelled out, the cost implication of that was part of what I considered. Eventually I said "Let your will be done Lord " and mentally prepped myself for Scheduling CS from 39wks as advised.
Met with a Nigerian OBGYN on one of my antenatal visits and she offered to do a membrane sweep at 38wks 4days after noting that I was already dilated to 2cm for past 2 visits. (Note that I had done membrane sweep during my last pregnancy and after 72hrs, I went into Labour so I was working with that in mind). She did it around 11am on April 2nd and I went home.

LABOUR & DELIVERY

Later that day, I was experiencing light contractions but cos of my close friendship with Braxton Hicks all along, I didn't feel it was the main thing. While lying down i suddenly heard a pop sound, stood up immediately and my water poured out. I got myself cleaned up and placed a pad. Before I knew it , I had soaked through 3 pads and contractions really began . They were about 3mins apart. This was like past 4pm. Called the doctors office to let them know my water broke and I was advised to head to the hospital. I first balance chop food first for the work ahead

5:30pm or so: Got to the hospital., I was still able to endure the pain .

6:10pm : Got checked and I was 6cm gone.They strapped the monitors on me to monitor baby and I. I actually hate labouring while lying down so the restriction was not nice for me. They offered me a bouncing ball to aid labour and i started bouncing on it. When contractions hit, I bounce and use deep breathing exercises to pull through. Kept praying to God to open my cervix and pelvis so baby can be delivered with ease and not get stuck as the OBGYN feared cos of the size. I also remembered an excerpt of Beyedew BS "I labour, not for long; I give birth with ease..." and prayed with those words.

7 :20pm : Looked at the time and realised I had been bouncing for over an hour. I was like God abeg do a miracle, I want to give birth before 8pm. Stood up from the ball to pee and all of a sudden I forgot how to breathe through the contractions. The technique literally flew outta the window. I called for the nurse to check me cos the pain was unmanageable and i felt like pooing .i
In my hysteria I knocked off the line they set for IV in case..

7:40pm: Got checked and was 9cm. Nurse said I had a little bit of cervix lip left and I remember same thing happening in my previous pregnancies. I Laid on my left side and lifted up the right leg on the stirrups to get it out of the way. Of course by this time, I was pretty much consumed by the pain and was beginning to push involuntarily. Doctor was called in and the pushing began . Pushed through 3 contractions with all my strength and he was out, crying in ajebo tone . Born exactly 7:54pm . Oh what relief!!!
I was just thanking God.

Miraculously doctor looked through and said there were no tears. I almost wept for joy here. Couldn't believe my ears cos that was part of my fears. Me that was cut horrendously with my first( it even required restitching) and had 2 stitches with my 2nd. It was just God. Baby weighed 4.53kg and they all kept screaming..

At the end of the day God showed himself strong as it was His will that prevailed. We are home now and bonding fine.

Family is complete and I handover boots to all TTC /ATC sisters. The Lord will surprise you greatly.

Cappo PatKing, BS submitted.
April teamies , go forth and give birth with ease. Safe delivery everyone

teebee22:
mine is a strong ajebutter, she only kicks when she wants ( don't even know what triggers her) for days she will be on a low key (don't know if it normal) and return fully reenforced.

cinderellashoes:
Good morning mamas, please someone should kindly send me the supernatural delivery eBook. Thanks. Email: blessinggaglo@yahoo.com

nikkyshyne:
July mamas. I was lying on my left as usual about to sleep last night, when I realised I started feeling some sensitive kicks different from my usual norm. Then all of a sudden, I felt a sharp kick or turn that sent me flying from the bed and I wondered what the heck was that. I was so scared to go back to bed for sometime and when I eventually did(lying on the left), I started feeling the sensitive kicks again and I was so scared I do not experience that kind of initial kick. I had to turn to the right, and in that way, the kicks slowed down to the usual norm. I slept off.
Waking up in the middle of the night to go pee, I realised the baby was quiet now and tot baby has gone to sleep. Getting back to bed, I quietly went back to the left side. Honestly, it wasn't up to 10 seconds baby started with those kicks again. And I am like, isn't it the left we are supposed to sleep on. Is this baby not comfortable with the left or what. I sharparly turned back to my right side and the baby mellowed once again.

davsquared:
Congrats Teamie Jennykoko3009. May the Lord bless the newborn.

Rest well mama then come gist us the style that worked to bring on labour cos I remember you asking the question some days back.

Toriaking:
Team July mamas
Hope baby is kicking well.
Please is it normal to be vomiting � at. 22weeks. Every night is vomiting Episode for me for a week now.. no headache no fever but at night i cant keep food down and i have heart burn even if I don't eat food or anything spicy at night.

Limahgirl:
Please momma how often can the lipton be taken biko? I also don't want big baby that will give me tears abeg.

Cboss:
Hello mamas in the house, I have been here since morning reading so many questions and answers and testimonies, it's been quite very interesting. Weldone to you all. This is my first time here�

Please I have a pressing question to ask...
I am a tea person and I have been taking tea(Lipton) since before pregnancy and I continued after I got pregnant only this time I add milk inside.
I read in one post that taking tea will make your baby thin and ugly please is there any truth to this? I am 21weeks pregnant.
Which one is better? tea or milk and milo hot drink?

Thank you all for your reply

ladyjblinks:
BS
On Saturday I went for Anc and to the market afterwards, I had a very normal day. By 11pm I started feeling period like pains, I dismissed it as I had the same pain for more than 2 hours 4 days ago, I went to the hospital and doctor said it was false labour. I sha told hubby and he said it was cos I stressed myself too much that I should try and sleep . I went to bed, but woke up around after 12 with the same pains. As a ftm I was confused as i haven’t seen mucous plug or show, water haven’t broke and my EDD was a week away. I decided to time the contractions. I would doze off and wake up as the pain comes. It was so annoying and exhausting as I didn’t sleep at all the previous day and I was tired. As I timed the contractions I noticed sometimes it was 10,8 or 12 minutes apart.
I decided that once it gets to 3am and the contractions are still coming I’ll go to the hospital. From 11pm to 3am I urinated like 7 times. As soon as it was 3am I told hubby that it was hospital time. I got dressed and went to pee, as I was cleaning up I noticed a thick clear sticky stuff aka mucous plug, I just carried hospital bag.
On our way to the hospital I noticed the contractions time were shorter.
When we got to the hospital my doctor was not on duty, the doctor available took time to check my file. She checked if cervix has dilated and I was 7cm dilated already. I was moved to the delivery room immediately and hurriedly that I’ll deliver soon with the way my labour was progressing.
Next she ruptured my membrane and then the pain went from 10 to 120. I was screaming at this point and a nurse held my hands and was massaging my back. Within 15 minutes I was 9cm already but she said the anterior lip of the cervix ( first time I was hearing this) was still there so we’ll have to wait till it move so I can be fully dilated and push. She could feel baby’s head but the lip was acting as a blockage.
Contractions were still coming back to back, each time it comes doctor will check to see if the anterior lip was still there. Time went by quickly, the nurses left, doctor was coming and going calling someone on the phone.
I asked them to let my husband in. He came in and all I said in a faint voice was “Baby pray”, he held my hands and started praying, calling our daughter’s name to come forth. Each time contractions hits I’ll be shouting “God have mercy”, “God help me”, “Doctor help me”, but if it stops I’ll join my husband in praying and calling our daughter’s name.
I was already weak and exhausted, they brought in oxygen. After some time a doctor called hubby outside, he told him have been on this stage for almost 2 hours and CTG shows fetal distress, that they’ll have to bring the baby out via CS in 30 minutes time and they asked him to sign CS form.
He sha signed the form and he told me, I on my part was thinking why would I have to go through labor pain and still undergo CS. I would have opted for ELCS If I had known. But I just wanted the pain to stop and 30 minutes seemed like forever.
Contractions were still coming, and my doctor refused to leave my side at this stage, she was like I know you can give birth via vaginal delivery , each time contractions come she’d check and the lip was still there. 30 minutes almost over she checked and the lip was gone, I was fully dilated and told to push, where I take see strength.. I couldn’t push, was so exhausted.
Doctor, hubby and the nurses were encouraging me to push. I tried several times, nothing happened. CS doctor came in and said oya to the theater. My doctor was stimulating the contractions so it would come quicker. I don’t Where or how I got the strength but at the second push my baby girl popped out giving me many tears, screaming at the top of her lungs. I was just muttering thank you Jesus.
The stitching was on another level but in all I give God all the glory. Mother and baby are healthy and that is all that matters.
Cappo birthstory submitted, and prayers for all my fellow remaining march mamas and Gtc mamas.

ijeije123:
So I want to rant small.
The way dh has been buying foodstuffs eh as if the world would come to an end. My hubby is an 'over-do' person. And this corona matter is bringing out that gene in him. He stopped me from going to the market and has been buying and buying. Even drinks join .
Anyways, team July, have we started getting baby loads? I haven't gotten even a pin but my hope is this saga won't last till April ending. So I can still shop. Also for antenatal, the private I use has made antenatal strictly one person at a time. U will be informed a day to, of your antenatal appointment the next day. Let's all stay safe this period pls.
To our mommas in diaspora, may the good Lord continue to preserve you all. I heard ginger, garlic, lemon and honey should be taken constantly this period to boost immunity. Both preggies, kids and all. We can try that out and leave the rest to God. Happy coro-compulsory holiday everyone!

Awesomemama:
I'm in ijede too, I'll contact you when I'm ready

Awesomemama:
Where in ikorodu