miraclefromGod:


I think it's absolutely normal to have increased appetite for water, Infact doctors do advice some to drink water like a fish about the lack of appetite Pls eat something no matter how small...


@curvilicious Pls do roll call for team January mamas make we know our teamies we don plenty...

Nice. Am also January.

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

Anugod:
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:

Why do you have to submit a leave letter if school is going on vacation, can't you enjoy the vacation first then submit the request when school resumes

Leave letter/ maternity leave certificate has September as my due date, I don't want to resume till next year. It has not started counting.

booqee:
ehennn..no sleeping on the stomach and no high heels fa ..when stomach never start to protrude?.. that's my best sleeping position!

anyway it's well noted ma. .

prevention is better than cure.. anything to keep this baby. so anxious

Hmm. Maybe you need to add 'things to avoid in pregnancy' to your browsing and enquiries. Seems there is so much you don't know that you need to know seeing you're already well into pregnancy.
Zobo...you dey there.
Sleeping on your tummy...u dey there.
High heels...u dey there.
No be u be our mama Zaynie sister? I don forget. Hold her tight make she dey coach you personally too.
May you carry to term and deliver safely. You shall not cast your young by His grace.

curvilicious:


Teamie, all i do is lay down once i feel d wicked backache nothing more. All thru even till today I've not used pcm.
It is well with you

Amen oh and with you too my sister.

HURRAY! !! my first son, my first love, the first fruit of my womb, the only one who calls me mummy, the only man I look ate and the world stops spinning.. my child Onyedikachi is 5 yrs old today....oh why Joy that floods my soul... hep me praise God and at the same time wish my son a happy happy birthday....

pictures refusing to upload.

Loisemm:

Hmm. Maybe you need to add 'things to avoid in pregnancy' to your browsing and enquiries. Seems there is so much you don't know that you need to know seeing you're already well into pregnancy.
Zobo...you dey there.
Sleeping on your tummy...u dey there.
High heels...u dey there.
No be u be our mama Zaynie sister? I don forget. Hold her tight make she dey coach you personally too.
May you carry to term and deliver safely. You shall not cast your young by His grace.

well forgive my ignorance ma... cos I'm a first timer..

but irrespective of that.. I do ask and also google things to avoid.. so far I haven't been aware of the things above..until this thread

and also that's the purpose of joining this thread. to learn

@ Booqee . Thumbs up, ma.
Hope you were not offended. .
I am a learner too. I spoke up because you are already in the game (pregnancy) and we must win ...first timer or not.
Ok bye.

ahnie:
Praise the lord...ayam over elated.I could remember vividly how this child held us at ransom(in a gud way...we were refreshing pages just to see the BA of this cutie@proudmum n prouddad38.

2015 mamas you guys were the best...modath,lovinam,beedam,tatacherie,pintoxx,hafsat24(hafsat26 now)rezzy,ozycy,cutiereborn,eminya,lioha,nazablossom,ahnie,ginababy,brokewaist,zaynie,talltosyn ,kimoni,rukemi,jennifer89,Abiagirl77,firsttymum,nerfefetiram,chiwendym a.k.a liftedhands...abeg the list goes on.

@queensnow...dontention,if I don't take care of you...who WEE?

thanks ma'am for the meyntion. I dey borrow fone for now, I wee be back soon and better. Kisses to your lo's

[quote author=booqee post=58876799] when do they start administering that.. at how many weeks.. they haven't told me anything of such at the hospital [/quote

I got the first dose at 19 weeks, second At 25 weeks.

booqee:
when do they start administering that.. at how many weeks.. they haven't told me anything of such at the hospital

As stated by Roseey0 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.

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?

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?

Dazzle86:

Leave letter/ maternity leave certificate has September as my due date, I don't want to resume till next year. It has not started counting.

Ok makes sense now

ahnie:
Please I want to ask...why iz it that some pregnant mamas,when it z their months to deliver they wee just disappear completely and resurface with another moniker?

I don't know if anyone yaff observed it......xpecially those claiming to be carrying twinnies and triplets.

. ah! Maybe na hormone dey do am. Making them forgetting their password or so.. I say maybe ooo. **Make I dey suck my Nfi

birth story part 3

(Sorry for the break in transmission)
I was discouraged when they I said I was still 2cm after 7hrs of passing the misoprostol. This was at 11am.Then they said my baby's heart rate was decelerating and placed me on a machine for 30mins to monitor the heart rate. Heart rate was within normal limits for the 30mins (that was a big scare as they were already counseling me for cs if the result does not come out fine). After the monitoring , the contractions started getting more painful and frequent,then the drama started. I was just shouting for help. My mom went to call the doctor to check me around 1pm, they were reluctant since I was still 2cm 2hours ago. They eventually checked and said 5cm. they wheeled me to labor room, that was when dh joined us. They set drip for me for hydration, the contractions were coming very frequent, I was just saying rubbish. I started feeling the urge to push, they said I shouldn't push but I couldn't control it. The midwife was preparing to wear gloves and all, the other one said she shouldn't, that I am just 5cm. But has God will have it the doctor checked again and I was fully dilated. The doctor was just saying he could not believe it. By the next contraction, I could not control it the head was already coming out. Everyone in the labor room was shouting for me to wait that I will tear, the nurse has not prepared and she wanted to give me episiotomy. I could not control it at all, she eventually gave the cut but I had tears too. My boy came out at 2.30pm weighing 3.36kg. I did not believe how fast everything happened. God really showed up. I was stitched and taken back to my room.

We are home now and doing fine.
Thanks to my able Cappo phlakkeys and all the other sabi mamas. May bless us, ours and the work of our hands

katchycouture:
HURRAY! !! my first son, my first love, the first fruit of my womb, the only one who calls me mummy, the only man I look ate and the world stops spinning.. my child Onyedikachi is 5 yrs old today....oh why Joy that floods my soul... hep me praise God and at the same time wish my son a happy happy birthday....

pictures comming in later

. Happy birthday handsome. God bless his new age. Many more years ahead.

olu21ola:
birth story part 3

(Sorry for the break in transmission)
I was discouraged when they I said I was still 2cm after 7hrs of passing the misoprostol. This was at 11am.Then they said my baby's heart rate was decelerating and placed me on a machine for 30mins to monitor the heart rate. Heart rate was within normal limits for the 30mins (that was a big scare as they were already counseling me for cs if the result does not come out fine). After the monitoring , the contractions started getting more painful and frequent,then the drama started. I was just shouting for help. My mom went to call the doctor to check me around 1pm, they were reluctant since I was still 2cm 2hours ago. They eventually checked and said 5cm. they wheeled me to labor room, that was when dh joined us. They set drip for me for hydration, the contractions were coming very frequent, I was just saying rubbish. I started feeling the urge to push, they said I shouldn't push but I couldn't control it. The midwife was preparing to wear gloves and all, the other one said she shouldn't, that I am just 5cm. But has God will have it the doctor checked again and I was fully dilated. The doctor was just saying he could not believe it. By the next contraction, I could not control it the head was already coming out. Everyone in the labor room was shouting for me to wait that I will tear, the nurse has not prepared and she wanted to give me episiotomy. I could not control it at all, she eventually gave the cut but I had tears too. My boy came out at 2.30pm weighing 3.36kg. I did not believe how fast everything happened. God really showed up. I was stitched and taken back to my room.

We are home now and doing fine.
Thanks to my able Cappo phlakkeys and all the other sabi mamas. May bless us, ours and the work of our hands

congratulations. Kisses to Lo.

please Sabi mama's can anyone help with a comprehensive list for baby things, because I'm so confuse I don't even know where to start from and even moving to a new environment where I have no friends to talk to is making it worse, please abeg don't jump am pass.

my honorable cappo cc pweetiebabe I have port from team surprise o baby sex is XY and my fellow teamie happy 3rd trimester to us all it will end in praise. To every mama in the house happy bumping

Anugod:


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?

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

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

katchycouture:
HURRAY! !! my first son, my first love, the first fruit of my womb, the only one who calls me mummy, the only man I look ate and the world stops spinning.. my child Onyedikachi is 5 yrs old today....oh why Joy that floods my soul... hep me praise God and at the same time wish my son a happy happy birthday....

pictures comming in later

Happy to u Kachi, u shall continue to be a source of joy to your parent. enjoy your day

Anugod:
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

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

booqee:
thank u ma..

I'm no longer bleeding

I'm currently on bedrest at the hospital. they refuse to let me observe the rest at home. the scan says everything is very okay and fetus is doing good, but it also says there is a mild separation of gestational sac from uterine wall.. which may pose threatened abortion.. the sac Is supposed to be well attached.. and no separation

so the reason for bed rest and other treatments..

he also explained the fetus moves sometimes to find the right spot to attach to.. so possibly in the process of moving it caused a tear on the uterus lining which usually causes spotting.

(in all I've been told there's no cause for alarm) just need rest till they confirm it well attached

teamie it is well with you. Your baby is here to stay. #Teamfebruarynomoreloss#

olu21ola:
birth story part 3
(Sorry for the break in transmission)
I was discouraged when they I said I was still 2cm after 7hrs of passing the misoprostol. This was at 11am.Then they said my baby's heart rate was decelerating and placed me on a machine for 30mins to monitor the heart rate. Heart rate was within normal limits for the 30mins (that was a big scare as they were already counseling me for cs if the result does not come out fine). After the monitoring , the contractions started getting more painful and frequent,then the drama started. I was just shouting for help. My mom went to call the doctor to check me around 1pm, they were reluctant since I was still 2cm 2hours ago. They eventually checked and said 5cm. they wheeled me to labor room, that was when dh joined us. They set drip for me for hydration, the contractions were coming very frequent, I was just saying rubbish. I started feeling the urge to push, they said I shouldn't push but I couldn't control it. The midwife was preparing to wear gloves and all, the other one said she shouldn't, that I am just 5cm. But has God will have it the doctor checked again and I was fully dilated. The doctor was just saying he could not believe it. By the next contraction, I could not control it the head was already coming out. Everyone in the labor room was shouting for me to wait that I will tear, the nurse has not prepared and she wanted to give me episiotomy. I could not control it at all, she eventually gave the cut but I had tears too. My boy came out at 2.30pm weighing 3.36kg. I did not believe how fast everything happened. God really showed up. I was stitched and taken back to my room.

We are home now and doing fine.
Thanks to my able Cappo phlakkeys and all the other sabi mamas. May bless us, ours and the work of our hands

Congrats once again ma. Your testimony shall be permanent.
The hand of The Lord shall rest upon him to keep him from any harm.
to him.

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

Anugod:
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?

Able cappo am gud! Exactly how it goes, I felt my own pains when I woke up d next morning and was seriously complaining to DH that I hv dislocation on my hand forgetting that I took TT shot d previous day. U need not massage it, d pains will stop on its own. One Love.

thotianna:

Nice. Am also January.

Welcome teamie, MS don dey free our capo she go do roll call soon..

Hello everybody How's the ministry going? Safe delivery to all preggy mama here.

Mbok my apologies to all who mentioned me I believe your queries must have been answered by Sabi mamas.

Here is us opening the floor for THREAD CUTTIES!! My niece's are 6months old today! It can only be God.

Eyenekanmi mummy loisemm .
Fvine nwanyi oma.
4realwoman asanwa
Pweetymii ore mi awon
Legendsmother my love
Make una come receive anointing of triplets! Me Na one i want

winningbt:
please Sabi mama's can anyone help with a comprehensive list for baby things, because I'm so confuse I don't even know where to start from and even moving to a new environment where I have no friends to talk to is making it worse, please abeg don't jump am pass.

my honorable cappo cc pweetiebabe I have port from team surprise o baby sex is XY and my fellow teamie happy 3rd trimester to us all it will end in praise. To every mama in the house happy bumping

Sleeping:
●Crib/ cot/ cotbed /bassinet
●Mattress if not already part of the set you buy
●Beddings - i.e bedsheet
●Mosquito netting


Feeding:
●Bottles and teats
●Sterilizer - electric, microwave/ cold water with sterilizing tablets
●Bottle brush for washing
●Formular if using
●Breast pump - manual or electric
●Breast pads
●Nipple. Cream - lanolin based.
●Breast feeding cover - Optional as some ladies are comfy without it.

Bathing and changing:
●Baby bath
●Small towel - doesnt need to be a baby towel many people complain they are not absorbent enough.
●Nappies - disposables or reusable - for the disposable nappies maybe 1 pack of size 1 and the rest a size 2. (allow for up to 12 nappy changes in a 24 hr period)
●Wipes - disposable or reusable - for disposable get the fragrance free type for sensitive skin.
●Body cream
●Hair cream
●Bath soap
●Nappy cream - nothing special, vaseline, ori or coconut oil work well


Carrying:
●Car seat -: i see this as an essential item.
●Baby carrier if you need one
●Rocker/ swing / bouncer - now with this i would advice get one that is newborn to toddler i.e up to 18 kg as most bouncers have a 9kg weight limit and depending on how big you baby is, may outgrow it by 6 months!. Also look for the ones that have a newborn position which is an almost flat lying setting, as some og them mainly the electrical swing types tend to have baby in a funny position, and you may not really be able to use it properly in the first few weeks until baby grows a bit. .


Clothing:
Few tips:
Babies outgrow clothes unbeliveable fast. get as many unisex items as possible so that you can have longer use in case next baby is of opposite sex.

Do not buy too many newborn items as you baby may be big and they may not even fit. 0-3 months is ideal.

Dont get sucked into buying a load of fancy dresses under 3months, your baby will live in bodysuits for the first 3 months so dont waste your money.

Shoes for newborns are also a waste of money to me. They just make them pretty, so we can buy them.. hry have absolutely no functional use!

Factor in how many times a day you would bath a baby and how often you intend to do laundry. You can always buy more if you need to.

●Vests - both longsleeved and short sleeved versions. May be 7-10 number to start

●Bodysuits/all-in-one/onsies - get the ones with integrated scratch mittens ... that way you do not start looking for mittens which always have a way of getting lost as they never seem to fit well. about 7 - 10 in number to start

●1 special outing for naming or christening if required

●Socks! Loadssssss these could also double up as mittens, as they are more elastic and they wont fall off! I would say a dozen pairs especially of they are being used on the hands as well

●Bibs... loadssssss but at least a dozen!

●Burb cloths or muslins to wipe up drool, spit ups and all sorts.
● A couple of blankets or shawls.


That is all i can think of for now. I am sure other mamas will contribute.

Liftedhands:
Hello everybody How's the ministry going? Safe delivery to all preggy mama here.

Mbok my apologies to all who mentioned me I believe your queries must have been answered by Sabi mamas.

Here is us opening the floor for THREAD CUTTIES!! My niece's are 6months old today! It can only be God.

Eyenekanmi mummy loisemm .
Fvine nwanyi oma.
4realwoman asanwa
Pweetymii ore mi awon
Legendsmother my love
Make una come receive anointing of triplets! Me Na one i want

Awwwwr Nice! Cuteness overload!
So lovely, may God continue to bless and keep them .

I am only a casual commenter oh... i am not seeking this type of annointing...

Oh waww beautiful princesses there Liftedhands. So adorable.