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@ rhodacious, very funny as per the pooh part. wish you a safe delivery!

awww! thanks gentleone. wish u same too in ur subsequent ones!!!.

i have only used the victorias secrets amber romance, dont know about the rest of their products, wish we get to have sales and all here in jos, but it doesnt happen, instead one smart chic/dude gets them at sales, and sells to us for 1,800naira. it is worth it anyway, cos i liked it all the way, though my kids sometimes spray it on spiders and ants on the wall , they refuse to realise it isnt mobil, raid or mortein .

i forgot to say, i pooooooooed during pushing , the first time and second time.

i will prolly give myself an enema before going to the hospital this time, but i think i will pooooooooo again for them

i didnt feel embarrased though, i was having too much pains to bother about the pooooooing.
couldnt help it, it just pops out on its own. i heard i was supposed to be given enemas to empty the bowels, but since they didnt give it to me, serves them right, i actually think i want to give it to them again, here i come

i was 20 y/o in my first pregnancy, 3rd year in the uni, just finished a semester exam. and labour started in a hair-salon. i was 2weeks to my EDD,( i guess baby came ealier cos i ran till 7months, and took daily walks with my usual stretches before karate) so i thought i would have enough time to make my hair, and do a few shopping, but i started snapping at my stylist and had waist pain. generally being annoyed.i didnt finish my hair, just washed the relaxer off, and said i couldnt take anymore fiddling with my hair. i went to the salon with a car, but went home with a bus( my driver called when i was home already)

when i got home and went to pee, the mucous plug came out on a tissue, i certainly knew what that meant.

called huby who was at the airport in lagos, coming to jos( that was a mistake, cos the guy decided to stay on the line, which gave me more trouble that the waist pain). the waist pain kept building up gradually, with a delayed flight, huby finally made it home at 7pm. he ate( i didnt), he tried to sleep( i didnt).
at 12a.m, i was pacing the bedroom during each pain, huby wanted us to go to the hospital, but i wanted to be sure, i had a high endurance level, so it didnt seem like much to me.
but at 4 a.m, i had started carrying my hospital baggage like a refugee. wouldnt let huby carry the box, cos i said he will make the dettol, baby oil and other liquids in the box to ruin the babys things.

ooooopppssss! we realised we forgot to tell the driver not to go home that day, there was a curfew in jos then, cos of a brewing crisis, so the driver can certainly not come., and huby doesnt drive , , not at all, and he wouldnt let me, though i was getting good at driving then. fortunately, a pastor lives next house, so huby went to tell him, and the pastor got his car to take us to the hospital.
i was 9 or 7cm dilated, (cant remember)
nurse wanted to shave me( u look like a plucked chicken when they do it), i said i had done that already.
i think the most annoying thing is that they keep poking their hands into me, to check the dilation, and that was very painful, after the 4th poking, i refused to have anymore pokings
who has ever had an episiotomy( they cut the end of the vagi-j that stretches, and sews it back up when baby is born), they cut mine, and the shock of pain, was horrendous, i couldnt even scream. when they were sewing it up, the effect of the anaesthetic wore off fast, and i wasnt given another one, i lived through the last 2 sewings in the worlds greatest pain.!!!!!!!
baby didnt come till 12pm on 13th october 2004.
my sister-in-law was at the hospital with me, and she cried a lot, and rubbed my waist a lot, so much so that my linen gown bruised my waist, so lesson for second time, i never wore linen fabric to the labour room again.
during labour i kept throwing up my last afternoon food, and it didnt smell like burberry weekend perfume at all , huby was with me all through, but when he couldnt take the sight of my writhings any longer, he went home to cook pepper soup for me( he didnt realsie i would be eating only danish cookies and mcvities biscuits). , and in the process get fatter than i was. i used to weigh 65kg before pregnancy, after 3months of giving birth, i was weighing 97kg( thats a whole lot of cookies, and biscuits)
thankfully i lost them( not all), 15kg. before baby turned 1yr.
i couldnt sit, poo, for about a week, cos of the episiotomy, it was darn painful, thankfully i didnt need to have another one for my second baby, i am 8months+preggers again for the third and last one, i am due any moment from today , and i cant wait to hold my karate baby, the boy( yes i am having another boy, nosey me, cant help not knowing), is one kicker, i know he will just kick down the door, ehm, vagi-j, on his way out .

aww!!!!outsrip, so sorry to hear. good u have good docs there, and mvs prenatal, vitamins, does a lot of wonders for expecting mommas.
yes, boys will always be boys. mine uses my shoes as ladders, so when he rips any bling off the fancy ones, his pops got to pay the damage done.

sorry, that is supposed to be '''''LIFE''''''

Rhodacious is coined from my darling daughters name. her name is rhoda, and she is an angel, very pretty, fun, brilliant, and all that shows the beauty of live. all that is RHODACIOUS.

LOL!!!!! OUTSTRIP, didnt mean to scare you. okay, looking forward to seeing you and the gang. gurl, you are very outnumbered by the boys in the house!!!

would have loved to say something to the poster above mine, but , and more , and a bit of , and more , then more .

that means havent got more to say to that.

@OUTSTRIPE, i hope ur mum is better now! i can imagine the joy she gets from caring for her grandchild. my mum has never been with me when i have a baby, we are very unconventional, new mums here eat pepper soup fish spices, but i prefer cookies and junk after child birth, new mums get to have someone bathe them, but me, different, cant stand another female bathing me, so huby does the bathing that first day, and on the second day, i think he has started having too much fun bathing me, so i send him off.

@HOTSTUFF
please tell them o! it aint easy being a mother.

outstripe, when i had my second child( he is 2.5yrs old now) he kept choking on breast milk, he had this habit of falling asleep with his mouth filled with breastmilk , and i didnt have a househelp then, as the one i had just got married, traditional., oneday, i was in the bathroom, but i just couldnt get started, and the baby was sleeping, i decided to check on him again. i almost died to see him so RED, choking and writhing about in his cot, with milk gushing from his nose. i cleared his nostrils immediately, and he started breathing, it happened 2 more times, before he got over the habit. same with my daughter( 4yrs old), she was very adventurous as a 2week old, and one day, she kept making this gaggling sound in her cot, and i was cooking, i didnt realise her neck had gotten stuck inbetween an iron in the cot. i just strolled in to see her, my huby said he had never heard anyone scream so horribly, well, i said i will do it again if mr.devil plays with me like that again.

outstripe, whenever u are in nigeria, let me know, hope u are getting ready for another journey to the labour room!!!!. i have a 2.5yrs old boy, but he thinks he is 25yrs., so a play date with your son will be nice. we live in jos.
i love my kids, i am an only child, though my mum recently remarried after 22yrs with me. so my kids mean the whole world to me, and having helps only give me more time to be with them
i intend to have 12kids, , but i wish pregnancy is that easy, so i will just stop at this 3rd one. will let y'all know when i land the 3rd 1, i am due on 29th of december, but i usually beat the machines EDD.
its nice hearing from real mommas
i feel y'all.

i didnt realise that people who arent even mothers, come in here to contribute, and blab about how it is wrong to have a helping hand with the children, for those peeps, i say: experience is the best teacher. why dont u wait till u have urs, before saying how u will turn to batman and superman, and fantastic four .
nobody said we leave them to be trained by househelps, and what do u mean by training anyway
for mothers who arent afraid to say they need help, i feel you!!!! we all need that extra help, i got lots.
for those who say they dont need help at all, good for you too!
as for me, it is not about being able to go out to work, it is about needing someone to take care of the baby while u get some ME time, make ur hair, or even sleep, after a sleepless night feeding a baby or doing night watch if baby doesnt feel like a good night.
it is about needing someone to mop, wash and run errands, while i have time with my kids, and not have to divide myself between housework and kids, andend up not doing any one well.
it is about needing someone to carry baby in the car while i drive cos my kids refuse to be strapped to a car-seater. or should i drive while carrying a baby like britney?
it is about all those liitle things that mommas want help with.
i have a few questions for the super women who dont need help
1. who do u leave ur baby with when u are taking a bathe, and doesnt the baby wander into the tiled toilet searching for you?
2. when u had a sleepless night, cos baby was just immunized, dont u feel sleepy in the day, but still have to cook, wash, and not look stressed up?
3.when u go shopping for clothes, who do u give ur baby to when u need to try out an outfit? dont tell me u dont try them on.
4. when u are cooking or frying things, who is taking care of ur baby, or does ur baby have burns and patches from where they wandered into hot objects.

why dont u tell yourself the truth.

MOTHERS NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET!!!!!!!! NO EXCEPION!

thanks outstrip!

cant pretend to be a super-woman, i have already proved i am a super-woman by giving birth, even being pregnant is enough, being a woman is enough hassles, what with our period and all!!!!!!!!!.
why do all the work, when someone can do it, and u take the glory of keeping a nice home, and the person gets paid.
the only thing, is that u got to have a standard of how u want your kids to be treated, and treat ur workers nicely. no one shouts at my kids, and i dont shout at my nannies. they close at 7pm after dinner, unless for any reason we cooked late, they have their free days by weekend. they are even close to my age. i am 25yrs and they are 23, and 26yrs old. the only difference is that i am fortunate to have gotten a man whos got money and spends on me.
my last 2 househelps got married and left, they come to help when i have birthday parties for the kids and when i give birth, or during christmas. 1 has opted to travel to the village with me if i will travel, as she loves igbo christmas celebrations.
not all househelps are bad, it is circumstance that has kept most where they are, and they would have loved to be in a diff place and time, so no one should make life more difficult for them, by branding them with evil names.

I REST MY CASE

for most mommas like me, we need help taking care of the kids and running a home, with a perfectionist huby. my huby insists on having a nanny and a cleaner. 2 day and 2 night watchmen and a driver. he wouldnt let me clean. even when i suddenly didnt have a househelp, and i was pregnant, he did breakfast, and vacuumed, i take my time to do lunch, and he does dinner with my help. i dont see anything wrong with having househelps. they are paid, and if they want to live in your b/q, then they can, i have 2 at the moment and they all live in my b/q, and are paid #15,000, fed, toiletries and clothes, so WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT?,
my kids dont go to school until they are 2.5yrs. i am pregnant now with my 3rd baby and due in december, then i can maintain only 1 househelp as i go back to school when the last baby starts kindergarten, so i think i wouldnt want to have it anyother way. i have no relatives in town, but even my friends that have their mommas in town , take their kids to mom, even as they have househelps. and i thank GOD that i havent had any bad story to tell in househelps, only the usual lady problems, cos they are usually from 23yrs up, i dont do kid-househelps .
if u are a real momma, u will know that running after crawling babies and toddlers isnt easy, and u will be dead tired and grouchy at the end of the day, yet the other wants help with assignment, wants to be fed, and a house thats got to sparkle. so if my huby isnt complaining and paying for this, why should i?
i dont do day-cares( huby wouldnt actually)!!!, so

looking to do a fun bussiness, not bulky? then buy and sell either processed gold jewelry or raw gold.
or you can deal in gemstones, tourmalines, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds, garnets, zircons, aquamarines etc
if u are interested, then email me at waltqueen@yahoo.com and ask any questions
or call me on 08038708706. no night calls plz, so that u dont wake the kids

i enclosed a picture of faceted sapphires.

i want to buy designed voile curtain materials! does any person have for sale? will need about 200yards for curtains in different colors. say- blue, milk and purple(royal).
contact me at waltqueen@yahoo.com or 08038708706
thanks

trading in gold is like buying shares!! you could buy and use, then resell when u want quick cash, and if u are lucky and the value has risen, then u also make profit on it!,
anyone thats interested, let me know at waltqueen@yahoo.com
18k wedding rings in 3hours, u nan wait and take ur wedding rings too!!!.
engagement rings with zircons, if u cant afford diamonds.

got two nice gowns for my very pregnant self!!!!! , and some leggings, thats all i need now. saving my shopping money for december when i get my body back from the baby . but i am having a ball anyway, wearing big clothes and not apologising for my size,

hi mystical, yes i am trying to make my own perfumes, and if possible, start my own line of home made perfumes, but i am still having a hard time, trying to get the exact place the oils are sold. i dont live in lag, and i have little kids that i cant travel with. so i will just bid my time, till it is right. i sure will let a brother on , when i get started. thanks a lot for asking!!! my email is happy.fashionista@yahoo.com in case you have info for me.
take good care.

thanks cashoggy, i appreciate your help in direction. i am really a DIY (do it yourself) person and havent gotten over the secondary school practicals LOL! so, i love doing almost everything myself. , so, thanks a lot and GOD bless you.

to the second person, ! that was hilarious! i dont know if i can get as much nice perf as i want from a female body, so please dont believe those hollywood theory! but i wont try to anyway! good luck

hello nairalanders, i need help on where to buy essential oils. i live in jos and there is absolutely no where i havent asked. i cant travel to lagos to scout for it, but i can send someone who goes monthly to lagos to get stock for her shop, so i will like to know exactly where to get them so i can accurately tell her. these are essential oils that are used for perfumes, fragrance, cologne, eau de toilette, eau de parfum, types like ylang ylang, lavender, gardenia, sandal wood, rosemary, vanilla, rose, musk, apple, almond, juniper, amber, peach, frangipani, lily, jasmine, patchouli, carnation etc

hello cbanj and the other person ( sorry i will have to click back to see your name).

i live in the rayfield area yingi rayfield road, after airforce round about.

a plot of land in this area is btw 400-500 thousand naira. we ( my husband and i) bought for 400 thousand last year and we've moved in since jan 14th. in my street there are 2 sets of two plots for sale. we wish decent people will occupy it.

there is few cases of land fraud in jos anyway. i am sure about this current land, and you can verify the owner at lands and survey. the point of payment is when you see the c of o or r of o and the name of the person matching the one at lands at surveys. you generally wont have problems with the owners of the land i know.

for more info mail me at waltqueen@yahoo.com

happiness

hello miners and dealers.

consolidatedgems ltd deals in gemstone in all its aspects.

we deal in all gemstone variety

tourmaline
sapphire
aquamarine
zircons
and diamonds from liberia, ghana, sierra leone

for further information contact us on facetgem@archaeologist.com

me right now am using amber romance----------victorias secret, its a nice spray and lasts too

far away----avon its always in my handbag cos i spray it around me for all the peeps with body ordor in school and the ones that comes from their mouth or anus or belly

avons haiku is good too

i once used burberry, twas a gift even after washing my clothes, it lingers for weeks

when am pregnant, i hate perfumes like hell, but i like fruity smells. anyways i hate everything when am preggers, even my cellphone.

@onyiilady
I love shoes and bags! Gucci and prada are just my favourite. I've got a lovely link - www.miraexcels7stars.com
They're great with nice stuffs! , clothing and accessories
i love the shop, but we that are in nigeria and can pay, how do we get this. i love clothes and ishop weekly, but supplies are limited here, i know lots of peeps here in jos who feel the same, who will sell to us?

hallo all josites in da house.

congratulations to y'all dat got the admissions in '07, i didnt, also didnt last year. i applied for direct entry to law twice and havent gotten it. i had four As in my diploma course, yes i did diploma in law unijos. please if anyone has got any long leg, plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz tell me., am willing to stretch my own leg too. just flash, i will call you my no. is 08038708706,, my name is haapiness or mrs asikaro

regards

@asdan

i do gemstones, rough or faceted

sapphire cornflower blue 4,500 per gram

tourmalines pink 1.,200 per gram

tourmalines green 1,800 per gram

tourmalines blue 4,500 per gram

aquamarine 2,200 per gram

tourmaline rubelite 1,200 per gram

zircon 350 per gram

amethyst 150 per gram

diamonds price on request

you can have it faceted to your cut choice


we are registered with nigerian export promtion council, so you know we have a standard to maintain.

facetgem@archaeologist.com

happiness

hello all,
yes seun you r right, sometimes dealers sell cut bottles to you as gemstones. i know this cos my hubby owns consolidatedgems ltd. sometimes they even sell you very included stones which cant facet investment gemstones. anyways anybody that wants to be adviced can consult me for free, if you go buy from me o! lol
besides gemstones are expensive, so you dont have to throw your cash on teh wrong ones. FYI,,, we do diamonds on request too.

hello eveybody,
checking for clothes online is really fun, but when you are in naija, you have to manage the ones that you can get in tehs shops and they are very expensive tooooo. if you want to get an average top that isnt mass produced here in naija, especially jos where i live, ou will have to dole out 4,000 naira or more, nice cropped jackets 4,500 slipas 3,500 to 4,000. its more expensive for us here. there are many companies in nairaland that advertised, saying they can pay for your online stuff, and send you, after you have paid them. has anyone used them before here, if yes and it went well, i am diving straight. my laptop is so filled with fashionista stuff and it drives my husband crazy, why not. am a hot mama and am 24yrs old, i love stuss from couturecandy.com, victoriassecret.com, overstock.com, name them. i am a fashionista for life. i shop an the average of 2 clothes a week.

hot mama