tatacherie:
Goodmorning beautiful preggies mamas

Yay! I'm officially back for 2nd missionary journey, tested +ve on 19DPO its his by his grace that I have this beautiful gift
Join me say thank you Almighty father for giving me the opportunity to be part of you all once again
Where are my teamies? I guess some of you are still waiting for your two lines to be very clear can't wait to know n roll with you guys
#teamseptemberfor5minsdelivery#

Yippee! Congrats dear. December harmattan things

FexCathy:
Pls mamas, is augumentin safe to take during pregnancy. I complained of cough during my antenatal yesterday and my gynae prescribed augumentin, NGC cough syrup and Vit C. I started the dose this morning but since I took it I havent been myself at all. Been feeling so somehow since morning. Very tired, drowsy and lazy.

The drugs are in order. The way you feel is as a result of the cough and the cough syrup (has an ingredient that causes drowsiness).
Mine just went 2days ago after 3wks, 3weeks of intense cough and greenish catarrh(sorry tmi). The first antibiotc i was given did nothing, it was augmentin that finally took care of it.
Pls complete the drugs and you will be fine. It's safe.

ElmaSpeed:
Team march sweeties, how are we? We are six weeks away (abi na 5?)
My fellow potential porters (curve . kekeakinwale.Happychildlove. Soonest. foreverjoy00. Elmaspeed. Showerses. youngmommypat.) are our bags packed yet?

I haven't packed for the hospital yet but i will soon. Let me share my list with us.

For mom:
1. Toiletries (bathing soap, cream, toothbrush and paste)
2. Sanitary pants/ pads (4 packs)
3. Toilet rolls (4 rolls)
4. Clean wrappers
5. Night wears, maternity bras, etc
6. Rubber slippers
7. Small black cellophane bag and old newspapers (disposables aren't disposed here without pre-packaging, which makes the waste bin less yucky)

For baby:
1. Toiletries (baby costmetics of your choice)
2. Baby wears (body suits, sleep suits)
3. Olive oil, menthylated spirit, cotton wool, cotton buds, antiseptic lotions
4. Baby shawls, baby sweater, socks, caps
5. Baby cup and spoon
6. Baby diapers
7. Flask for hot water

For those who are expecting to stay in the hospital for longer than a day, like me, start making plans. Pack extra everything or at least arrange for stuff to be brought to you from home during every visit. If you're a book person, take a novel with you. Personally i plan to have plenty movies to pass the time cos it gets pretty boring from day 3.

One more thing, ensure you ask questions during your antenatal classes concerning your birth center's policies so you can avoid unpleasant situations. If they are the kind that love to hold on to your leftover cotton wool or disinfectant or stuff like that, buy small packs of those things so you can leave them there without a fuss. If they are the kind that won't supply you hot water, arrange ahead for yours. Just prepare for the hours or days after birth, so there are no surprises.

I can't wait to start seeing our baby pictures. There shall be no loss in Jesus' name. Amen.

Able cappo! Greetings.
Finally i have packed my labour ward bag, it's remaining my mateenity ward bag.
For me i feel the days are moving too fast. I'm now on weekly ANC appointment. Braxton Hicks now no be small thing. May God make it easy for all of us.
FloraEC, i follow you waka o, nursing bras dont work for me. I prefer the support of good firm bras.

FloraEC:


Was 35,460 asin full set of Novage bright sublime as of last year, dunno for now

this can diaper a baby for a year if not more

VivyGift:
Good morning our sabi mamas!

I have a question, is eating canned (Titus fish) the regular canned sardine fish bad?

Please mamas, I await your response

Thank you

I usually i put it in boiling water and boil for some minutes. I no fit shout for food poisoning o.

Schonebaby pls accept my condolence, so painful. May his soul RIP.

Anugod, your daughter is very pretty. i have many eligible suitors for her o.

Went for ANC yesterday and the doctor told me of contraceptive options available at birth instead of waiting for 6weeks. Its done within 2 hours after birth. Has anyone here done this or who has heard of it. I kind of bought into the idea and i think it makes sense for those that want to hang boot.
Good morning all and have a beautiful day.

FloraEC:
Good evening mama's.

Please I need an answer, I started antenatal today, registered since 9wks. I did scan today and was measuring 3weeks ahead (18W instead of 15W4D) and my EDD shifted to 2nd week of June instead of July and is singleton. My first scan gave me the exact week I calculated. I know pregnancy is +/-2wks but this 3wks got me confused even the sonographer started from the beginning and was still getting the same thing.

Please what could be the cause.

zaynie, soonest, any other sabi mama's

Nnem just go with your LMP EDD. Dating scans are most accurate at 1st trimester. To put your mind at rest you can go for a repeat or kukuma wait for anomaly scan by 20weeks.

FloraEC, biko hapu okwu a, it's not worth it.

Curvillicious, what a pretty baby you have. May God bless the newborn

Akorkor:


I am checking the price of crocs on Konga now and I am seeing 16k? Please is it that expensive? Just for play slippers.... Haa

I bought for 4k in december, check big baby shops around you or you can check jumia. Jumia has other brands of clogs that arent crocs but i dont know if they are durable.

curvilicious:
BA! BA!! BA!!!
John, finally arrived 5:5am on Friday 13/01 weighing 3.5kg.
Mama John alive, John sucking thumb & daddy looking like film.

Congrats. We thank God for a safe delivery.

ambient:


He is the baby with multiple seizures ,I don't know whether it had anything to do with the delay.

Yea, multiple childhood seizures usually affect their developmental milestones. You will need to be patient with him. Please see a paediatrician, better still a neurologist. All the best

LadySarah:
Happy blessed week to all mamas
so your sis is in a dilemma and i desperately need inputs.thanks


LOOking at the economy,God surprised me recently with a serious job but in another state on new yr day.Dh and i tot it wasnt real until today i got their message...

The reality just dawned on us;
A case of living in another state(neighbouring) away from my husband.I'll be with the kids though.
Im being unsettled right now even though i've wanted it all along,atleast my certificste will be put to use and i no fit do business atall

How do i settle this?Has anyone experienced this and how did you navigate it?
Cc:To all mamas pls

Congrats on the new job.
I have been living this life for 7+years. It's doable.
Check if the added income is worth the expenses of running 2 homes.
Discuss how often he will be coming, you guys shouldnt stay apart for too long.
Check if you will need a domestic help in his absense.
Will you have some support system where you will be moving to. This is important in his absense.
Invest in calls and data to keep the communication lines open.
Pray about and with proper planning, it's doable.

kelizosuy:
Ma'am soonest pls can I pm you?

Yes please, why not.

FloraEC:


Haba, my midwife told me then that the second one won't pain like the first-time. Abi did she lied to me? Now I know why some (midwives) always opt for cs, after they'll be telling somebody "you can't handle this small pain, na me help you do the thing"

Good morning

Subsequent ones are shorter but the pain eeh na the same if not more. It's well o

FloraEC:


Mother of 3 is also afraiding Amen oo

My dear, there's no getting use to that pain o. That thing is a humbler!

beautifulrosa:
B.S.

Dear mothers, that night was the longest and toughest night of my entire life. At a point i had to start walking all over the house, naked.
I became temporarily mad. If i sat down...it felt terribly painful. Lying down was worse. D only thing that helped was walking around. All i cud do was scream Jesus everytime d contractions came.
I kept looking at the time. 12am, 1pm, chai as soon as its 4am i was going back to the hospital.
Hmmm., 4am took forever to come. Even then...i decided to wait till 5. Took my bath and started pacing the floor again. Woke hubs and by 6 we were at the hospital.

Thinking the pains thru the night was bad enough....i knew delivery shdnt take more than an hour. But...for wia!
Hmmm.....i got checked again o. 3cm. Oh God! Why now.
Then i was taken to the ward and all. That was wen i knew life had two sides to it. I screamed, wailed and shouted. From time to time the midewives wld come and say...madam better save ur energy bks u never reach anywhere o. Chai! The pains became worse. 11am another doc came to checm 6cm.
By this time ehn, i was going crazy. I held the doctors jean very tight, he had to run for his life. D pole that carried my drrip....oh how hard i tried to break it into two. Yet it didnt break. I desperately wanted to hurt someone or spoil sth like it wld take d pains away.

Labour pain is no respecter of persons o!
So i continued screaming and all. And then i started to feel like i wanted to poo. I begged the nurses....they said it wasnt poo. Oh u shd av seen how i practically begged everyone around to pls help me. Help me beg the midwives to help me.
Some of them even laughed and they kept asking is this ur first time.

An hour later, i was taken to the labour room. By then i knew i was going to die. I kept doing the breathing exercise...which really helped. But at some point...even d strength to breathe was no longer there. So i started to cry. D midwives were still busy arranging thier things when i screamed that i wanted to poo and i cudnt hold it anymore. One of them smiled and said. Dont push, it ur baby
Admist all that pain, she said wow ur baby is so hairy. How annyoing that statement sounded at that moment.

Infact i didnt want any baby again. On that delivery table...i hated myself for allowing my husband get me pregnant. I hated him more than anything then. I kept abusing him and the midwives wld beg me to stop. Later wen he came to d labour room where he stayed tru out, i dragged his shirt. Of course i was going to tear it apart.

At some point i said....pls let me tear ur shirt, u ll wear another one. Chai! They all bursted into laughter.
Shortly after, d urge to push became too strong i cudnt control it. So thr midwives showed me how to fold my legs hold them with my hands and then pushed.
I tried the first time without the contraction......d pains increased. It felt like a big log of wood had been placed btw my anus or jajaina..i dont even know.

Next contraction i pushed with all my strength and out came my prince charming, crying his lungs out. He was placed on me for a while before taken away. I looked around to find my husband kneeling on the floor thanking God, almsot in tears. Foolish man, i told myself Truth be told, even after the placenta came out, if anyone had asked if cud go thru that experience again...i wld land a hot slap on his face before responding.

My dear, anybody wey no respect God, enter labour room come out must change and no say God dey!
Labours is such a beautiful and wonderful experience. And ryt now, if u ask me, I wld certainly do this again when it is time..

Wow! Thank God for seeing you through.
This your BS is making me remember the details of laboir pains and my mind is cutting and 'afraid' is catching me.. Chai! To bear that pain again!! God pls look kindly on all pregnant women here, that our labour will be easy and bearable. Amen

rollykotex:

27% is quite low, you can follow all the advise given above to boost it,then you can include iron supplement. A mama even said 37% is the standard and see me here thinking its 30%. May God see us through. We are almost there.

You are right! 30% is the benchmark

Ladyfair and mitche15, congrats. Thanking God for the safe arrival of your babies

mumsgirl27:


soonest: I can't help not sleeping in d afternoon becos I will start having serious headache.
hummm my PCV Is just going up nd down in fact am feeling so down . thank u mama for d concern

Sorry dear, no need to feel down. Dont worry it will stay up sooner than you think.
Mine is now 32%, i have been dancing atilogu.
This has been my evening meal for 3weeks now.

For the insomnia, hopefully it's a phase that will pass.

Ammy5565:
Mamas please you people should help me, i'm not quite sure if there is a problem that needs tackling or something.
My son just had his first hair cut. I'm soooo emotional and even tearing up. Same way i felt at 6 months when i had to introduce other meals after EBF. In fact i ended up not being able to give him that day. It was the next day he finally ate and everyone had to put mouth. Same thing happened at his 1yr birthday, i was just shedding tears but i kept wondering why. Now this? How can i be crying upandan because my son had a haircut and so he is growing too fast. What does this even mean? Everybody is just looking at me as if i'm crazy and I'm beginning to be worried. To be honest, i prepare for these things, but when its time, i start acting funny.
Please is this a problem? Maybe a psychological one?? If so, pls how can i get help? Or is this normal?

Mamas pls no waka pass.
Cc helovesme, enque, alphahandmaiden, Zaynie, Graciouscharis
Any mama that has an idea pls.

There's no problem with you dear. I think you are naturally emotional. Is he your first? But you know he will grow up and won't be that your little baby again. That's life. Enjoy every stage of his growth and development as they grow so fast. I hope i havent made you feel worse oo, just toughen up abit ok. Cheers

mumsgirl27:
PLEASE WHAT CAN I DO TO INDUCE SLEEP
I CAN'T CONTINUE LIKE THIS
I SLEEP WELL IN THE AFTERNOON BUT AT NIGHT I CAN'T SLEEP.

I think it's kind of normal. Try and reduce your daytime sleep, let's see if the night will cooperate with you. It's even this december that passed that my night sleep returned.

Howz your pcv now? Hope it has risen. Lovely weekend to you.

Thanks for your encouragement.

Chanbaby, you have tried. For the sake of the friendship you once had with her, try to reach again just this once and after that keep your cool. I hate games.you may have wronged her but as you have tried repeatedly to reach out, the onus is now on her to tell you your wrongs and it has lasted for too long. It's well dear

Thanks wonderful mothers for the encouragement. It means alot to me. God bless you all.

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Ahnie, pls unquote me! I made it clear in my post and i still repeated it when elmaspeed quoted me. I dont know why you chose to quote it without saying anything. Lets just assume it's a mistake and not mischief

ElmaSpeed:



Your sons will grow up and bring home wives to be your daughters, who will give birth to granddaughters so don't toss your baby girl dreams just yet.
...by the way, i have two fine prospective sons-in-law in your house so raise them to be very loving o

Thanks dear. Pls unquote me, i will be taking down the post very soon. Thanks

FloraEC:
Soonest good morning, how many mentions do you get in a day I can imagine you opening your mention to see "God will bless you soonest" soonest you'll testify" soonest this soonest that""

Exactly! I dont even bother to check mentions. I only check my followed topics. Lol.
Nne thanks for the encouragement ee. God bless you.

So Elmaspeed my march cappo, gender is XY

PresVA:
Good morning mamas and happy new year to y'all..

Here to register with team August. . EDD is first week of August. .

Wish us all a safe pregnancy and delivery, Amen.

Specifically praying God to make this one easier for me, because my first delivery wasn't easy...with induction, Episiotomy and all

Cheers everyone. ..

Welcome back dear. Wish you an easy carriage and delivery. Congrats

mummyjayson:
dont they give you preventive malaria drugs during ur antenatal days?

Of course they do. That's what i was trying to explain. Ubth doesnt joke with it

mummyjayson:
well for me, in ubth,,, they give us preventive malaria drugs(maldox) as part of our routine drugs,,, like me,,, i have taken it 3 times now,,, nd even after d second one, i was still down with malaria bur since d third dose, i hvnt been sick,,,, i frel d preventive drug does no harm cos in dis part of d world, malaria is real,,, WHO dey oyinbo lamd ooo, lol

I use ubth too and as a teaching hospital, thet will always go with the current WHO guidelines.
4realwoman, pls see these links:

http://www.who.int/malaria/areas/preventive_therapies/pregnancy/en/

https://www.mhtf.org/2017/07/25/new-guidelines-for-preventing-and-treating-malaria-in-pregnancy/

4realwoman:
Thank you cappo for the roll call. The cold in this village is doing me strong thing ooo. I am yet to take any malaria drug as my Dr has refused to give me Fansider, he said since I have not taking it before that he can't give it to me o. I don't even kw what to do cos I heard that malaria drug is very important in pregnancy as it helps to protact the baby from jaundice . I am seriously thinking of using another hospital, but people around me are saying I should just use my Dr since he knws my history very well .
I try to sleep on my left side this days.
@soonest and all sabi mamas in the house, pls what do you think about not taking malaria drug in pregnancy. Thanks

Nne you should have taken your 1st dose of ipt by now.
Since he knows your history, he should know whether you react to sulphur drugs or not. If fansidar is ruled out, there are other options like pyrimethamine weekly (sunday sunday medicine).

mummyjayson:
gudmorning great family,, please ooo i need help,,, for mamas that did registry marriage nd have done change of name, please what is d process like,,, i really want to know cos after birth by Gods grace, i want to statt job hunting so i can assist dh nd also help myself,,,,, thanks in advance for ur response,, abeg nor waka pass oooo,, jst to add, i reside in Benin.. una gudmorning

1.Go to high court at sapele road, you type outside and go inside for the oath. It doesn't take time like that. Hold like 1k for typing and the oath.
2. Go to observer at airport road or guardian/vanguard at mission road. Go with your marriage certificate and photocopy. You will pay between 3500 to 5k or so.
They will tell you the day it will published, they will keep 2 copies of the paper for you.
3. Laminate one of them, that's where your name appeared. Make sure the name of the paper and date shows.
4. Keep them well. It's now one of your 'credentials'

ElmaSpeed:
Beautiful moms of Team March 2018.
It's 8 weeks to our season.


curve....... edd march 1( )
kekeakinwale.... edd march 1( )
Happychildlove...... edd march 1(It's a prince)
Soonest..........edd march 3( )
Elmaspeed.........EDD mar 9 (not a clue)
Showerses..........edd mar 9/14 ( )

Potential porters club, i hope we are rounding up the shopping.

youngmommypat...... Edd mar 10( )
Nifes ................EDD mar 11 ( )
Deboniar............edd mar 11 ( )
Fexcathy.............edd mar 13 (it's a prince)
Aneeks...........edd march 15 ( )
Maggiespecial.......EDD march 16 ( )
angelys.................Edd march 16 ( )
nnekaike............edd march 16( )
Tripletmom.......EDD march 22 (it's a princess)
Temmy2103........edd march 23 ( )
piragirl........edd march 26 (it's a prince)
giftdiddy......... edd march 28 (It's a princess)
Beautyuche..........EDD march 29 ( )
Tunis24..............Edd march 29 ( )
Epudome............edd march 29 ( )
kokozain (wife)......edd march 29 ( )
Eniafelamo............edd march 31 ( )
Fruitbae

Haven't even bought anything. God should help me o as i'm already getting too heavy.
Happy new year to you all