MorningStar233:
Birth story!!!!

I got pregnant sometime last year, immediately I found out I was pregnant all the symptoms and packages came as per roller coaster, I could
I knew it was not ordinary because immediately we entered the month of may I started having series of bad dreams, different people coming to force me to tell them my EDD in my dreams o, I'll fight with some of them and chase them till they used the face of a very close relative and I mentioned the exact EDD to the person in my dream, I was mad with prayers when I woke up. I delivered at 40 weeks and two days.
God alone be praised because this pregnancy was given to me by God, my husband and I work in different locations and when he's around sometimes I won't be in my fertile period and sometimes even with ovulation test kit I won't see any positive result until the last he came, one week to his arrival I dreamt and my pastor called my name in a dream and said take your baby and I could not collect the baby because my hands were closed in the dream, he said no that is not how to carry you baby open your hands immediately I opened it and he handed a baby over to me, I had faith met him physically and told him he prayed for me and said oya take your baby, hope your husband will come around soon, I await your testimony. Na so e happen o..I pray for all mamas trying to conceive the same God that did it for us all has done it for you Exodus 23:26 said we will not miscarry and no woman will be without a child so you all must carry your babies as God helped me carried mine.
May Capo @ Expectantmom and June Capo @Layormi I don drop BS. If there are any typos please bear with me.

MorningStar233:
BA! BA! BA!
my Rhema (spoken word of God arrived this afternoon) I saw hell my people. Satan really tried but God come through for us. BS will come letar. May Capo @Expectantmom you are blessed and June Capo @ Layormiii thank you for snatching me I love you all.may it be easier for you than me oooooo.

Omakraid:

Amen.. Be sure it's safe to take ginger in this early stage of breastfeeding before taking it and hold down your tommy before coughing.. It is well

Omakraid:

Thanks teamie.. I bathe too but ensure my sponge doesn't drip water and I dip towel in water to clean off soap from my upper body. I don't go towards the incision site with sponge for fear of being restitched if anything happens (God forbid).. I'll try and start letting water flow from tomorrow

Omakraid:

Mine was removed on the third day or so but I still bathe without allowing water touch it. I still feel peppery there sometimes so I wonder how it is going to be like if water touches the place. Do you still feel pain there?

StephOkemini:



Funny enough a woman also advised me to take this exact same mixture after baby comes... She said her aunty who's a midwife told her it will flush out all the stuff and make my tummy flat and I just said Ok... When I told MIL about it she advised not to... That the only thing she did after all her 6 children was to take slightly hot cup of water every morning, nothing else... she didn't tie her stomach, she didn't press it with hot water or even sit on hot water... she only drank hot water every morning and her stomach went back to being very flat... Even in her 60s now her stomach is still flat...

Olaola56:
Hi mamas. I'm new here but a silent follower of this thread. I had a miscarriage at 9weeks which was said to be a blighted ovum.
Pls how long will it take for the bleeding to stop. I had serious cramps/contractions yesterday which makes it bexactly 8days, It was as if I was in labor. But it's stopped now but I still bleed.
Who has experienced this before and how long does bleeding take?
I'll be going to the hospital this weekend for follow up.

MGeey:
PREGNANCY AND BIRTH STORY

This is my only pregnancy I didn't TTC for. I had made a list of supplements to buy to boost ovulation and also a diet plan for fertility but I missed my period that very month.

The pregnancy journey was smooth. I ate plenty, mostly bread, yam and afang soup; I couldn't seem to get enough of these.

I was stressed daily. No househelp to assist. Husband working outside town and only coming on weekends. Waking up early everyday to prepare my older kids for school, meeting up with my responsibilities at work, striving for excellence at my post graduate program etc were constant challenges I overcame daily.

At 35 weeks, I fell in the bathroom. I am ever grateful to God who answered my prayer within a split second and i landed on my bum. I was scared but calm. God gave me the strength to pick myself up with my children and drove to the hospital that night. Got scanned and baby was okay. My severe waist pain began because I was not given any medication. Standing, sitting, lying down and even walking for long became a challenge.

I got scheduled for a CS at 38 weeks 3 days. I tried to get it brought forward but the doctor was adamant. I told him about the traumatic experience I had during and after the vaginal delivery of my first son therefore he should not expect me to forgive him if I fall into labour before the scheduled day. Thankfully I did not.

On Friday, 27th May at about 4pm, I got prepared for the surgery. I was given the spinal anaesthesia and unlike my first CS it didn't work properly. I felt the pain when I was cut. I almost screamed on the third cut and the doctors really needed to work fast to avoid it wearing off completely. My Jehovah Lord God of host put me to sleep and I didn't feel a thing again. My husband said our second Prince charming was brought out at 4:20pm. I woke up as I was being wheeled out of the theater.

May God grant every pregnant woman safe delivery and also provide the means to take care of those babies adequately.

May God remember those in the waiting room especially tripletwins222 who has been in the TTC group since when I was TTCing for my first child, replace the tears of despair with tears of joy and silent their mockers forever. Amen.

Bye to sweating under the boobs during pregnancies as I don hang boots!

Cc. Expectantmom and all May, 2022 mamas.

Pojomojo:
Let me write my BS now that I’m fine and have the chance because I have not had good sleep for the past 3 weeks.

So I got married and TTC for 2yr. I was the only one TTC’ing cuz DH was fine but supported me all through the way.

1yr 6month was really daunting for me, thankfully, I saw the peoples doctor on IG because she helped figure out I wasn’t ovulating and gave me medication that didn't help, visited hospitals with DH several times, did hormonal profile test countless times,I did hsg,countless tests and triggered with hcg etc plus drugs and the journey began, I remember one test results showing anovulation, I usually cry whenever my period comes very trying times. I had to fast, pray and was very regular on Google searching. I went for several massage, it wasn't easy but it ended in praise.

August 2021, I wasn't feeling too well which was usual, I was expecting my flow, it didn't show, I decided to wait for till evening yet no show, na so I carry test kit........ Its was tears of Joy.

I never had any symptoms of vomiting and some food aversions funny enough, I had threatened abortion in my first trimeste, asides that I was strong enough to work till the last week of April 2022. I put to birth on 10th of May, 2022. I took my prenatals for the for the whole duration of the pregnancy & I stuck to fruits and healthy diet.

So on the 9th of May, we were already in the hospital because it was scheduled to happen the following day. So I proceeded to have my baby via CS at about 8:01am and he came out weighing 3.3kg.

Thank God recovery was smooth and I was discharged 3days later.

Now I look at my baby and I can’t be more grateful to God for everything he has done.

voucher:


I won’t encourage this mixture o, the blood will stop when it wants to.. As for sleeping on your tummy, you can start when you’re no longer feeling pains and comfortable with it

Omakraid:

Let all the bad blood come out. Continue with warm /mildly hot liquid, peppersoup and Co out will help. No give baby ogogoro drink for breastmilk o though some people use it but don't. I'm still seeing blood slightly as well, sometimes it doesn't drop in my pad but I'll see it in the toilet meaning there's still something..

sugarcoatted:


Ogogoro, uda and uziza, lol what kind of concoction is that? I hope you know your diet affects your breastmilk. Biko dont take anything you are not sure of please. The blood would stop anytime, it can even last till a month. Its not an issue. You can sleep on your tummy whenever you are feel comfortable with it.

MGeey:
Birthday Announcement!

Our Prince is here weighing 3.2kg.
All Glory be to God. Amen.

Jozaki:
BA! BA!! BA!!!
Gave birth on Wednesday morning by 11am.
First EDD 22/05/2022, Second EDD 04/06/2022
DOB 25/05/22
God gave me a bouncing Baby girl...scan said otherwise.
I was induced at 40 weeks and 1 day. Dr said is it's to avert complications for us due to always having trace of sugar in my urine
Baby came weighing 3.6kg, vaginal delivery with 3rd degree tear.
First time mum, I just want to say "Thank you Jesus"
BS coming soon

breeezefe:
BA BA BA

The lord's doing is marvellous in our sight because he keeps doing great things.

My warrior arrived on 20th May, 2022 @ 12:10am.

It's been one hell of a week. But God is faithful.
@May cappo, sorry for the late BA. BS will come shortly.

To the rest of the mamas, I pray God to continue to make this journey a pleasant and stress free one IJN. Amen

Spicy128:
Birth Alert
I welcomed my darling son to this world on 16th may through emergency caesarean session, thank God for sparing both the life of the baby and that of the mother, may his name be praised for ever.

Expectantmom:
Birth Alert!!!

I gave birth to my handsome Prince on 20th May at exactly 8:20pm through vagina delivery with plenty of tears weighing 2.9kg after about more than 12 hours of labor.
May the God of perfection who has done it for me and other mamas surely deliver our remaining mothers in prefect conditions.
BTW, my labour was rigorous and painful as hell maybe because it was my first time therefore, I'll be dropping my BS much later.

Omakraid:

Amen ma, thank you so much.


I'm grateful ma, I've finally been allowed to express 30ml every 6hrs. Though little but it makes both me and the baby feel better. Amen to the prayer

kokaiye:
nawao!!! Babies n der impatience... My baby too lsck d patience of suckin wen my breastmilk didnt come early n wen ut finally came wit d help of fenugreek e is already use to bottle feeding which has turn me to expressing breastmilk everyday... Trust me it aint easy but bcs i b ebf geng i dnt want to giv my baby formula, i keep on expressing even thou i gt pains every single time i expredd, engorgement nko? Hmmn... I don suffer bcs uncle refuse breast bcs e doesnt wanna stress himsef sucking out milk. To ur question, those people sellin herbal medicine shld ve fenugreek seeds na.

missviva:


Check jumia or konga...you can also try homemade tiger nut drink...I heard it works like magic

MummyNeto:
i am using the supplement, i got it on jumia.

MGeey:


Hmmm...you see this sex thingy after CS, I did the do even before 6 weeks post partum check up after CS. Just ask your doctor dear.

mumplenty:

I wish your baby quick recovery, God will perfect your Victory

About the baby weight
The scan I did at 38week, there's a clause there in the results and I quote
*Gestational age estimation is more accurate when done earlier in pregnancy
*The weight is +/- 15 percent and is valid on the day of measurements ONLY

True its just an estimate because a day before my delivery scan said 3.8kg only for my baby to weigh 4.3kg at birth

So na ordinary estimation den dey do

Omakraid:
Please mums, since I put to bed on Monday morning my baby has been on oxygen and IV fluids, they said till her breathing is stabilised cos they won't want food or anything to mistakenly enter her airways. Fortunately I didn't start lactating immediately but since yesterday I've been flowing... I can't express and keep the milk cos of light issues... Baby has not taken colostrum (someone said for 2 weeks the breast still produces colostrum, donno how true), should I just squeeze and throw it away to prevent pains? Please I need help before the pains fully sets in

Duduke:

I agree with everything Mama has said, but not having sex till after 3months is not rule, it depends on your body! I resumed after a month, some earlier or later! How fast you heal will be a pointer!
All the best Mama

LUGBE:

Congrats, no hard work and no to lifting of anything heavy for now. Do not clean front and back, have enough bottles of spirit and rolls of clean wools.

mzMerci:
Congratulations. Mama, just relax. Ask ur doctor for diclofenac suppositories, it works like magic for CS pain. Always clean the CS line with cotton wool and spirit three times thrice daily- meaning in the morning, afternoon and evening, u’ll clean it three times each. You can’t have a full bathe yet till about a week (confirm with ur doctor), so it’s bed bath for now. You can eat ANYTHING you want, so enjoy. You can’t have sex till 3 months after ur CS so that ur uterus would have healed perfectly just incase another baby decides to come unexpectedly.
That’s basically all I guess
Thank you so , so much. My doctor said I can have my bath but I just need my incision site to be always dry .I started full bath on the 4th day