It's a boy!!

Thomas James Meintjes

My beautiful son was born on Monday 7 September 2009 at 13:52 weighing a healthy 3.65kg's. It was such and exciting day but also such a scary one. Knowing that I was gonna be cut open suddenly started freaking me out once I was in hospital. Our lovely anethatist Linda van Zyl came to see me to do the normal checks and stuff, I had the doppler fetal heartbeat and movement monitor on my belly while she was there. She suddenly looked at it and said. Looks like we're doing the C Section on the right day. Looks to me like you're having contractions. I'd said to her that I could feel the weird new pains but I just thought it had something to do with the machine. So when the nurse came in she confirmed that it looked like I was having contractions about 3 - 5 min apart. LOL. It might have been the start of "fake labour", but I like to think that Thomas was ready to come that day, c section or non!! My stay in hospital was eventful. All I can say is far to many drugs people!!! Thomas has taken to the breast like a really little pro. And by doing so he's taken mommy from a B cup to a DD. Yes people DD!!! Had to buy new bra's yesterday, when the lady at woolies measured me I nearly kissed her when she said DD!!! Thomas my boy, I hope you love the breast cause if these are my results then you're staying on it for a really really long time.

I just want to also say Thank you so much to everyone involved - Dr S... You are the most important person. And to all the staff at the Constantiaberg Medi Clinic. Thanks to you too.

My last blog as Nicky

So I can't believe it's finally come to an end!! Boy pregnancy really is long! But tomorrow I will see that it was all worth it. Tomorrow I'm gonna finally become a mommy. 4 years of sadness will come to an end.

So on my last day of being - Nicky and not mommy I did as little as bloody possible.

1. Woke up at 9am (probably for the last time).
2. Sat quietly waking up drinking my morning coffee (probably for the last time).
3. Went to breakfast at Sostanza (Lakeside) and enjoyed a nice quiet breakfast with Alan.
4. Sterilized a bottle, the dummy and a breast pump just in case Alan needs to bring it to the hospital. This way I'll know that he hasn't melted the breast pump in the sterilizer before I even get to try it out.
5. Finished off my thank you notes for posting.
6. Then finally and probably for the last time - I went for a Sunday afternoon nap!!
7. I repacked my hospital bag - again. But this time for the last time.

While having breakfast at Sostanza I saw Graham there - you remember tight jean crazy boy from Idols. Well I've come to the conclusion I know why he can't sing - his jeans are so damn tight his poor balls won't allow him to!! As I sat watching him I had images of throwing him into a nice warm shower - not to have my way with him - no, to scrub the guy down. He looked like a real skollie who'd forgotten what the shampoo was for!! Idol my ass!

Then just now before I come to post my blog Alan was having his monthly chuck out of crap day, I get asked - do you want this. A simple yes or no will decide the fate of the poor objects future. 1 Black wallet that I'd used sometime A.D. appeared in his hand and just before my lips could start saying No I decided that I'd be nice and keep it for the char. Before giving it to her I obviously had to go through it. I found slips in there from 2007... but the bonus was there was also a R50 note wrapped into some of the slips - I really must stop doing that! Anyway, that just paid for half the pizza that just arrived through my kitchen door.

Wow, how far we've come. I remember going for this scan. I'd started spotting and most of my pregnancy symptoms seems to be gone. What a nightmare. Off we rushed to Dr S for yet another scan only to see this beautiful little creature doing just fine!! How cute is that!! Can't wait for this little bugger to come already. I'm dying to kiss the little toes and kiss the little lips.

I repacked my hospital bag today. Wonder how many times I'm gonna do it till we actually go off to hospital. Just want to make sure I have enough stuff packed and ready! I've packed about 5 pairs of clothes for baby. Hell knows many times I expect to change the poor thing.

I also seem to be opening the drawer with all the clothes in. Can't stop looking at the stuff. I'm really trying to not think about it to much. You know when you think about something to much it just makes time drag by. Well I'm trying to avoid that. NOT WORKING!!!

I finish work this week. My last week of "work" till 2010. Cool! I'm sure through that I'm gonna wish I was rather at work then at home with a crying baby. NOT!

16 Sleeps to go!

So I’ve been told to update my blog. Haven’t done it in ages as I’m just to damn lazy! Now that’s honesty for you.

All’s going well on the pregnancy front. 6 weeks to go till the c section. Can’t wait. Well I can, but I can’t. I still have no nursery furniture, haven’t got a pram, haven’t packed my bags for hospital. Haven’t washed baby’s stuff yet. Nothing nada fokkol!! Talk about leaving things to the last minute. I’m just to damn tired on the weekends. Just wanna sleep. So I do. Maybe this weekend I should start pulling myself towards myself and doing something about it.

Anyway, that’s my update. Hope it was sufficient. Oh by the by. The stunning pic is compliments of Kandis. Thanks bokkie, you’re really good at taking photo’s.

What the hell is wrong with me? I’ve been so emotional over the past few days it’s crazy. I cry when Alan hugs me. I cry when someone shouts at me. I even cried when Adam on Idols sang the other night. I can’t handle this anymore. I can’t even function properly at work. I look at my boss with hate. Probably cause we all hate him every now and then. More now than then. But still. This is not like me and I don’t like it. What makes it worse is that it feels like I’m always moaning. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. Someone should have seriously told me that it’s like this when you’re pregnant. Will seriously rethink having that second child! Please don’t get me wrong, I’m not being ungrateful, it’s just seriously bad. To add to it for the past few days I’ve had this threatening tummy bug and it now looks like it’s here in full force. Sorry for you Nicky, there is nothing you can take.

Wow, it’s been ages hey. First it was Christmas then there was a little new years surprise. I’ve been too scared to say anything here as I didn’t want to jinx anything. But I can share now. I’m well and truly safe. I’m 21 weeks pregnant. Next week I’ll be 6 months. Can’t believe how time has flown. It’s been a rough 6 months though. Spotting and bed rest more spotting. But all seems to have settled nicely. We’re not gonna find out what it is. We want it to be a surprise.

So we went to the Fetal Assessment Clinic on Monday. I love those scans. We got her to take a picture of the genitals and put it in a sealed envelope so that we could at least have a picture of the parts for the baby’s scrapbook. Obviously I just want to open the damn thing but Alan and I have both signed the back of it so that we will know if one of us has. Just a few more weeks then we’ll know right! Anyway back to the scan. Our beautiful child is now measuring in at 24.5cm and weights 430g. All is healthy too. No holes in the heart. No water on the brain. Everything is hundreds.

Can’t believe that we’re finally here. After all we’ve been through. We’re now ordering cots, checking out prams, bed is booked at the hospital. I’ve even booked our antenatal classes. We’re gonna be parents.