A letter to Hayley

Dearest, darling Hayley,

 

Mommy is so proud of you!  You are becoming such an independent little girl.  You are so brave, patient and kind hearted.  I love spending time with you and can’t wait to get home at night to see you waiting at the window for when I get home from work.  It is the highlight of everyday and makes the working hours and traffic worth seeing that little face in the window.

 

We recently discovered that you will soon be getting a little brother.  I can’t wait, I know you don’t understand what is about to happen in your life, but mommy promises that it will be so worth it.  You will enjoy having a little brother and you will be friends for life.  So many people come and go over the years but the one person you can know for sure will always be there is your sibling.  I am glad, and honoured that I am able to give you this great gift.  You make my heart melt at night when you pray and thank God for ‘boetie’.

 

I want you to always remember that you are my first born; no one can take that away from you.  You will always be my baby girl, my princess and the only person I can share girly things with.  I look forward to many days of doing each other’s nails, make up, hair and going shopping together.  Things that only girls understand.  At the same time I am excited that you are getting a brother that you will be able to share things with, like going bug hunting and playing with his cars and maybe even camping in a tent in the living room.

 

You are such a bright little girl.  I am so proud of you, you are good and even days when you are not you always come to apologise and I can see how sincere you are.  You have your dad’s sense of humour, and that is something that the two of you will always share.

You are one of the best things that I have in life and I treasure every moment with you.

 

I can’t believe you’re almost turning 3!

 

Please always remember that I am your mother, I will always be there for you, you will always be the love of my life, my princess, and I am very proud of you.  I love you more and more with each passing second and nothing will ever take this away from you.

 

Always be the special little girl that you are, grow up to live close to Jesus and remember we are there to look out for you and to protect you.

 

Loving you with my entire heart and soul.

 

Love,

 

Your mommy

 

xxx

Preggy update and GENDER reveal :-)

Can’t believe that 2 weeks passed since my last update.  This pregnancy is flying by, but at times also feel like its passing so slow.

 

Yesterday we had our 17 week scan, I decided to move to a new doctor and I am so happy with the choice I made.  I am glad I decided to move.  We also had our gender reveal, but more about that in the update that follows below:

 

1. How far along are you now? 17 Weeks

 

2. When is your due date? 8 July 2014

 

3. What has been your preggy high this week? Finding out the gender and seeing baby move around on the scan yesterday

 

4. What has been your preggy low this week? Been sick with the flu, again, really feeling terrible and very sorry for myself.  Also waiting for blood results after glucose was picked up in my urine, not too worried as I read this can be normal in pregnancy as long as the levels are really low.

 

5. What is your current over-riding emotion? Excited about the baby’s gender

 

6. What is on your list of things to do in the next month re prep for baby? Take Hayley shopping this weekend to buy something for the baby.  Start sorting out the baby’s room, moving furniture and moving the cot into the room

 

7. When is your next appointment? 24 February 2014

 

8. What is your current craving? Nothing

 

9. How are you feeling physically? Preggy related I feel so much better; just wish this flu will disappear

 

10. How are you feeling emotionally? Really excited, sometimes anxious for having a second child, but I know it will all work out in the end

 

11. How is your partner dealing with the pregnancy at this stage? Really great, he does so much in and around the house to try and help me feel better and comfortable. I am so grateful that he is in my life.  He is really super excited at the moment.

 

12. Do you know the sex of your baby yet? Yes!!! It’s a little boy and we will be calling him Logan.  He was flashing us over and over again during the scan, making sure we see that he is definitely a little boy.

 

13. Will you be trying for Natural or Caesar? Caesar

 

14. Which hospital will you be having your baby at? Krugersdorp Netcare

 

15. How are you feeling about the pregnancy at this point? Loving it! It is such a special thing to go through. I have days where I worry, but mostly I can’t wait. As much as I want time to fly I also want time to take a bit longer so that I can take in everything of this pregnancy as it will be my last.  I am really looking forward to feeling proper movement.  At times I feel light movements, making me so excited for what is to come.

16. What is your tummy measurement? Don’t know

 

17. How much does your baby weigh at the moment? (Or at last scan). 160 gr and 13 cm according to my weekly email update

 

18. How much weight have you gained to date? 3 kg

 

19. What is your nursery room theme? Painting the room blue, but still deciding between a car theme, sea theme or lizard theme

 

20. What is the best preggy advice you have been given? Listen to your body and rest when possible

 

Below is a pic of our little boy from our scan yesterday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is he not just too adorable!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pregnancy Update - 15 Weeks

1.    How far along are you now?  15 Weeks

2.    When is your due date? 8 July 2014

3.    What has been your preggy high this week?  Feeling less tired and morning sickness seems to have disappeared J

4.    What has been your preggy low this week? Still have a lot of food aversions, although not nausea anymore, most food just don’t look nice, if that makes any sense at all

5.    What is your current over-riding emotion? Excitement to find out the gender

6.    What is on your list of things to do in the next month re prep for baby?  I so badly want to go shopping, but refuse to buy gender neutral colours, so everything is on hold till we can find out the gender

7.    When is your next appointment?  28 January 2014

8.    What is your current craving? Nothing specific at the moment – every day is different

9.    How are you feeling physically? Feeling so much better than a week ago

10. How are you feeling emotionally? Really excited, sometimes anxious for having a second child, but I know it will all work out in the end

11. How is your partner dealing with the pregnancy at this stage?  Really great, he does so much in and around the house to try and help me feel better and comfortable.  I am so grateful that he is in my life

12. Do you know the sex of your baby yet?  No, hoping I will know at our next scan

13. Will you be trying for Natural or Caesar? Caesar

14. Which hospital will you be having your baby at? Krugersdorp Netcare

15. How are you feeling about the pregnancy at this point? Loving it!  It is such a special thing to go through.  I have days where I worry, but mostly I can’t wait.  As much as I want time to fly I also want time to take a bit longer so that I can take in everything of this pregnancy as it will be my last.

16. What is your tummy measurement? Don’t know

17. How much does your baby weigh at the moment? (Or at last scan). 70 gr and 9.1 cm according to my weekly email update

18. How much weight have you gained to date? 2.5 kg

19. What is your nursery room theme? Will depend on gender, but definitely doing either pink or blue

20. What is the best preggy advice you have been given? Listen to your body

Product Review : Clicks Bio Oil Range

I recently bought myself the Clicks Bio Oil Body Wash and Body Lotion.  I use it religiously, every day.  With Hayley I never got any stretchmark’s and hope I can be so lucky this time as well.

 

I do still remember going through phases where my skin was really itchy and felt dry and the same started happening this week.  Next I want to buy the Clicks Bio Oil spray as well.

 

The products are really not expensive and I really enjoy using them.  Below is a product description as taken from the Clicks website.

* also available as a spray

Clicks Tissue Oil

The Clicks Tissue Oil products are made of calendula oil, lavender and rosemary essential oils with added chamomile extract. The Clicks Vitamin E variant contains calendula, avocado and olive oil extracts. The added vitamin E to helps replenish the oils that the skin naturally looses.

Tissue Oil helps with scarring repair and can remedy uneven skin tone, stretch marks and dehydrated and aging skin.

 

 

Clicks Tissue Oil Body Wash

Clicks Tissue Oil Body Wash with essential tissue oil gently cleanses whilst leaving your skin feeling soft and refreshed. Beat winter dry skin with this nourishing body wash.

 

Clicks Tissue Oil Body Lotion

Clicks Tissue Oil Body Lotion is enriched with essential tissue oil to help prevent and reduce the appearance of stretch marks, scarring, dehydrated skin and uneven skin tone. By using the body lotion every day you can ensure you have beautifully smooth and nourished skin.

Our 13 week scan

Had our 13 week scan on Tuesday, 31 December 2013.

Baby is doing really well and doctor is very happy with everything.  Baby was kicking up a storm and waving his/her arms.  Our doctor joked and said that baby is having his/her own New Year’s celebration.  I still can’t believe there is a little person growing inside of me.

I am so glad that we are now finally approaching the 2^nd trimester.  I am hoping that the tiredness and nausea will wear of soon and that I will get some energy back to actually clean my house, cook food and be a good mother and wife.  I feel so guilty for being so tired all the time lately.

Our next appointment is 28 January.  I will be 17 weeks then, so hopefully baby will play along so that we can find out the gender.  Hubby thinks boy, I think girl, but maybe only because I have a girl and can’t really imagine myself with a little boy.  Either way we will be happy as long as the baby is healthy and the pregnancy goes well.

We sat last night and made a short list of 5 girl and 5 boy names.  We did the same with our daughter after 12 weeks and when the gender was confirmed at 16 weeks I chose my favourite name from the list, this time around it will be hubby’s turn to choose his favourite name.

 

I am so excited and can’t wait.  Once we know the gender I am definitely going to the shops to buy a blue or pink outfit.

 

In my previous pregnancy I also did a pregnancy  checklist and I would like to do the same in this pregnancy, it helps to pass the time, although, this being my last pregnancy I really don’t want time to go to fast as I would like to enjoy each moment, even all the aches and pains:

 

My Pregnancy Checklist:

Enter the second trimester:		√
Find out the gender:
Name our baby:
Start to feel Movement:
Hubby to start feeling movement:
Enter the third trimester:
Go on maternity leave:
Have baby:

 

Pregnancy Update

Will trying doing one of these updates at least once every 2 weeks.

1.    How far along are you now? 13 Weeks

2.    When is your due date? 8 July 2014

3.    What has been your preggy high this week? Excited that I am officially in the 2^nd trimester and looking forward to our next scan later today

4.    What has been your preggy low this week? Extreme tiredness and still struggling with nausea most days

5.    What is your current over-riding emotion? Excitement  

6.    What is on your list of things to do in the next month re prep for baby? Will wait till we know the gender before I start any shopping.  Will still be buying nappies every month, as Hayley is recently potty trained so we are already in the habit   

7.    When is your next appointment? Today

8.    What is your current craving? Salad – yeah for healthy food after craving breads and baked goodies for weeks

9.    How are you feeling physically? Exhausted and huge for 13 weeks

10.  How are you feeling emotionally? Feeling sad and lonely, hormones are really playing games with me at the moment

11.  How is your partner dealing with the pregnancy at this stage? Great, he really supports me well.

12.  Do you know the sex of your baby yet? No, hoping I will know by end of January

13.  Will you be trying for Natural or Caesar? Caesar

14.  Which hospital will you be having your baby at? Krugersdorp Netcare

15.  How are you feeling about the pregnancy at this point? I love being pregnant.  It really is an amazing journey and I am trying to enjoy every moment of this pregnancy as it will probably me the last pregnancy.  I can’t wait for the first movements

16.  What is your Tummy measurement? Don’t know

17.  How much does baby weigh/ measurement at the moment? (Or at last scan). At last scan baby was 2.25 cm at 9 weeks

18.  How much weight have you gained to date? No idea, too scared to know

19.  What is your nursery room theme? Will only decide once we know what the gender will be

20.  What is the best preggy advice you have been given? Listen to your body

I'm Pregnant :-)

On Friday, 8 November 2013 I got a positive result on a home pregnancy test.

I was so shocked!  Even though I’ve been experiencing tender breasts and tiredness for a week or so I still could not believe the 2 lines when they appeared and had to get hubby to make sure!

We are over the moon and Hayley is so excited.  She recons I have a brother and a sister in my stomach.  I don’t think she really understand what is happening, but she does get excited and always respond with a brother and sister in mommy’s stomach and when asked and when you ask her what is in anyone else’s stomach she will tell you ‘food’.

So far this pregnancy has been totally different from my first.  I am more tired, experiencing food aversions and nausea and I am very moody.  My poor little family.

We had our first scan on 3 December 2013.  I expected to be between 7 – 8 weeks and it turned out that I was exactly 9 weeks then, our due date being 8 July 2013, which means I will be 13 weeks tomorrow and officially in the 2^nd trimester.  I am really hoping that the nausea, tiredness, moodiness and food aversions will then start to ease off.  Our first scan went really well.  Baby D2 looks healthy and doctor is happy with everything. 

Our next scan is tomorrow and I can’t wait to see our baby again.

My very positive pregnancy tests:

Our baby D2 at exactly 9 weeks

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