Shooohh...I know it has been awhile since I updated my blog...but time has just flown. Adapting to life as a Mom is exciting and challenging. Jada will be three weeks old tomorrow..can you believe it?
I am still in awe of our little girl. She "guzzles" her foodies (I am breastfeeding) very nicely and has fattened out.
My Birth Story : (for my readers not on fertilicare)
How do you start to describe the day your world changed…?
It all started on Thursday at work…I was very uncomfortable. I called Dr RvR and was advised to go back to the labour ward. At Sandton, I was put on the monitoring machine and, yahoo….I was booked into the labour ward again. I was put on a drip and monitored on a regular basis.
Dr RvR was trying very hard to keep our little Jada in a little longer…however our daughter would hear nothing of it. So, I was booked for my Caesarean on Monday, 8 Nov 2010, at 7:00.
Early Monday morning, I was wheeled from the labour wards to theatre. My B was all “gowned” out…and ready to go. The theatre was a hive of activity…the Anaesthetist explained the whole procedure and then we got down to business.
The feeling of your legs going numb is really very funny…and I was laughing when I was told to lift my legs. Dr RvR and partner started cutting….It was absolutely fascinating the feeling of tugging and pulling. Then the moment, I have been waiting for all my life happened…the sound of an angel filled the air and my daughter was lifted up in front of me. I could not contain the tears as I looked at this beautiful creation…this was my daughter….this was my Jada.
Little Jada Grace was born into our world on the 8 November 2010 at 7:15 weighing 2.9 kgs, with a mop of dark brown hair. My little girl is the splitting image of her Mommy….
My B was whisked away from my side and it was his turn to get to admire his daughter. At this stage, Dr RvR realised that my appendix was about to burst….Dr RvR and partner decided that my appendix needed to come out immediately. It was his first appendix removal in 20 years… If I had not gone into preterm labour, my appendix would have burst within two weeks…My daughter delivered my final miracle…she protected me
What I was not prepared for was the emotions I would experience once I met our Jada. It was a love that has been there since the start of time….it is a love that has no boundaries…it is a love so pure that tears flow freely. It is a love that I would walk through pain again and again to experience
Thank You Universe for my piece of perfection "
Well, after all the excitement of Jada's arrival, I decided to get some "order" in my life. My sister C and I joined Weigh Less. I have 25 kgs to loose...between pregnancy and fertility treatment I have become quite podge. Saturday was our first weigh in session...I was down 1.7 kgs...Yahoo...
On Saturday night we had our first "date night"....my sister C babysat little Jada while B and I attended his Xmas function......I enjoyed myself (all 3 hours of it) but missed our little one terrible. We both could not wait to pick her up....our little Angel. My sister did a wonderful job looking after Jada.......well done C
Anyway, I have updated some photos...so enjoy...
Love Me
Last picture of my belly
Jada entering this world
My Little Praying Mantis
My B and his daughter
I know this picture is blur..but it is my favourite
Our first family picture
My step daughter, Jada and me
Waiting to leave the hospital
Catching up on some sleep with Jada
Our little Angel
