by Denise Louw | Jul 13, 2017 | Blog, Mama Restore Blog
My Amazing Home Birth! Well, at last my baby is here so now I can tell you if the baby is a girl or boy it’s name and all about my home birth. On Sunday 25th April we were out most of the day at the UCT rugby fields in Cape Town as my husband was running in the Shawco...
by Denise Louw | May 24, 2017 | Blog, Mama Restore Blog
Getting Closer Well on the 2nd April I went back to see the midwife at 37 weeks and everything is going smoothly, my urine test was normal, weight gain fine and the midwife can get four fingers below my ribs which means that the baby has dropped although the head is...
by Denise Louw | Oct 20, 2016 | Blog, Mama Restore Blog
Ok so now I am starting to get much bigger and finding a comfortable position to sleep in is difficult without the aid of LOTS of pillows. Baby also doesn’t like some positions and kicks quite violently just to let me know they don’t appreciate it! I am using two huge...
by Denise Louw | Aug 17, 2016 | Blog, Mama Restore Blog
Weeks 13- 20 Taken from my pregnancy journal Well, what can I say I just feel fat and frumpy, this baby doesn’t feel real to me at the moment, although my waist is thicker and general shape changing I can’t believe that I am pregnant. Luckily for me no...
by Denise Louw | Aug 12, 2016 | Blog, Mama Restore Blog
Weeks 8-12 taken from my pregnancy journal After two natural births that were quick and relatively pain free I really wanted to try for a home birth, I had to talk my husband around as he couldn’t understand why I would opt for that when I could get a couple of...